Brian Mulroney Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Brian Mulroney, based on 11 World History Database records associated with Canada.

11 records1983–199210 events6 places

Chronological biography

1983

Party Leader1983

Politics / Progressive Conservative Party · Party Leader of PCP

Brian Mulroney replaces Joe Clark as leader of the Progressive Conservatives

Meeting with Margaret ThatcherSeptember 1983

Politics / Progressive Conservative Party · Party Leader of PCP

Meets Margaret Thatcher

1984

Election4 September 1984

Government / Government of Canada · Prime Minister of Canada · Quebec

The Progressive Conservative Party wins 211 of the 282 seats in the House of Commons

Prime Minister of Canada4 September 1984

Government / Government of Canada · Prime Minister of Canada

Appointed Prime Minister of Canada

Prime Minister of Canada17 September 1984

Government / Government of Canada · Prime Minister of Canada · Ottawa

Forms a Progressive Conservative majority government.

1985

Air India Bombing23 June 1985

Government / Government of Canada · Prime Minister of Canada · Ottawa

Responds after the Air India Flight 182 bombing kills 329 people.

1987

Meech Lake Accord3 June 1987

Government / Government of Canada · Prime Minister of Canada · Meech Lake

Secures first ministers agreement on the Meech Lake Accord.

1988

Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement2 January 1988

Government / Government of Canada · Prime Minister of Canada · Ottawa

Signs the free trade agreement with the United States.

1989

Montreal Massacre6 December 1989

Government / Government of Canada · Prime Minister of Canada · Montreal

Faces national mourning after the massacre at Ecole Polytechnique.

1990

Oka Crisis11 July 1990

Government / Government of Canada · Prime Minister of Canada · Oka

Faces the Oka Crisis over land and Indigenous rights.

1992

Charlottetown Accord26 October 1992

Government / Government of Canada · Prime Minister of Canada · Charlottetown

Sees the Charlottetown Accord rejected in a national referendum.

Titles and roles

Party Leader of PCP · Prime Minister of Canada

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.