Le très honorable Brian Mulroney - Baie-Comeau, Qc
Posted by: LadyKarine
N 49° 13.267 W 068° 08.976
19U E 561924 N 5452384
Ce buste en bronze de Brian Mulroney est situé devant la mairie de Baie-Comeau.
Il a été le 18 ème Premier Ministre du Canada.
Waymark Code: WM11C3R
Location: Québec, Canada
Date Posted: 09/24/2019
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This is a life-sized bust ( from the chest up)made in bronze. He's wearing a jacket, a shirt and a tie. The plinth is made of grey marble and a plaque is located in the front.
Martin Brian Mulroney , né le 20 mars 1939 à Baie-Comeau (Québec), est un avocat, dirigeant d'entreprise et homme politique canadien. Il est le 18e Premier ministre du Canada, du 17 septembre 1984 au 24 juin 1993. Il est chef du Parti progressiste-conservateur du 11 juin 1983 au 12 juin 1993 et député à la Chambres des communes du 29 août 1983 au 8 septembre 1993, où il a représenté successivement les circonscriptions de Central Nova (1983-1984), de Manicouagan (1984-1988) et de Charlevoix (1988-1993).
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Martin Brian Mulroney PC CC GOQ (born March 20, 1939) is a Canadian politician who served as the 18th prime minister of Canada from September 17, 1984, to June 25, 1993. His tenure as prime minister was marked by the introduction of major economic reforms, such as the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement and the Goods and Services Tax, and the rejection of constitutional reforms such as the Meech Lake Accord and the Charlottetown Accord. Prior to his political career, he was a prominent lawyer and businessman in Montreal.
Mulroney was born on March 20, 1939, in Baie-Comeau, Quebec, a remote and isolated town in the eastern part of the province. He is the son of Irish Canadian Catholic parents, Mary Irene (née O'Shea) and Benedict Martin Mulroney, who was a paper mill electrician. As there was no English-language Catholic high school in Baie-Comeau, Mulroney completed his high school education at a Roman Catholic boarding school in Chatham, New Brunswick, operated by St. Thomas University (in 2001, St. Thomas University named its newest academic building in his honour). Benedict Mulroney worked overtime and ran a repair business to earn extra money for his children's education, and he encouraged his oldest son to attend university.
Mulroney would frequently tell stories about newspaper publisher Robert R. McCormick, whose company had founded Baie-Comeau. Mulroney would sing Irish songs for McCormick,and the publisher would slip him $50.He grew up speaking English and French fluently.