Prime ministers of Canada in popular culture

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There have been numerous depictions of prime ministers of Canada in popular culture.

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Film and television

Fictional prime ministers

Fictional prime ministers of Canada have been portrayed in television series, including Rideau Hall , South Park , Jacob Two-Two , The Best Laid Plans and The West Wing , televisions films such as H2O , and motion pictures such as Canadian Bacon , My Internship in Canada , Buried on Sunday , Long Shot and London Has Fallen .

Literature

Fictional prime ministers

As themselves

Paul Martin and Stephen Harper have appeared as themselves as the sitting prime ministers on the CTV sitcom Corner Gas :

Justin Trudeau also appeared as himself in the later spin-off series Corner Gas Animated, in season 2 episode 5 "Paper Sashay" airing 15 July 2019.

Trudeau also made a cameo appearance on the 25 November 2022 episode of Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World (season 1, episode 2), as a special guest in the "werk room" segment of the show. Commentators made note of the significance of Trudeau being the first national head of government to appear on the program [10] at a time of heightened concern for the well-being of LGBT communities; [11] the pre-taped episode aired a week after the attack on patrons at the Club Q nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado. [12]

Several sitting prime ministers have also appeared as themselves on the CBC sketch comedy series Royal Canadian Air Farce , while Harper, Martin, and Chretien have all appeared in at least one installment of the satirical CBC series The Rick Mercer Report .

Notable impersonators

Other appearances

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