Canada's new American-style leader. (Brian Mulroney)

From: U.S. News & World Report | Date: September 17, 1984 | Copyright information

He is a brash Irish Canadian who isn't above moving into a log cabin to help win a political race--a newcomer to big-time politics whose slick campaign taught the professionals how it's done.

Brian Mulroney will become Canada's Prime Minister in mid-september, thanks to the sweeping victory he and the Progressive Conservatives won in the September 4 elections.

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