The Prime Minister of Canada Mr. Brian
Mulroney 's father was born near Royal Oak, Bagenalstown, Co Carlow
On
September 17th 1984 the Right Hon. Brian Mulroney, whose ancestors came
from near Royal Oak, Bagenalstown, Co Carlow, was sworn in as Canada's
18th Prime Minister. A lawyer, Mulroney was a director of several
companies including the Iron Ore Company of Canada, before entering
politics. As leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada he set
an election record in 1984 when his party won 211 seats - the largest
number of seats ever won in a Canadian election. During his premiership he
undertook an official state visit to Ireland which included a visit to
Leighlinbridge. He was Prime Minister of Canada until 1992
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
Martin Brian Mulroney was born in Baie-Comeau, Quebec in 1939, the son
of an electrician. At fourteen, the young Mulroney went to St. Thomas, a
Catholic high school in Chatham, New Brunswick.
The son of Irish Canadian Catholic
parents, Benedict and Irene (O'Shea) Mulroney. Benedict Mulroney was a
paper mill electrician, and Brian received his high school education at a
Roman Catholic boarding school in
Chatham, New Brunswick operated by
St. Thomas University. He graduated with an
undergraduate degree from
Saint Francis Xavier University in
Antigonish, Nova Scotia, where he was a nationally ranked
debater
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