PM2004 - Canadian challenge/candidates Posted on Wednesday, December 1, 2004 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.//------------------------------------------------------------------------CANDIDATE BrianMulroney//------------------------------------------------------------------------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//----------------------FundRaisingAbility 9Stamina 13PoliticalParty 1HomeState 30Money 4200//Special Traits---------------------NAFTA 10//-----------------------------------ENDCANDIDATE//------------------------------------------------------------------------CANDIDATE EdBroadbent//------------------------------------------------------------------------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//----------------------FundRaisingAbility 9Stamina 15PoliticalParty 0HomeState 33Money 3500//Special Traits---------------------ENVIRONMENT 7SOCIALISM 6UNIVERSALHEALTHCARE 15//-----------------------------------ENDCANDIDATE//------------------------------------------------------------------------CANDIDATE JackLayton//------------------------------------------------------------------------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 7Stamina 15PoliticalParty 0HomeState 4Money 3800//Special Traits---------------------SOCIALISM 10MISSILEDEF -15UNIVERSALHEALTHCARE 15WELFARE 10ALTENERGY 10//-----------------------------------ENDCANDIDATE//------------------------------------------------------------------------CANDIDATE JeanChretien//------------------------------------------------------------------------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 8Stamina 14PoliticalParty 0HomeState 37Money 3800//Special Traits---------------------IRAQWAR -12UNIVERSALHEALTHCARE 10//-----------------------------------ENDCANDIDATE//------------------------------------------------------------------------CANDIDATE JoeClark//------------------------------------------------------------------------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 8Stamina 12PoliticalParty 1HomeState 21Money 3800ENDCANDIDATE//------------------------------------------------------------------------CANDIDATE JohnA_Macdonald//------------------------------------------------------------------------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 9Stamina 13PoliticalParty 1HomeState 33Money 4500ENDCANDIDATE//------------------------------------------------------------------------CANDIDATE JohnDiefenbaker//------------------------------------------------------------------------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 8Stamina 14PoliticalParty 1HomeState 25Money 3900ENDCANDIDATE//------------------------------------------------------------------------CANDIDATE KimCampbell//------------------------------------------------------------------------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 7Stamina 13PoliticalParty 1HomeState 46Money 4100ENDCANDIDATE//------------------------------------------------------------------------CANDIDATE LesterB_Pearson//------------------------------------------------------------------------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 8Stamina 13PoliticalParty 0HomeState 37Money 4100//Special Traits---------------------UNSUPPORT 15//-----------------------------------ENDCANDIDATE//------------------------------------------------------------------------CANDIDATE LouisRiel//------------------------------------------------------------------------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 6Stamina 14PoliticalParty 0HomeState 27Money 3200ENDCANDIDATE//------------------------------------------------------------------------CANDIDATE LouisSt_Laurent//------------------------------------------------------------------------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 7Stamina 12PoliticalParty 0HomeState 34Money 4100ENDCANDIDATE//------------------------------------------------------------------------CANDIDATE PaulMartin//------------------------------------------------------------------------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 8Stamina 14PoliticalParty 0HomeState 27Money 4400ENDCANDIDATE//------------------------------------------------------------------------CANDIDATE PierreElliotTrudeau//------------------------------------------------------------------------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 9Stamina 14PoliticalParty 0HomeState 21Money 4100ENDCANDIDATE//------------------------------------------------------------------------CANDIDATE StephenHarper//------------------------------------------------------------------------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 7Stamina 12PoliticalParty 1HomeState 25Money 3800ENDCANDIDATE//------------------------------------------------------------------------CANDIDATE TommyDouglas//------------------------------------------------------------------------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 7Stamina 14PoliticalParty 0HomeState 25Money 3100//Special Traits---------------------CIVILRIGHTS 9SOCIALISM 10UNIVERSALHEALTHCARE 20MARSHALLLAW -10PRIVATIZINGSOCIALSECURITY -10UNIONS 10//-----------------------------------ENDCANDIDATE//------------------------------------------------------------------------CANDIDATE WilliamLyonMackenzieKing//------------------------------------------------------------------------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//----------------------FundRaisingAbility 8Stamina 14PoliticalParty 0HomeState 30Money 4200ENDCANDIDATEHere’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 historyEd 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 DouglasJack Layton (D): Current leader of the NDP, won 19 seats in 2004 election (best since Ed ’88), former Toronto city councillorJean Chretien (D): Liberal Prime Minister 1993-2003, known for saying no to Iraq war and facial deformitiesJoe 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 PartyJohn 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 1963-1968Louis 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.