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1900: Wilfrid Laurier (Liberal) More immigration, more prosperity, more foreign policy autonomy.

1904: Wilfrid Laurier (Liberal) See 1900.

1908: Wilfrid Laurier (Liberal) We might be in a severe recession right now, but the Tory alternatives of trade wars via tariffs and less immigration are hardly worth a vote.

1911: Wilfrid Laurier (Liberal) I want a Navy, free trade, and our own foreign policy.

1917: Robert Borden (Unionist) No swapping horses in midstream. The Liberals are Balkanized, demoralized and their leader is too old to become PM again. Let's win the war.

1921: Mackenzie King (Liberal) The Liberals seem to be reunited and continue with sound economic and foreign policies. I prefer King to the terminally arrogant, authoritarian and Quebec-basher Meighen.

1925: Mackenzie King (Liberal) See 1921.

1926: Mackenzie King (Liberal) Cont'd.

1930: Mackenzie King (Liberal) Cont'd. This time foreign and trade policy override the Prime Minister's temptations towards this new economic theory called "Keynesianism".

1935: Mackenzie King (Liberal) Bennett has completely failed as PM, and the Tories don't deserve another government for a decade or more after this train wreck.

1940: Mackenzie King (Liberal) We must win the war and have a voice in its prosecution.

1945: Mackenzie King (Liberal) See 1930/1945.

1949: Louis St-Laurent (Liberal) No more welfare-statism, just fiscal orthodoxy and strong national security policies.

1953: Louis St-Laurent (Liberal) See above.

1957: Louis St-Laurent (Liberal) 1949/53.

1958: John Diefenbaker (PC): Let's give the Tories a chance. If the Liberals think that they should regain power without an election, they quite deserve another term in opposition.

1962: Lester Pearson (Liberal): We cannot allow Diefenbaker to continue destroying our relations with our closest allies, the British and Americans, for another second. To say nothing of jeopardizing our national security with his rampant Ameriphobia.

1963: Lester Pearson (Liberal): See above.

1965: Lester Pearson (Liberal) I don't like Pearson's statism and too many concessions to Quebec, but I do support his foreign policy and will not vote Tory until they remove Diefenbaker from the leadership.

1968: Bob Stanfield (PC) Too much "P" in "PC", but a thoroughly decent man with much better policies than the alternative.

1972: Bob Stanfield (PC) No to 4 more years of anti-American socialism, thank you very much.

1974: Bob Stanfield (PC) See 1972.

1979: Joe Clark (PC) I have trouble taking Clark seriously as a leader, but I sure as hell don't want either of the alternatives.

1980: Joe Clark (PC) Austerity, yes. Raising taxes, alternative PM choices? Hell no.

1984: Brian Mulroney (PC) Finally, a choice like in Britain and the US, not an echo. Tory enthusiast this time!

1988: Brian Mulroney (PC) Four More Years!

1993: Abstention. I cannot think of a single reason to vote this year.

1997: Jean Chretien (Liberal) I'm holding my nose and voting for continued restoration of fiscal sanity, ignoring the social nonsense in the Liberal platform.

2000: Jean Chretien (Liberal) See 1997. I'd have voted Alliance, but Day is a total amateur who isn't fit to be PM.

2004: Stephen Harper (Tory) A return to Blue Toryism under one banner! Count me in!

2006: Stephen Harper (Tory): 2004, plus FUBARing of the Martin government on Adscam.

2008: Stephen Harper (Tory): Four More Years!

Quebec

1900: S-N Parent (PLQ) Four more years of sound governance and sound finances.

1904: Lomer Gouin (PLQ) See 1900.

1908: Lomer Gouin (PLQ) See above.

1912: Lomer Gouin (PLQ) Ad nauseam.

1916: Lomer Gouin (PLQ) Ad nauseam.

1919: Lomer Gouin (PLQ)

1923: Alexandre Taschereau (PLQ)

1927: Alexandre Taschereau (PLQ)

1931: Alexandre Taschereau (PLQ)

1935: Maurice Duplessis (PCQ) Finally a Tory leader I can take seriously. The corrupt thieves need to be in jail, not in office.

1936: Maurice Duplessis (UN) See 1935, though Godbout is a decent, well-meaning man.

1939: Adelard Godbout (PLQ) Duplessis' antiwar demagogy is unacceptable, and I'm holding my nose to vote Liberal.

1944: Maurice Duplessis (UN) Duplessis has moderated on the war, and I completely agree with his policies.

1948: Maurice Duplessis (UN) Four More Years!

1952: Maurice Duplessis (UN) See above.

1956: Maurice Duplessis (UN) See 1956.

1960: Jean Lesage (PLQ) Time for a new leader and a break, no more corruption. I wholeheartedly agree with the Unionists' economic program however.

1962: Daniel Johnson (UN): 2.5 years of state socialism is quite enough. No to nationalization of Shawinigan Power, yes to privatization of all these new government corporations.

1966: Daniel Johnson (UN) See 1962, I want Unionist economic policies back NOW.

1970: Robert Bourassa (PLQ) UN is imploding, no to independence, though the Liberals are now decidely centre-left unfortunately.

1973: Robert Bourassa (PLQ) No to independence.

1976: Abstention. Bourassa has screwed up on too much and I am not voting for Levesque's independence and socialism.

1981: Claude Ryan (PLQ) Economic sanity has returned to the Liberal Party. I do commend Levesque for his mild dose of Thatcherism with Loi 111.

1985: Robert Bourassa (PLQ) Looks like Bou-Bou has moderated his economic views and in my opinion has learned from his mistakes.

1989: Robert Bourassa (PLQ) Four More Years.

1994: Daniel Johnson (PLQ) I don't like Johnson, but I like the party now.

1998: Jean Charest (PLQ) Exactly the man we need, though I do appreciate that for the first time the PQ has an economic bleu as their leader. No to independence.

2003: Jean Charest (PLQ) Looks like M. Charest is staying true to his Tory roots.

2007: Jean Charest (PLQ) I agree with the ADQ's policies, but they are essentially Mario's personality cult and unfit to govern.

2008: Jean Charest (PLQ) See above.
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