Meet the tattoo artist, the farmer and the award-winning senior who share names with party leaders

Thanks to the longestfederal election campaign in modern Canadian history,party leaders Stephen Harper, Tom Mulcair, Justin Trudeau and Elizabeth May are allhousehold names. Their daily rallies, platformannouncements and campaign misstepsare constantly inthe news or beingscrutinized on social media.

But what about their counterparts the everyday people who just happen to share the same names as the federal leadersvying for votes?

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The CBC's Reg Sherren conducted an experimentlooking for such human homonyms during the 2011 federal campaign fora segment on The National called Political Name Calling.

But four years later and with some new leaders in place, it's time for an update.CBC News talked to three peopleabout the challenges of sharing a name withsomeone so well-known.

Stephen Harper, 'Senior of the Year'

Stephen Harper might not be the prime minister, but he gets the royal treatment in his hometown of Bracebridge, Ont.

"I get ribbed about it quite often, especially in our own town here. I get introduced as the prime minister," saidthe 79-year-old.

Harper hasknown thathe sharesa name with the Conservative leader since 2003, when his political counterpartwon the job of leading the newly united party that emerged from the mergerof theCanadian Alliance and theProgressive Conservatives. He thinks sharing the same name as the prime minister isan honour.

His political involvement: The Harper of Bracebridge has never met the Conservative leader. He says the closest he has come isin his work with the BracebridgeAgriculture Society, which puts on the town's fall fair.

Harper'sbeen involved with the fall fair for more than 50 years and was nominatedbyhismunicipality in 2013 fortheOntario Senior of the Year Award. Whenaccepting the award, he was joined on stage by his localTory MP,Tony Clement, a prominent member of Harper's cabinet.

What he has in common:Harper was stumped when CBC News asked him what he had in common with the Conservative leader. It took a bit of coaxing before he found onesimilarity.

"We're both honest people," he said.

His political advice:"I've been a Conservative all my life. I'm not about to change," he said. "I just wish [the other Stephen Harper]the best. I hope he gets elected again."

Elizabeth May, the farmer

When Elizabeth May became leader of the Green Party in 2006, a reporter called up a resident ofOro-Medonte, Ont.,and asked her if she was "the"Elizabeth May. It was one of thefirstof mix-upsthat Elizabeth May, a farmer who owns a cow-calf operation in the small town 200 kilometres north of Toronto, experienced. Since then, she has had to endure many more notall of them unintentional.

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"My husband keeps saying, 'I need to try and remember to get right to the party and get [an]Elizabeth May sign. I want to put it up at the gate,'" said May, who isin her seventies."We've never done it, but that's something he'd love to do for the hell of it."

Why she can't vote: Ironically,May the farmer can't vote in the Oct. 19 electionbecause she doesn't haveCanadian citizenship. Her husband is Canadian, but she herself is Scottish. She says if she could vote, it would be for Harper.

"I was born with blue blood, so I'll always vote Conservative, no matter what," she said.

What she has in common:Both Mays are originally from outside Canada. May, the politician, was born inConnecticutwhile May, the farmer hails from Perth,Scotland. In terms of appearance, May says she shares few similarities with the Green leaderapartfromhair colour.She does havesimilar views on environmental issues as the Green Party, though.

"The Conservatives right now, theirone downfall is global warming," she said. "I don't think Stephen Harper takes it seriously enough, and that's something that the Green Party are very strong about."

What she would do as leader:If May of Ore-Medonte were running the country, there area few things she would do differently. First, she would makevoting mandatory so those elected are a"fair representation" of the country.

"I [also] think the Senate should be abolishedby law,"she said. "Yes, they have to change the Constitution, but so what? It's doable. Everybody seems to think it's such a big deal."

Justin Trudeau, the tattoo artist

After numerous failedattempts to track down another Justin Trudeauin Canada, CBC News took the search south of the border to Pensacola, Fla., home to a tattoo artist of the same name as the Liberal leader.

The otherJustinTrudeau says hisfamily is originally from Canada andmoved to northernMichigan in 1927. Besidesfamily members,he hasonly met a handful of other Trudeaus in the United States.

When he first learned:The 28-year-old first heard about Canada's Trudeaufamily when he was a little kid.

"My dad named his snowmobile Pierre's French Tickler," he said. "I know Justin's dad is Pierre Trudeau, the former prime minister, and ever since then, I've kind of always known about [Justin]."

What he has in common:Perhaps the biggest thing bothTrudeaus have in common are theirtattoos.Tattoo artist Trudeauhas afully inked bodywhile political Trudeau has a tattoo of a raven and a globe on his left shoulder, which the country gotaglimpse ofat his infamous boxing matchwith Senator Patrick Brazeau.

Florida'sTrudeau thinks there is more to it than just that though.

"I think we kind of have similar facial structures," he says, referring to his cheekbones. "He's got a little bit more of a wavier, curlier hair where mine just sticks straight."

His political interests:Trudeauadmits he's not into politics.Though he knows all about Trudeau and his family, he didn't know anything else about the upcoming election.

"I'm a tattoo artist, so I don't really have a whole lot of time to dig in and watch TV and figure out things. I mean, I'm always behind a piece of paper, behind somebody's skin."

He did run for student council when he was in high school,though. "I never even got in I just ran. I think my dad kind of pushed me for it."

A week of phone calls and scouring phonebooks andsocial media for someonewho shares a name withNDP Leader Tom Mulcair has come up dry. Anyleads? Send them tohaydn.watters@cbc.ca.