According to the 2004 CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) program, who was The Greatest Canadian?

In 2004, CBC ran a series to find out who Canadians thought deserved to be labeled "The Greatest Canadian."

In the first part of the series, the bottom 40 were revealed, in order of popularity, determined by polls conducted by E-mail, website, telephone, and letter.

The second vote was accompanied by a series of documentaries on the finalists. Voting concluded on 28 November and the following evening the winner was revealed..

Below are the results from 140,000 nominations and 2.1 million votes from across Canada:

10. Wayne Gretzky; Holder of numerous NHL records.

9.Alexander Graham Bell; Scientist, inventor.

8.Sir John A. MacDonald: First Prime Minister of Canada.

7.Don Cherry; Hockey commentator.

6. Lester B. Pearson; 14th Prime Minister of Canada, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.

5.David Suzuki; Environmentalist.

4.Sir Frederick Banting; Scientist, co-discoverer of insulin, Nobel Prize in Medicine.

3.Pierre Elliot Trudeau; 15th Prime Minister of Canada.

2.Terry Fox; Athlete, activist, humanitarian.

1.T.C. (Tommy) Douglas; Father of Medicare, Premier of Saskatchewan.

Douglas was a social democratic politician. He was 7th Premier of Saskatchewan from 1944 to 1961. His government was the first social democratic government in North America, and it introduced the continent's first single-payer, universal health care program.

Douglas later led the national NDP party. Through much of his tenure, the party held the balance of power in the House of Commons.