Bennett, John Diefenbaker, Joe Clark, Brian Mulroney, and Kim Campbell led progressive conservative federal governments.

In the aftermath of the 1989 budget, which saw a fillibuster by Liberal Senators in attempt to kill legislation creating the Goods and Services Tax, Prime Minister Brian Mulroney " stacked " the Senate by creating additional seats in several provinces across Canada, including New Brunswick ; however, there was no attempt by these provinces to increase the number of MPs to reflect this change in Senate representation.

Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney had briefly attended Dalhousie Law School, although failed after his first year.

As chairman of the international advisory board of Cerberus Capital Management, he recruited former Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney, who would have been installed as chairman if Cerberus had successfully acquired Air Canada.

She had directed the detailed planning of the funeral, including ordering all the major events and asking former President George H. W. Bush as well as former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney to speak during the National Cathedral Service.

To date, former prime ministers Joe Clark, Pierre Trudeau, John Turner, Brian Mulroney, and Kim Campbell were granted arms with the augmentation.

In 1980, with the rise of conservative neoliberal politicians such as Ronald Reagan in the U. S., Margaret Thatcher in Britain, and Brian Mulroney in Canada, the Western welfare state was attacked from within.

By the early 1980s there was no clear neoconservative in the Tory leadership cadre, but Brian Mulroney, who became leader in 1983, eventually came to adopt many policies from the Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan governments.

* Prime Minister Brian Mulroney ( Canada )

** The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, led by Brian Mulroney, wins 211 seats in the House of Commons, forming the largest majority government in Canadian history.

* September 17 – Brian Mulroney is sworn in as Prime Minister of Canada.

* February 24 – Prime Minister of Canada Brian Mulroney resigns amidst political and economic turmoil.

* March 20 – Brian Mulroney, 18th Prime Minister of Canada

* April 30 – Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and the Provincial Premiers agree on principle to the Meech Lake Accord which would bring Quebec into the constitution.

* January 30 – Prime Minister of Canada Brian Mulroney shuffles his cabinet, appointing 6 new ministers and re-assigning the responsibilities of 19 others.

Initially, the Reform Party was motivated by the need for democratic reforms and by profound Western Canadian discontent with the Progressive Conservative government of Brian Mulroney.

Former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney called the party " Reform in pantyhose ", and some opponents referred to the party as the " Reform Alliance " to enforce this perception.

BQ founder Lucien Bouchard was a cabinet minister in the federal Progressive Conservative government of Brian Mulroney.

The initial coalition that led to the Bloc was headed by Lucien Bouchard, who had been federal Minister of the Environment in the Progressive Conservative government of Brian Mulroney.

As the campaign unfolded, the Tories, led by Brian Mulroney, who was fighting his first general election in any capacity, soon took the lead.

During the televised leaders ' debate, Turner attacked PC leader Brian Mulroney over the patronage machine that the latter had allegedly set up in anticipation of victory, comparing it to the old days of the Union Nationale in Quebec.

Martin Brian Mulroney, ( born March 20, 1939 ) was the 18th Prime Minister of Canada from September 17, 1984 to June 25, 1993, and was leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1983 to 1993.

Mulroney is the grandfather of Lewis H. Lapham III, and twins Pierce Lapham and Elizabeth Theodora Lapham, and Miranda Brooke Lapham from daughter, Caroline, and twins Brian Gerald Alexander and John Benedict Dimitri by son Ben.

Mila ( left ) and Brian ( right ) Mulroney greet Rt.

Aoibheal also has a major role in Brian Merriman's 18th century comic poem Cúirt An Mheán Oíche.

In the 18th century, the college received the Brian Boru harp, one of the three surviving medieval Gaelic harps, and a national symbol of Ireland, notably used on the Irish Euro coins.

Cúirt An Mheán Oíche ( The Midnight Court ) by Brian Merriman ( 1747 – 1805 ) is something of an oddity in 18th century Irish poetry in Irish.

The movie stars Brian Dennehy and Chloe Webb and contains numerous references to the work of the 18th century French architect Étienne-Louis Boullée.

Milica " Mila " Mulroney ( Serbian Cyrillic: Милица " Мила " Пивнички-Milica " Mila " Pivnički ), ( born July 13, 1953 ) is the wife of the 18th Prime Minister of Canada, Brian Mulroney.

* July 15 – Mila Mulroney, wife of the 18th Prime Minister of Canada, Brian Mulroney

Brian Mulroney: 18th Prime Minister of Canada ( 1984-1993 )

However, his next race, the 1960 British Grand Prix provided Brian Naylor with his best ever Championship finish, after he came home in 13th place, having qualified in 18th place.

Dion Phaneuf was named the 18th captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs on June 14, 2010, at a press conference held by Brian Burke, succeeding Mats Sundin, who left after the 2007 – 08 season.

Brian Connolly went back to England and his band appeared on The Bob Downe Christmas show, on the 18th December 1990.

Rampart CRASH officer Brian Hewitt brought Ismael Jimenez, a member of the 18th Street Gang, into the Rampart police station for questioning.

According to Brian Leiter's recent law school rankings ( an alternative to the U. S. News survey ), GW ranks 12th in the nation for Supreme Court Clerkship Placement ( 2000 – 2008 ), 19th for student numerical quality, and 18th for law faculties with the most “ scholarly impact ” as measured by citations during roughly the past five years.

For the tenth anniversary of Booknotes in 1999, Brian Lamb compiled and edited an anthology of stories on 78 people who influenced American history from the 18th century to 1999.

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair in his Prime Minister's Questions of 3 May 2006 made a shorthand reference to the types of political groups, " Judean People's Front " or " People's Front of Judea ", lampooned in Life of Brian.

According to author Brian Carroll, Lyons had been underestimated when he assumed office in 1932 and as leader he demonstrated: " a combination of honesty, native shrewdness, tact, administrative ability, common sense, good luck and good humour that kept him in the job longer than any previous Prime Minister except Hughes ".

At Prime Minister's Questions, Tony Blair agreed with questioner Brian Jenkins MP that the film was " an affront " to British sailors.

* Sir Brian Talboys, ( BA ) former Deputy Prime Minister

Mulroney also did not immediately vacate 24 Sussex Drive after Campbell was sworn in as Prime Minister — as their new private residence in Montreal was still undergoing renovations, Brian and Mila Mulroney did not move out of 24 Sussex until their new home was ready.

Erik Nielsen, former Deputy Prime Minister for Mulroney, stated disbelief in Mulroney's account, and denied his credibility: " I think there was a phrase that attached to Brian years ago where he was known as Lyin ' Brian, and for my own part, I believe that they're both in the same boat — Schreiber and Mulroney.

Other notable people born in or associated with Newcastle include: engineer and industrialist Lord Armstrong, engineer and father of the modern steam railways George Stephenson, his son, also an engineer, Robert Stephenson, engineer and inventor of the steam turbine Sir Charles Parsons, inventor of the incandescent light bulb Sir Joseph Swan, modernist poet Basil Bunting, Lord Chief Justice Peter Taylor, the Portuguese writer Eça de Queiroz who was a diplomat in Newcastle from late 1874 until April 1879 — his most productive literary period, The Prime Minister of Thailand Abhisit Vejjajiva, singers Eric Burdon, Sting and Brian Johnson, lead singer of AC / DC from 1980 to the present, actors Charlie Hunnam multiple circumnavigator David Scott Cowper, Neil Tennant, Alan Hull, Mark Knopfler, Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch, Cheryl Cole, entertainers Ant and Dec, and international footballers Peter Beardsley, Michael Carrick, Andy Carroll, Paul Gascoigne and Alan Shearer.

The appointment, and those of twenty others that year made by the Governor General on the advice of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, remains unusual as, traditionally, being made a privy councillor is an act reserved for members of Cabinet, Chief Justices of Canada, and certain others who require access to classified documents.

Paisley's approach led him in turn to oppose O ' Neill's successors as Prime Minister, Major James Chichester-Clark ( later Lord Moyola ) and Brian Faulkner.

Lucien Bouchard, a former member of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney's Cabinet and later founder of the Bloc Québécois, a federal-level sovereigntist party, succeeded Parizeau as PQ leader, but chose not to call another referendum due to the absence of " winning conditions ".