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First Among Equals - Children's Version : The Prime Minister in Canadian Life and Politics
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Martin Brian Mulroney

Martin Brian Mulroney

Born 1939

Time as Prime Minister
1984 - 1993

Born

  • March 20, 1939, Baie-Comeau, Quebec

Education

  • St. Francis Xavier University, B.A. 1959
  • Laval University, LL. L. 1964

Personal Life

  • Married 1973, Mila Pivnicki (b. 1953)
  • One daughter, three sons

Occupations

  • Lawyer (called to the Quebec Bar in 1965)
  • 1974 - 1975 Member, Cliche Commission
  • 1976 - 1977 Vice-President, Iron Ore Company
  • 1977 - 1983 President, Iron Ore Company
  • Author
  • Currently practising law

Political Party

  • Progressive Conservative
  • 1983 - 1993 Party Leader

Constituencies

  • 1983 - 1984 Central Nova, Nova Scotia
  • 1984 - 1988 Manicouagan, Quebec
  • 1988 - 1993 Charlevoix, Quebeca

Political Record

  • Leader of the Opposition 1983 - 1984
  • Constitutional Accord (Meech Lake) 1987
  • Canadian Multiculturalism Act 1988
  • Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement 1988
  • Canada's Green Plan for a Healthy Environment 1990
  • Canadian participation in the Gulf War 1991
  • Goods and Services Tax 1991
  • North American Free Trade Agreement 1992
  • Constitutional Accord (Charlottetown Agreement) 1992
  • Nunavut Settlement Agreement 1993

Source: Canada's Prime Ministers, 1867 - 1994. [Ottawa]: National Archives of Canada, c1994. 20 p.


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