Your comment reminded me of Peter C. Newman's classic line about the first and so far the last PM of neither English nor French origin and from the most humble of beginnings in the frozen wilds of Saskatchewan, John Diefenbaker.   The Chief, wrote Newman, "was the first prime minister to speak for those parts of Canada that could not be seen from the top of The Royal York on a clear day".  Unlike the current PM who was born into exceptional wealth and status and celebrity and had everything handed to him in life, Diefenbaker had to work hard for everything he achieved.  And he never forgot the people in the places that could not be seen from the top of The Royal York on a clear day.