Former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney dies at 84, his daughter confirmed

Former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney has died at 84 “surrounded by family,” his daughter Caroline Mulroney announced on Thursday.

“On behalf of my mother and our family, it is with great sadness we announce the passing of my father, The Right Honourable Brian Mulroney, Canada’s 18th Prime Minister. He died peacefully, surrounded by family,” Caroline Mulroney posted on X Thursday afternoon.

Mulroney was first elected in 1984, becoming Canada’s 18th prime minister in what was the largest landslide vote in the country’s history.

He and his Progressive Conservatives won a record 211 seats out of 282. His government was reelected in 1988. Mulroney stepped down in 1993 after his party held onto only two of 295 seats in the House of Commons.

Born to a working-class family in northeastern Quebec, Mulroney would go on to become a corporate lawyer, a career he returned to after leaving office.

Mulroney’s time as prime minister is largely remembered by pushing a free trade deal forward, eventually becoming the North American Free Trade Agreement, with the United States and Mexico, a pact signed in December 1992.

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