I was thinking it would be interesting to do an all-Canadian challenge in The Political Machine (perhaps this weekend). Here are the Canadian candidates that I created, but you’ll probably have to google them for the pictures. Most of them are Dems, though, because most Canadians would be Dems. I tried to make them from states that are either close to where they are from, or where they would easily fit in politically.
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CANDIDATE BrianMulroney
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FirstName "Brian"
LastName "Mulroney"
Image "mulroney"
_CHARISMA 6
_COMELINESS 6
_COMPASSION 5
_CREDIBILITY 4
_EXPERIENCE 7
_INTEGRITY 6
_INTELLIGENCE 6
_MEDIABIAS 1
_MILITARYEXPERIENCE 3
_MINORITYAPPEAL 4
_RELIGIOUS 5
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FundRaisingAbility 9
Stamina 13
PoliticalParty 1
HomeState 30
Money 4200
//Special Traits---------------------
NAFTA 10
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ENDCANDIDATE
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CANDIDATE EdBroadbent
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FirstName "Ed"
LastName "Broadbent"
Image "broadbent"
_CHARISMA 8
_COMELINESS 5
_COMPASSION 8
_CREDIBILITY 8
_EXPERIENCE 8
_INTEGRITY 8
_INTELLIGENCE 6
_MEDIABIAS 8
_MILITARYEXPERIENCE 3
_MINORITYAPPEAL 7
_RELIGIOUS 3
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FundRaisingAbility 9
Stamina 15
PoliticalParty 0
HomeState 33
Money 3500
//Special Traits---------------------
ENVIRONMENT 7
SOCIALISM 6
UNIVERSALHEALTHCARE 15
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ENDCANDIDATE
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CANDIDATE JackLayton
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FirstName "Jack"
LastName "Layton"
Image "layton"
_CHARISMA 8
_COMELINESS 5
_COMPASSION 8
_CREDIBILITY 6
_EXPERIENCE 5
_INTEGRITY 6
_INTELLIGENCE 6
_MEDIABIAS 7
_MILITARYEXPERIENCE 3
_MINORITYAPPEAL 7
_RELIGIOUS 3
//----------------------
FundRaisingAbility 7
Stamina 15
PoliticalParty 0
HomeState 4
Money 3800
//Special Traits---------------------
SOCIALISM 10
MISSILEDEF -15
UNIVERSALHEALTHCARE 15
WELFARE 10
ALTENERGY 10
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ENDCANDIDATE
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CANDIDATE JeanChretien
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FirstName "Jean"
LastName "Chretien"
Image "chretien"
_CHARISMA 4
_COMELINESS 2
_COMPASSION 6
_CREDIBILITY 4
_EXPERIENCE 7
_INTEGRITY 7
_INTELLIGENCE 7
_MEDIABIAS 5
_MILITARYEXPERIENCE 3
_MINORITYAPPEAL 7
_RELIGIOUS 5
//----------------------
FundRaisingAbility 8
Stamina 14
PoliticalParty 0
HomeState 37
Money 3800
//Special Traits---------------------
IRAQWAR -12
UNIVERSALHEALTHCARE 10
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ENDCANDIDATE
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CANDIDATE JoeClark
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FirstName "Joe"
LastName "Clark"
Image "clark"
_CHARISMA 3
_COMELINESS 5
_COMPASSION 4
_CREDIBILITY 6
_EXPERIENCE 5
_INTEGRITY 7
_INTELLIGENCE 7
_MEDIABIAS 5
_MILITARYEXPERIENCE 3
_MINORITYAPPEAL 5
_RELIGIOUS 3
//----------------------
FundRaisingAbility 8
Stamina 12
PoliticalParty 1
HomeState 21
Money 3800
ENDCANDIDATE
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CANDIDATE JohnA_Macdonald
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FirstName "John A."
LastName "Macdonald"
Image "macdonald"
_CHARISMA 8
_COMELINESS 3
_COMPASSION 7
_CREDIBILITY 7
_EXPERIENCE 10
_INTEGRITY 8
_INTELLIGENCE 7
_MEDIABIAS 8
_MILITARYEXPERIENCE 6
_MINORITYAPPEAL 6
_RELIGIOUS 6
//----------------------
FundRaisingAbility 9
Stamina 13
PoliticalParty 1
HomeState 33
Money 4500
ENDCANDIDATE
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CANDIDATE JohnDiefenbaker
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FirstName "John"
LastName "Diefenbaker"
Image "diefenbaker"
_CHARISMA 5
_COMELINESS 4
_COMPASSION 5
_CREDIBILITY 6
_EXPERIENCE 5
_INTEGRITY 6
_INTELLIGENCE 4
_MEDIABIAS 6
_MILITARYEXPERIENCE 4
_MINORITYAPPEAL 8
_RELIGIOUS 6
//----------------------
FundRaisingAbility 8
Stamina 14
PoliticalParty 1
HomeState 25
Money 3900
ENDCANDIDATE
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CANDIDATE KimCampbell
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FirstName "Kim"
LastName "Campbell"
Image "campbell"
_CHARISMA 4
_COMELINESS 7
_COMPASSION 6
_CREDIBILITY 4
_EXPERIENCE 4
_INTEGRITY 6
_INTELLIGENCE 6
_MEDIABIAS 3
_MILITARYEXPERIENCE 3
_MINORITYAPPEAL 8
_RELIGIOUS 5
//----------------------
FundRaisingAbility 7
Stamina 13
PoliticalParty 1
HomeState 46
Money 4100
ENDCANDIDATE
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CANDIDATE LesterB_Pearson
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FirstName "Lester B."
LastName "Pearson"
Image "pearson"
_CHARISMA 4
_COMELINESS 5
_COMPASSION 9
_CREDIBILITY 7
_EXPERIENCE 8
_INTEGRITY 8
_INTELLIGENCE 9
_MEDIABIAS 5
_MILITARYEXPERIENCE 6
_MINORITYAPPEAL 5
_RELIGIOUS 5
//----------------------
FundRaisingAbility 8
Stamina 13
PoliticalParty 0
HomeState 37
Money 4100
//Special Traits---------------------
UNSUPPORT 15
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ENDCANDIDATE
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CANDIDATE LouisRiel
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FirstName "Louis"
LastName "Riel"
Image "riel"
_CHARISMA 8
_COMELINESS 5
_COMPASSION 6
_CREDIBILITY 7
_EXPERIENCE 4
_INTEGRITY 6
_INTELLIGENCE 5
_MEDIABIAS 5
_MILITARYEXPERIENCE 8
_MINORITYAPPEAL 9
_RELIGIOUS 8
//----------------------
FundRaisingAbility 6
Stamina 14
PoliticalParty 0
HomeState 27
Money 3200
ENDCANDIDATE
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CANDIDATE LouisSt_Laurent
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FirstName "Louis"
LastName "St. Laurent"
Image "st_laurent"
_CHARISMA 6
_COMELINESS 4
_COMPASSION 9
_COMPETENCE 10
_CREDIBILITY 8
_EXPERIENCE 6
_INTEGRITY 8
_INTELLIGENCE 10
_MEDIABIAS 6
_MILITARYEXPERIENCE 3
_MINORITYAPPEAL 4
_RELIGIOUS 5
//----------------------
FundRaisingAbility 7
Stamina 12
PoliticalParty 0
HomeState 34
Money 4100
ENDCANDIDATE
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CANDIDATE PaulMartin
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FirstName "Paul"
LastName "Martin"
Image "martin"
_CHARISMA 5
_COMELINESS 5
_COMPASSION 6
_CREDIBILITY 3
_EXPERIENCE 7
_INTEGRITY 5
_INTELLIGENCE 8
_MEDIABIAS 6
_MILITARYEXPERIENCE 3
_MINORITYAPPEAL 8
_RELIGIOUS 4
//----------------------
FundRaisingAbility 8
Stamina 14
PoliticalParty 0
HomeState 27
Money 4400
ENDCANDIDATE
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CANDIDATE PierreElliotTrudeau
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FirstName "Pierre Elliot"
LastName "Trudeau"
Image "trudeau"
_CHARISMA 10
_COMELINESS 7
_COMPASSION 7
_CREDIBILITY 5
_EXPERIENCE 9
_INTEGRITY 6
_INTELLIGENCE 7
_MEDIABIAS 8
_MILITARYEXPERIENCE 4
_MINORITYAPPEAL 8
_RELIGIOUS 4
//----------------------
FundRaisingAbility 9
Stamina 14
PoliticalParty 0
HomeState 21
Money 4100
ENDCANDIDATE
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CANDIDATE StephenHarper
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FirstName "Stephen"
LastName "Harper"
Image "harper"
_CHARISMA 3
_COMELINESS 4
_COMPASSION 4
_CREDIBILITY 6
_EXPERIENCE 6
_INTEGRITY 8
_INTELLIGENCE 8
_MEDIABIAS 4
_MILITARYEXPERIENCE 4
_MINORITYAPPEAL 3
_RELIGIOUS 8
//----------------------
FundRaisingAbility 7
Stamina 12
PoliticalParty 1
HomeState 25
Money 3800
ENDCANDIDATE
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CANDIDATE TommyDouglas
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FirstName "Tommy"
LastName "Douglas"
Image "douglas"
_CHARISMA 8
_COMELINESS 6
_COMPASSION 10
_CREDIBILITY 7
_EXPERIENCE 10
_INTEGRITY 8
_INTELLIGENCE 7
_MEDIABIAS 8
_MILITARYEXPERIENCE 2
_MINORITYAPPEAL 7
_RELIGIOUS 3
//----------------------
FundRaisingAbility 7
Stamina 14
PoliticalParty 0
HomeState 25
Money 3100
//Special Traits---------------------
CIVILRIGHTS 9
SOCIALISM 10
UNIVERSALHEALTHCARE 20
MARSHALLLAW -10
PRIVATIZINGSOCIALSECURITY -10
UNIONS 10
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ENDCANDIDATE
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CANDIDATE WilliamLyonMackenzieKing
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FirstName "William Lyon"
LastName "Mackenzie King"
Image "king_wlm"
_CHARISMA 6
_COMELINESS 5
_COMPASSION 4
_CREDIBILITY 5
_EXPERIENCE 10
_INTEGRITY 7
_INTELLIGENCE 9
_MEDIABIAS 7
_MILITARYEXPERIENCE 7
_MINORITYAPPEAL 6
_RELIGIOUS 6
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FundRaisingAbility 8
Stamina 14
PoliticalParty 0
HomeState 30
Money 4200
ENDCANDIDATE
Here’s a historical background on each of the candidates:
Brian Mulroney (R): Progressive Conservative Prime Minister 1984-1993, NAFTA, now remembered as one of the most unpopular Prime Ministers in history
Ed Broadbent (D): Leader of the NDP 1975-1989, recently made a return to politics, winning a seat in Ottawa in a landslide, known for being the most popular NDP leader since Tommy Douglas
Jack Layton (D): Current leader of the NDP, won 19 seats in 2004 election (best since Ed ’88), former Toronto city councillor
Jean Chretien (D): Liberal Prime Minister 1993-2003, known for saying no to Iraq war and facial deformities
Joe Clark (R): Prime Minister 1979-1980, could teach a class on what not to do in a minority government situation, led Progressive Conservative Party in 1990s until it was taken over by Stephen Harper’s Alliance Party
John A. Macdonald (R): Canada’s first Prime Minister 1867-1873, 1878-1892. Can take pretty much all the credit for creating Canada, made CPR (trans-continental railroad) alcoholic, died in office.
John Diefenbaker (R): Prime Minister 1957-1963. Narrowly defeated Louis St. Laurent in election, used television to his advantage, his style got real old, real fast though.
Kim Campbell (R): Prime Minister for 132 days in 1993, lost 1993 election winning a record low of 2 seats.
Lester B. Pearson (D): World renowned diplomat, Nobel Peace Prize winner, Prime Minister 1963-1968
Louis Riel (D): Metis leader who led 2 unsuccessful revolutions in 1870 and 1885. Hanged for treason in 1885, but still popular in Manitoba and Quebec.
Louis St. Laurent (D): Intelligent, gentlemanly, known affectionately as Uncle Louis. Made governing Canada look easy from 1948 until his narrow defeat in 1957.
Paul Martin (D): Current Prime Minister, nearly lost 2004 election due to corruption and scandal.
Pierre Elliot Trudeau (D): Prime Minister 1968-1979, 1980-1984, most charismatic figure in Canadian political history, so popular that he created “Trudeaumania.”
Stephen Harper (R): Current Conservative Party leader, seen as too far right to lead, man with no personality and a crappy haircut.
Tommy Douglas (D): Former Saskatchewan premier, father of our medicare system, founder of the NDP, recently voted as the Greatest Canadian of all time.
William Lyon Mackenzie King (D): Longest serving Prime minister (1921-1926, 1926-1930, 1935-1948), dominated political scene for 3 decades, known for being very ambiguous, cunning political strategist, likes to talk to his dead mother in his spare time.
