A guide to potential prime ministers

Citing “Tory insiders,” the Toronto Sun reported recently that Caroline Mulroney Lapham is considered by many to be the “heir apparent” to the leadership of the federal Conservatives. She’s “glamorous,” Harvard-educated and, coincidentally, happens to be

Catherine Clark

Age: 39 Potential party: Conservative The only child of Joe Clark and Maureen McTeer, Clark has some modest celebrity, thanks to her CPAC show, Beyond Politics. She was an adviser to her father during his 2000 political comeback and has never entirely ruled out putting her name on a federal ballot. Of course, she’s also never been swarmed by silver-haired Tories in the grip of nostalgia for Clark mania.

Kiefer Sutherland

Age: 48 Potential party: NDP Kiefer’s veins course with Tommy Douglas’s blood (the NDP founder is his grandfather), and he exudes star power brighter than 10 Mulcairs. Were he to become leader, the NDP could release a series of ham-handed web videos where Sutherland has “24 hours to save medicare” or something. Of course, becoming prime minister would mean a precipitous drop in social status from his current position as a Hollywood B-lister.

Ben Mulrone y

Age: 39 Potential party: Conservative Charming and telegenic, Ben — like Justin — looks like a version of his father with all the non-handsome parts sanded off. But he’s also rather chummy with the current Liberal leader; Mulroney was a guest at Justin’s wedding and his wife Jessica is Sophie Grégoire-Trudeau’s stylist, so it’s hard to imagine him picking a fight with the Liberal incumbent.

Sasha Trudeau

Age: 41 Potential party: New Democratic Could there be any greater coup for the New Democrats than getting the prime minister’s younger brother as leader? Sasha Trudeau, a documentary filmmaker, has a much more social justice-y resumé than his brother. And if the occasional op-eds he pens in praise of Fidel Castro are any indication, he’d be a more natural fit on the left than Tom Mulcair.