Alternate Canadian Prime Ministers
This will be a combination of both a thought experiment and a game on the part of the Post-1900 forum. The first player, in this case myself, writes down the name of an alternate Canadian PM; the second player writes a brief biography of that PM and then writes down the name of a second figure, and their term of office, party, etc. The third player repeats this, and so on, and so forth (This is inspired by Basilieus Giorgios' Future World Leaders thread, and by the recent sequel to the game created in that forum).
I will, however, be making a few modifications to the format:
1. The POD will essentially be the avoidance of Laurier's defeat in 1911. After the end of Laurier's term,
no person who became PM IOTL can become PM ITTL. The person who does Laurier's entry will only have to concern themselves with his fifth term.
2. The Butterfly Effect will be noted. Persons born after 1900 IOTL likely won't be born, so keep that in mind when we get to the time period in which prominent party leaders start to rise (Early 1960s)
3. Please, stick with
Duverger's Law.
So without further adieu, then, I'll post the first name (to be followed by someone else's entry) and we'll get this thing on the road.
Sir Wilfrid Laurier (L-QC): Sept. 11, 1896- Nov. 3, 1916**
** Died in office of natural causes