Best of MTL 2016: People & Places

Xavier Dolan

With a political power surge and seemingly worldwide crush comes a predictable ascent for our Prime Minister in the Hottest Man category. And what a difference another knee injury makes for last year’s Hottest Man, Carey Price, who’s been out of sight but never quite out of mind this year. Despite a subsequently shit season for the Habs, P.K. Subban and Price retain their top spots in Best Sports Personality, with Impact import Didier Drogba justifiably making his first appearance in that category. And though we don’t relish the thought of Pierre Karl Péladeau returning to his old role as the scourge of Quebec media, it’s sweet that this is (hopefully) the last we’ll see of PKP the Slimy Politician. Significantly less slimy is federal Heritage/Culture Minister Mélanie Joly, this year’s #4 Hottest Woman, a category topped by actress Évelyne Brochu, thanks to her organized army of fans.

Hottest Man
1. Justin Trudeau
2. Xavier Dolan
3. P.K. Subban
4. Tristan Ginger
5. Carey Price
6. Chuck Hughes
7. Leonard Cohen
8. Sugar Sammy
9. Denis Coderre
10. Jay Baruchel

Hottest Woman
1. Evelyne Brochu
2. Maripier Morin
3. Tranna Wintour
4. Mélanie Joly
5. Jessica Paré
6. Sophie Grégoire-Trudeau
7. Audrey Ivory
8. Mitsou
9. Julie Paquet
10. Annie DeMelt

Best-Dressed Montrealer
1. P.K. Subban
2. Justin Trudeau
3. Tranna Wintour
4. Leonard Cohen
5. Pierre Lapointe
6. Xavier Dolan
7. Maripier Morin
8. Evelyne Brochu
9. Julie Paquet
10. Éric Salvail

Best Sports Personality
1. P.K. Subban
2. Carey Price
3. Didier Drogba
4. Eugénie Bouchard
5. Mitch Melnick
6. Brendan Gallagher
7. Max Pacioretty
8. Andie Bennett
9. Jay Farrar
10. Georges Laraque

Tackiest Personality
1. Mose Persico
2. Éric Salvail
3. Mado
4. Denis Coderre
5. Pierre-Karl Péladeau
6. Éric Lapointe
7. Céline Dion
8. Michèle Richard
9. Marie-Mai
10. Justin Trudeau

Best Weirdo
1. Jean Leloup
2. Beaver Sheppard
3. Hollywood
4. Natasha Nebula
5. Mado
6. Commander Clark
7. Jean-René Dufort
8. Paul Ash
9. Matthew E. Duffy
10. Socalled

Best Political/Social Cause
1. Dans la Rue/homelessness
2. Syrian refugees
3. Climate Change / environment
4. Animal rights / SPCA
5. Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women
6. Feminism
7. Black Lives Matter
8. Education/fees
9. Anti-austerity
10. Marijuana legalization

Best Politician
1. Justin Trudeau
2. Denis Coderre
3. Craig Sauvé
4. Françoise David
5. Amir Khadir
6. Sterling Downey
7. Manon Massé
8. Luc Ferrandez
9. Tom Mulcair
10. Philippe Couillard

Slimiest Politician
1. Philippe Couillard
2. Pierre-Karl Péladeau
3. Denis Coderre
4. Justin Trudeau
5. Gaétan Barrette
6. Stephen Harper
7. Jean Charest
8. Pauline Marois
9. Sam Hamad
10. Gérald Tremblay

Most Heinous Scandal
1. Flushgate
2. Corruption in construction/roads/potholes
3. Quebec Liberal Party/austerity
4. Charbonneau Commission
5. Superhospital
6. Jian Ghomeshi
7. Police brutality
8. Panama Papers
9. Nathalie Normandeau
10. Claude Jutra

Best Neighbourhood
1. Mile End
2. Plateau
3. St-Henri
4. NDG
5. Little Italy/Petite Patrie
6. Verdun
7. Rosemont
8. Hochelaga
9. Villeray
10. Mile Ex

Best Place to Have Public Sex
1. Mont-Royal
2. Parc Lafontaine
3. Wiggle Room
4. Metro
5. Lachine Canal
6. Various spots within Concordia
7. Old Port
8. Parc Jarry
9. Datcha bathrooms
10. Balconies

Other Notables: Police car * The alley beside NDQ * Bathrooms at Philémon * Léché bathroom * Outside of your mom’s house * The mayor’s office window * MTL Blog office * Champ des Possibles * At home, in bed * Dirty alley behind what was once Sam the Record Man * Onstage at Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier

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