Is Justin Trudeau the ‘most valuable politician’ in Ottawa?

Even Justin Trudeau's detractors have to admit that the Liberal leader has a had pretty special 2013.

From convincingly winning the leadership contest to spending most of the year atop of the public opinion polls is pretty significant.

But is he really the 'most valuable' MP?

That is the verdict in one of the most venerable politico surveys in the land, the Hill Times' 'All Politics Poll'.

Every November, for the past 17 years, the Ottawa-based weekly surveys their readers and political workers in Ottawa about all-things related to Parliament Hill.

This year — for the first time — with 18.4 per cent of the vote, Trudeau was voted MVP. (Or should that be MVMP?)

"Many respondents who voted for Mr. Trudeau said he has reinvigorated the federal Liberal Party," the newspaper notes.

"[He] pointed to the younger demographic that Mr. Trudeau is attracting, with one respondent stating that Mr. Trudeau is “increasing young peoples’ interest in politics and the political process."

Elizabeth May finished second on the MVP list while Stephen Harper finished third.

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The poll only queried 135 people so that might have something to do with the results.

Regardless, aren't there other more deserving MPs, who have done a better job representing their constituents and the country as a whole?

What about Conservative MP Michael Chong for developing and introducing the Reform Act which, if passed, would give MPs the power to trigger a leadership review, allow MPs to decide who is in caucus and would take away a leaders' power to sign-off on election candidates?

What about NDP leader Thomas Mulcair for holding the government's feet to the fire about the Senate expense scandal — day after day — while Trudeau was crisscrossing the country campaigning and fundraising for his party?

What about Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird for strong stance for gay rights in Russia?

What about Finance Minister Jim Flaherty for announcing that his government is poised to generate a $3.7-billion surplus in 2015 just a few years after the biggest worldwide recession in decades?

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Political pundit Gerry Nicholls isn't sold on Trudeau as MVP either.

"If you’re going to use sports criteria to rate politicians, I’d say Justin Trudeau is a rookie who shows great promise, but who still hasn’t proven he can win the big game," he told Yahoo Canada News.

"So let’s not be too hasty to crown him with any laurels.

"In sports, they name the MVP after the season is over, in politics the MVP won’t truly be known until the next election is over."

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The survey's other categories also elicited some surprising responses.

Jason Kenney was voted best cabinet minister while now-Justice Minister Peter MacKay was voted worst.

Also, when asked who they would like to see make a political comeback, 14.8 per cent of the respondents picked former Liberal leader Bob Rae. Rae has been an NDP and Liberal MP -- maybe next time he'll come back as a Conservative?

Other winners' in the Hill Times survey:

Most important issue facing the country: The economy

Favourite talking head: Evan Solomon

Favourite up-and-comer MP: Justin Trudeau

Public figure that should have run [for office] in the last election: David Suzuki

Biggest problem facing Parliament: Accountability/transparency

Full results can be found here.

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