Shirley Martin (November 20, 1932 in

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– September 16, 2021) was a

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politician. Martin was a businesswoman and was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1984 federal election as the Progressive Conservative

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for Lincoln,

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. In 1987, she became Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Works. After the 1988 federal election, she joined

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Brian Mulroney Martin Brian Mulroney ( ; born March 20, 1939) is a Canadian lawyer, businessman, and politician who served as the 18th prime minister of Canada from 1984 to 1993. Born in the eastern Quebec city of Baie-Comeau, Mulroney studied political ...

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for Transport. She served briefly as Minister of State for Indian Affairs and Northern Development (1990–1991) before returning to the Transport portfolio. She retired from Cabinet in 1993 when Mulroney was succeeded as PC leader and prime minister by

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, and was not a candidate in the 1993 federal election.

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