Any Canadian Politicians Who Could be POTUS? (and other offices)

hey, all. you may or may not know that in my ASB ATL, the United States includes most of Canada as well as it's OTL territory and some more besides. for the most part i've been considering just OTL American figures (and Winston Churchill) as candidates for TTL's various Presidents of the United States. however, it just occurred to me that i should consider OTL Canadians as well, since they're as much a part of the US ITTL as the Midwest or the South or California are.

okay, so, disregarding butterflies that would result in anyone born a generation later from not existing and with a POD of the American Revolution to include former colonies in what is now Canada, who are some historical and still-living Canadian politicians that could feasibly become important in the the United States government ITTL, including as VPs, Supreme Court Justices, governors of other states for whatever reason (after all, George W. Bush was Governor of Texas despite being from Connecticut, for example), and of course Presidents of the United States, and what their respective eras and political affiliations would be?

anything goes as long as they're Canadian politicians--i'll sort out all the possibilities myself later on

hello? anyone?

I'd contribute but other than the French-Canadian Trudeau IDK much about Canadian PMs.

like i said, anything goes as long as they're Canadians. even if i don't use what resources i find here for TTL's American Presidents, they could still be important in the other part of Canada doesn't even need to be a PM, it could be the Lieutenant Governor or Premier of a Canadian province

Rob Ford would be as good as present and previous POTUS

Seriously though, I could see Ontario as a key political state that may help determine election outcomes. With that, parties may favor nominating someone from Ontario.

Also a traditional American politician may move to Canada or family could have moved a generation earlier. TR from Saskatchewan comes to mind.

Brian Mulroney. The old joke was that since he couldn't be President he had to settle with being Prime Minister.

hzn5pk said:

Rob Ford would be as good as present and previous POTUS

Seriously though, I could see Ontario as a key political state that may help determine election outcomes. With that, parties may favor nominating someone from Ontario.

Also a traditional American politician may move to Canada or family could have moved a generation earlier. TR from Saskatchewan comes to mind.

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I can see the pro-weed lobby and the drug war conspiracy theorists getting behind Ford. And come on, anyone who's ever had a drunken stupor would vote for this guy out of sympathy. He's electoral gold.

I think Laurier, Pearson and MacDonald are perfect Presidential material.

John J. C. Abbott

John J. C. Abbott - He is the only prime minister of Canada I am aware of who ever called publicly for annexation by the United States.

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