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'''Martin Brian Mulroney''' was the 18th [[Prime_Minister_of_Canada|Prime Minister of Canada]] from 1984-1993.  
 
'''Martin Brian Mulroney''' was the 18th [[Prime_Minister_of_Canada|Prime Minister of Canada]] from 1984-1993.  
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<br>Mulroney was born in [[Baie-Comeau]], [[Quebec]] in 1939, the son of an electrician. In 1955, he attended St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, [[Nova Scotia]], studying arts and commerce before majoring in political science. He graduated with honours in 1959, Mulroney studying law at Dalhousie University in [[Halifax]], and later at Laval University in [[Quebec City]], a year later.  Always interested in Politics, Mulroney ran for federal leadership of the Progressive Conservative party, in 1976 but lost to [[Joe Clark]].  In 1983 he ran again and won both the party leadership and the Canadian Election.  Elected from the [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada]], Brian Mulroney led the Conservatives to the largest majority in Canadian History, winning 211 seats in the House of Commons in the 1984 election over [[John Turner]].  Four years later the Conservatives won another majority.  
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<br>Mulroney was born in [[Baie-Comeau]], [[Quebec]] in 1939, the son of an electrician. In 1955, he attended St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, [[Nova Scotia]], studying arts and commerce before majoring in political science. He graduated with honours in 1959, Mulroney studying law at Dalhousie University in [[Halifax]], and later at Laval University in [[Québec City]], a year later.  Always interested in Politics, Mulroney ran for federal leadership of the Progressive Conservative party, in 1976 but lost to [[Joe Clark]].  In 1983 he ran again and won both the party leadership and the Canadian Election.  Elected from the [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada]], Brian Mulroney led the Conservatives to the largest majority in Canadian History, winning 211 seats in the House of Commons in the 1984 election over [[John Turner]].  Four years later the Conservatives won another majority.  
 
<br>In his 9 years in Office Brian Mulroney led [[Canada]] into a new economic age by reducing the government defecit spending of the [[Liberal_Party_of_Canada|Liberal Party]] securing free trade with the [[United States]] and [[Mexico]].  He set in motion the creation of Canada's newest territory, [[Nunavut]] and worked hard with the Canadian Provinces to strengthen the Canadian Federation.  The [[Meech Lake Accord]] attempted to define conditions under which Quebec could sign the 1982 Constitution, but failed to become law when it was not passed by the [[Manitoba]] and [[Newfoundland]] legislatures. Another endeavour to secure constitutional unanimity was undertaken with the [[Charlottetown Accord]] in 1992. A national referendum was called on this agreement, but it was ultimately defeated.  Mulroney resigned from politics in 1993, however remains active as a lawyer in Canada.
 
<br>In his 9 years in Office Brian Mulroney led [[Canada]] into a new economic age by reducing the government defecit spending of the [[Liberal_Party_of_Canada|Liberal Party]] securing free trade with the [[United States]] and [[Mexico]].  He set in motion the creation of Canada's newest territory, [[Nunavut]] and worked hard with the Canadian Provinces to strengthen the Canadian Federation.  The [[Meech Lake Accord]] attempted to define conditions under which Quebec could sign the 1982 Constitution, but failed to become law when it was not passed by the [[Manitoba]] and [[Newfoundland]] legislatures. Another endeavour to secure constitutional unanimity was undertaken with the [[Charlottetown Accord]] in 1992. A national referendum was called on this agreement, but it was ultimately defeated.  Mulroney resigned from politics in 1993, however remains active as a lawyer in Canada.
    
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[[Category:Canadian Prime Ministers]]
 
[[Category:Canadian Prime Ministers]]
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