Bio

Mr. Mulroney joined Ogilvy Renault upon graduating from law school and practised law until 1976. He went on to serve as President of the Iron Ore Company of Canada before entering politics, becoming Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 1983 and Leader of the Official Opposition in the House of Commons, to which he was first elected in 1983 and re-elected in 1984 and 1988.

In September 1984, Mr. Mulroney led the Progressive Conservative party to the largest victory in Canadian history, becoming Canada’s eighteenth Prime Minister.

He was re-elected with a majority government four years later, thereby becoming the first Canadian Prime Minister in 35 years to win successive majority governments and the first Conservative Prime Minister to do so in 100 years. He resigned in June 1993, having served almost 9 years as Prime Minister.

His government introduced bold new initiatives such as the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the Canada-U.S. Acid Rain Treaty. Prime Minister Mulroney’s government also introduced a series of privatizations, a low inflation policy, historic tax reform, extensive deregulation and expenditure reduction policies that continue to be the basis of Canada’s impressive economic performance today.

Prime Minister Mulroney also served as Co-Chairman of the United Nations Summit on Children and his government played leading roles in the campaign against apartheid in South Africa, the creation of Le Sommet de la Francophonie and the Gulf War.

Mr. Mulroney rejoined the Firm as a Senior Partner in 1993.

Professional Involvement

Mr. Mulroney serves as a director of Barrick Gold Corporation, Archer Daniels Midland Company, Wyndham Worldwide Corporation, The Blackstone Group L.P., Independent News and Media, PLC and Quebecor Inc.

He also serves as Chairman of the Board of Quebecor World Inc., Chairman of Forbes International and Chairman of the International Advisory Boards of Barrick Gold Corporation and Independent News and Media, PLC.

Mr. Mulroney serves as Chairman and a director of Persona Communications, Inc., and as a director of Quebecor Media and Said Holdings Limited, all privately held companies.

He is also a member of the International Advisory Councils of the China International Trust and Investment Corporation, JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Lion Capital LLP.

Mr. Mulroney is also a director of the Montreal Heart Institute Foundation, the International Advisory Council of HEC Montréal, the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation and the Council on Foreign Relations.

Mr. Mulroney has been awarded Canada’s highest honour, Companion of the Order of Canada, and has been also been made a grand officer of the Ordre national du Québec. He has received honorary degrees and awards from universities and governments at home and abroad.

In 2000, the McGill University North American Studies Institute determined that Mr. Mulroney had the best economic record of any Prime Minister since the Second World War. In 2003, the Institute for Research on Public Policy rated Mr. Mulroney as the 2nd most accomplished Prime Minister of the previous 50 years. In 2006, a panel of Canada’s leading environmental groups determined that Mr. Mulroney was “The Greenest Prime Minister in history.”

Education

LL.B. (Université Laval, 1964)
B.A. (St. Francis Xavier University, 1959)

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