Caroline Mulroney

Mulroney is the eldest of four children and only daughter of former Prime Minister of Canada Brian Mulroney and his wife, Mila.{{cite news | url = http://www.pressreader.com/canada/national-post-latest-edition/20151010/282986808766410/TextView | title = That's a wrap | publisher = National Post | date = October 15, 2015 | access-date = October 29, 2015 | quote = The non-profit founded by Caroline Mulroney Lapham and sisters-in-law Kary, Jessica and Vanessa has exploded across the country, providing women who are living in shelters with some basic personal care items like deodorant, toothpaste and socks, but also by providing some other 'luxury' items like makeup, skin care products. | archive-date = December 26, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151226124838/http://www.pressreader.com/canada/national-post-latest-edition/20151010/282986808766410/TextView | url-status = live }} One of her younger brothers is former CTV Your Morning host Ben Mulroney. Her father won the 1983 PC leadership race on her ninth birthday.{{Cite news|url=https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/caroline-mulroney-running-for-leader-of-ontario-pcs|title=After decades out of the spotlight, 'un-flashy' Caroline Mulroney wants to be leader of Ontario PCs|date=2018-03-02|work=National Post|access-date=2018-03-02|language=en-US}} Her maternal grandfather, {{Interlanguage link|Dimitrije Pivnički|sr|3=Димитрије Пивнички|lt=Dimitrije Pivnički}}, was a Montreal psychiatrist whose patients included Margaret Trudeau.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/opinion/2018/03/09/caroline-mulroney-no-stranger-to-high-society.html|title=Caroline Mulroney no stranger to high society|last=Govani|first=Shinan|date=2018-03-09|work=The Toronto Star|access-date=2018-03-10|language=en-CA|issn=0319-0781|archive-date=March 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310063344/https://www.thestar.com/opinion/2018/03/09/caroline-mulroney-no-stranger-to-high-society.html|url-status=live}} From ages 10 to 19, she lived in 24 Sussex Drive, the home of the prime minister, and attended Lycée Claudel d'Ottawa.{{Cite news|url=https://torontolife.com/city/toronto-politics/ten-things-know-ontario-pc-party-leadership-candidate-caroline-mulroney/|title=Ten things you should know about Ontario PC Party leadership candidate Caroline Mulroney|date=2018-02-06|work=Toronto Life|access-date=2018-02-14|language=en-US|archive-date=February 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215023530/https://torontolife.com/city/toronto-politics/ten-things-know-ontario-pc-party-leadership-candidate-caroline-mulroney/|url-status=live}}[https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/caroline-mulroney-running-for-leader-of-ontario-pcs After decades out of the spotlight, 'un-flashy' Caroline Mulroney wants to be leader of Ontario PCs] Her father said in his biography that he believed that she was the most like him "in her mindset". He also mentioned in an interview with La Presse that she would have been the most likely to follow his footsteps and that he "would not want to be a candidate against her".{{Cite news|url=http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/politique/politique-canadienne/201706/16/01-5108325-caroline-mulroney-se-lance-en-politique-provinciale.php|title=Caroline Mulroney se lance en politique provinciale {{!}} JOËL-DENIS BELLAVANCE {{!}} Politique canadienne|date=2017-06-17|work=La Presse|access-date=2018-02-18|language=fr-CA|archive-date=February 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219090315/http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/politique/politique-canadienne/201706/16/01-5108325-caroline-mulroney-se-lance-en-politique-provinciale.php|url-status=live}}

Mulroney has an undergraduate degree in Government from Harvard and a J.D. degree from New York University School of Law.{{cite news|url=http://www.torontosun.com/2015/12/15/caroline-mulroney-says-politics-isnt-her-priority|title=Caroline Mulroney says politics isn't her priority|author=Christina Blizzard|date=December 15, 2015|newspaper=Toronto Sun|access-date=December 19, 2015|archive-date=December 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222163308/http://www.torontosun.com/2015/12/15/caroline-mulroney-says-politics-isnt-her-priority|url-status=live}} During her time in law school, she developed an interest in public-interest law and interned at the New York Attorney General's office.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/goin-to-the-chapel/article1340412/|title=Goin' to the chapel|work=The Globe and Mail|access-date=February 20, 2018|archive-date=September 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928035540/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/goin-to-the-chapel/article1340412/|url-status=live}}

Mulroney is fluent in French, English, and Spanish.

After university, Mulroney worked as a financial analyst at Bear Stearns.https://ca.linkedin.com/in/carolinelapham{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} She briefly worked as a lawyer and associate at Shearman & Sterling, where she was part of the Compensation, Governance, and ERISA group.{{Cite news |last=Balakrishnan |first=Anita |date=June 20, 2019 |title=Doug Downey to replace Caroline Mulroney as attorney general |work=Law Times |url=https://www.lawtimesnews.com/news/general/doug-downey-to-replace-caroline-mulroney-as-attorney-general/266897 |access-date=July 4, 2023}} She also worked as an associate director of the NYU Center for Law & Business.{{cite web|url=http://bloombergsen.com/team.html|title=BLOOMBERGSEN|website=bloombergsen.com|language=en|access-date=2018-02-18|archive-date=February 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180209104413/http://bloombergsen.com/team.html|url-status=live}} On July 29, 2002, Mulroney was admitted into the New York Bar. Mulroney was reinstated as an American lawyer on September 29, 2017 after her law licence had lapsed.{{cite web|url=http://warrenkinsella.com/2018/02/is-ms-mulroney-a-lawyer/|title=Is Ms. Mulroney a lawyer? (With shocking update! And important question!)|website=warrenkinsella.com|date=February 7, 2018|language=en-US|access-date=2018-02-20|archive-date=February 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180221035515/http://warrenkinsella.com/2018/02/is-ms-mulroney-a-lawyer/|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.leagle.com/decision/innyco20171004944|title=MATTER OF LAPHAM {{!}} 2017 NY Slip Op 87297(U) {{!}} 20171004944 {{!}} Leagle.com|work=Leagle|access-date=2018-02-20|language=en|archive-date=February 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180220212557/https://www.leagle.com/decision/innyco20171004944|url-status=live}}

In 2011, she and her three sisters-in-law, Jessica Mulroney, Vanessa Mulroney and Katy Mulroney, co-founded The Shoebox Project, a non-profit that provides toiletries to women living in shelters.{{cite news | url = http://www.girlaboutotown.com/2013/12/05/the-shoebox-project/ | title = The Shoebox Project | publisher = Girl about town | date = December 5, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150428032158/http://www.girlaboutotown.com/2013/12/05/the-shoebox-project/ | archive-date = April 28, 2015 | access-date = November 1, 2015 | url-status = live | quote = Launched in 2011 by Caroline Mulroney Lapham and her three sisters-in-law Jessica, Vanessa and Katy Mulroney, the Shoebox Project began with an email to close friends. It took off like wildfire, and news traveled word of mouth.}}{{cite news | url = http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/mulroney-women-join-forces-with-parliament-hill-for-holiday-charity-1.1570140 | title = Mulroney women join forces with Parliament Hill for holiday charity | publisher = CTV News | date = December 2, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131217051900/http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/mulroney-women-join-forces-with-parliament-hill-for-holiday-charity-1.1570140 | archive-date = December 17, 2013 | access-date = November 1, 2015 | url-status = live | quote = By 2012, the project had spread to 10 cities with 2,700 boxes delivered, purely on the steam of volunteers and a website. Many charities collect donations of necessities and items for children, but few are dedicated solely to lifting a woman's spirits.}} In 2015, she was a blogger for the website, GoGoNews, an online newspaper for children.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/education/gogonews-aims-to-be-the-go-to-site-for-kids/article571709/|title=GoGoNews aims to be the go-to site for kids|access-date=2018-02-15|archive-date=November 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151102061603/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/education/gogonews-aims-to-be-the-go-to-site-for-kids/article571709/|url-status=live}} In addition, she has been a member of the board for the SickKids Foundation, a governor of the National Theatre School of Canada, and a member of the board of directors of the Fraser Institute. In 2015, Mulroney became vice president at BloombergSen, a Toronto investment counselling firm, until 2 August 2017, when she took a leave of absence upon announcing her candidacy.

On July 30, 2014, Minister of Transport Lisa Raitt appointed Mulroney to the Windsor–Detroit Bridge Authority, a body to oversee a second bridge across the Detroit River that separates Windsor, Ontario, from Detroit, Michigan.{{cite news | url = https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/detroit-windsor-bridge/article19841997/ | title = Transport Minister says Windsor-Detroit bridge to go ahead | publisher = The Globe and Mail | author = Steven Chase | date = July 30, 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150109132825/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/try-it-now/?articleId=19841997 | archive-date = January 9, 2015 | access-date = November 1, 2015 | url-status = live | quote = Ms. Mulroney Lapham, a lawyer and former financial analyst, has most recently worked as vice-president of corporate development at Wellington Financial, Mr. McQueen's firm. She's co-founder and executive director of Shoebox Projects for Shelters, a charitable foundation, and has considerable not-for-profit board experience.}}{{cite news | url = http://business.financialpost.com/news/transportation/canada-u-s-form-new-agency-to-push-forward-on-detroit-windsor-crossing | title = Canada, U.S. form new agency to push forward on Detroit-Windsor crossing | publisher = Financial Post | author = Claire Brownell | date = July 30, 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151226125040/http://business.financialpost.com/news/transportation/canada-u-s-form-new-agency-to-push-forward-on-detroit-windsor-crossing | archive-date = December 26, 2015 | access-date = November 1, 2015 | url-status = live | quote = The appointees to the Bridge Authority's board are Michael Cautillo, Bridge Authority president and CEO; Mark McQueen, chairman of the board; William Graham, director; and Caroline Mulroney Lapham, director and daughter of former prime minister Brian Mulroney.}} The authority will oversee the new bridge's $4 billion construction, and the management of the bridge, once it has been completed, including setting the bridge tolls.

When she was 14, Mulroney campaigned for Lucien Bouchard during the 1988 Lac St. Jean by-election. After his victory, Bouchard sent her a handwritten thank-you note for her efforts in getting him elected to the PC government. She felt betrayed after Bouchard defected from her father's party to the Bloc Québécois.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/opinion/star-columnists/2018/02/10/for-caroline-mulroney-networking-began-as-a-kid-at-24-sussex.html|title=Opinion {{!}} For Caroline Mulroney, networking began as a kid at 24 Sussex|work=thestar.com|access-date=2018-05-04|language=en|archive-date=February 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180210220929/https://www.thestar.com/opinion/star-columnists/2018/02/10/for-caroline-mulroney-networking-began-as-a-kid-at-24-sussex.html|url-status=live}} In 1990, she helped canvass for Ontario PC candidate Alex Burney in the 1990 Ontario election.{{Cite news|url=http://www.macleans.ca/politics/caroline-mulroneys-mad-scramble-to-make-a-name-for-herself/|title=Caroline Mulroney's mad scramble to make a name for herself - Macleans.ca|date=2018-03-09|work=Macleans.ca|access-date=2018-05-04|language=en-US|archive-date=March 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310034139/http://www.macleans.ca/politics/caroline-mulroneys-mad-scramble-to-make-a-name-for-herself/|url-status=live}}

On September 20, 2017, she attended the ground-breaking of the Brian Mulroney Institute of Government at St. Francis Xavier University with her father and mother.{{Cite news|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/mulroney-breaks-ground-for-mulroney-institute-in-n-s-it-was-a-major-endeavour-1.3598852|title=Mulroney breaks ground for Mulroney Institute in N.S.: 'It was a major endeavour'|date=2017-09-20|work=CTVNews|access-date=2018-02-15|language=en-CA|archive-date=February 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180216025346/https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/mulroney-breaks-ground-for-mulroney-institute-in-n-s-it-was-a-major-endeavour-1.3598852|url-status=live}}

On December 12, 2015, the Toronto Sun published a profile of Mulroney, in which journalist Christina Blizzard speculated as to whether her father's party would choose her as their new leader, to go head to head with Justin Trudeau, the current Prime Minister, the son of her father's old rival, Pierre Trudeau.{{cite news | url = http://www.torontosun.com/2015/12/12/caroline-mulroney-lapham-could-be-tories-heir-apparent | date = December 12, 2015 | author = Christina Blizzard | title = Caroline Mulroney Lapham could be Tories' heir apparent | publisher = Toronto Sun | access-date = December 14, 2015 | quote = Tories I've spoken to say Caroline Mulroney has the street cred to do that. She has the ability to bring the party together. A number of key Tory organizers are already behind her. She also has the ability to raise money and restore the party so it can win a majority government in the next election. | archive-date = March 4, 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051305/http://www.torontosun.com/2015/12/12/caroline-mulroney-lapham-could-be-tories-heir-apparent | url-status = live }} Blizzard quoted an unnamed "Tory insider", on Mulroney's performance, when she was the surprise keynote speaker at a 2009 event celebrating the 25th anniversary of her father's administration. That unnamed source said: "She certainly has the smarts and the glamour to offset the current prime minister in any future election." Blizzard described her lack of political experience as a benefit, since she "won't wear any of the mistakes of the Stephen Harper government". Andrew MacDougall, former director of communications to Stephen Harper, noted "But there's a reason Tories—both provincially and federally—have dreamt for a Mulroney candidacy for years" because "she's the closest thing the Tories have to royalty".{{Cite news|url=http://www.macleans.ca/opinion/caroline-mulroney-the-anti-trudeau-enters-the-political-fray/|title=Caroline Mulroney, the anti-Trudeau, enters the political fray - Macleans.ca|date=2017-08-02|work=Macleans.ca|access-date=2018-02-14|language=en-US|archive-date=February 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215085349/http://www.macleans.ca/opinion/caroline-mulroney-the-anti-trudeau-enters-the-political-fray/|url-status=live}}

When Mulroney served as joint master of ceremonies for the federal Conservative Party leadership convention in May 2017, she joked about Trudeau, "Who would want to run for their dad's old job?", but also said in a news interview, "I think politics is definitely something that I've always thought about as a career."{{cite news|last1=Tasker|first1=John Paul|title=Caroline Mulroney hints at future career in politics|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/caroline-mulroney-run-federal-politics-1.4134505|access-date=May 28, 2017|publisher=CBC News|date=May 27, 2017|archive-date=May 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170528004334/http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/caroline-mulroney-run-federal-politics-1.4134505|url-status=live}}

Mulroney responded to Blizzard with an email informing her that politics is not currently her priority telling her in an email: "While I am committed to public service and I am flattered by the suggestion, I am focused on my four young children and my work".

Patrick Brown recruited Mulroney as a star candidate for the PCs after meeting her when he helped collect donations for her charity.{{cite web |author=David Reevely |url=http://ottawasun.com/2017/08/03/reevely-in-caroline-mulroney-ontario-tory-leader-patrick-brown-lands-first-real-star-candidate-for-2018/wcm/68293d61-2524-47bd-b1ba-a4f29c5797f7 |title=Reevely: In Caroline Mulroney, Ontario Tory leader Patrick Brown lands first real star candidate for 2018 |publisher=Ottawa Sun |date=2017-08-03 |access-date=2018-06-07 |archive-date=February 26, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180226032820/http://ottawasun.com/2017/08/03/reevely-in-caroline-mulroney-ontario-tory-leader-patrick-brown-lands-first-real-star-candidate-for-2018/wcm/68293d61-2524-47bd-b1ba-a4f29c5797f7 |url-status=live }} On August 2, 2017, Mulroney announced that she would seek the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario nomination in the York—Simcoe constituency for the 2018 provincial election by releasing a video in which she stated that the government needs to "get out of the way", manage taxes properly and focus on affordability.{{cite news|last=Platt|first=Brian|title=Caroline Mulroney, daughter of former PM, makes her jump into Ontario politics|url=https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/caroline-mulroney-makes-her-jump-into-politics-seeking-an-ontario-pc-nomination/wcm/2cababb4-dc15-4e9b-9c4e-d70cb3671cae|access-date=August 2, 2017|work=National Post|date=August 2, 2017}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2017/08/02/caroline-mulroney-daughter-of-former-prime-minister-running-fo_a_23061559/|title=Like Father, Like Daughter: Caroline Mulroney Leaps Into Politics|date=2017-08-02|work=HuffPost Canada|access-date=2018-02-15|language=en-CA|archive-date=February 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180216025728/http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2017/08/02/caroline-mulroney-daughter-of-former-prime-minister-running-fo_a_23061559/|url-status=live}} She explained that she chose Mulroney as her political name because Mulroney Lapham was too long and she did not run as Caroline Lapham because, "no matter what I do, people just always call me Caroline Mulroney." On September 10, 2017, Mulroney was acclaimed{{cite web |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/caroline-mulroney-ontario-leadership-race-1.4519304 |title=Caroline Mulroney officially joins PC leadership race |publisher=CBC News |date=2018-02-04 |access-date=2018-06-07 |archive-date=February 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180213101359/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/caroline-mulroney-ontario-leadership-race-1.4519304 |url-status=live }} the PC candidate in York—Simcoe.{{cite news|title=Caroline Mulroney named Ontario PC candidate in York-Simcoe riding|url=https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/caroline-mulroney-named-ontario-pc-candidate-in-york-simcoe-riding/article36224460/|access-date=September 10, 2017|agency=The Canadian Press|work=The Globe and Mail|date=September 10, 2017|archive-date=September 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911090654/https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/caroline-mulroney-named-ontario-pc-candidate-in-york-simcoe-riding/article36224460/|url-status=live}} Her father had previously revealed that she had consulted him over a career in politics and that she had decided to enter provincial instead of federal politics to be closer to her family.

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{{See also|2018 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election}}Following the sudden resignation of Ontario PC leader Patrick Brown on January 25, 2018, due to allegations of sexual misconduct, Mulroney's name was raised as a possible successor.{{cite web|url=https://ipolitics.ca/2018/01/25/might-success-patrick-brown-three-names/|title=Who might succeed Patrick Brown: Here are three names|date=January 25, 2018|work=ipolitics.ca|access-date=January 25, 2018|archive-date=September 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928035543/https://ipolitics.ca/2018/01/25/might-succeed-patrick-brown-three-names/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.macleans.ca/politics/patrick-brown-denies-troubling-allegations-in-hasty-statement/|title=Ontario PC leader Patrick Brown resigns amid accusations of misconduct|date=January 24, 2018|work=Macleans.ca|access-date=January 25, 2018|archive-date=January 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126012055/http://www.macleans.ca/politics/patrick-brown-denies-troubling-allegations-in-hasty-statement/|url-status=live}}

On February 4, 2018, she declared her candidacy for the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario by releasing a video online.{{Cite news|url=http://www.chatelaine.com/opinion/caroline-mulroney-mom/|title=Caroline Mulroney Is Playing The Mom Card, A Tricky Game For Women In Politics|date=2018-02-09|work=Chatelaine|access-date=2018-02-26|language=en-US|archive-date=February 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180226093619/http://www.chatelaine.com/opinion/caroline-mulroney-mom/|url-status=live}} Mulroney has the most support from the federal Conservative caucus with 10 members.{{Cite news|url=http://www.hilltimes.com/2018/02/21/biotechnology-157/134856|title=Mulroney comes out ahead with nine Conservative caucus endorsements in Ontario PC leadership race - The Hill Times|date=2018-02-21|work=The Hill Times|access-date=2018-02-21|language=en-US|archive-date=February 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180222043939/http://www.hilltimes.com/2018/02/21/biotechnology-157/134856|url-status=live}} She was supported by at least four former Patrick Brown advisers: PC campaign chair Walied Soliman, ex-campaign manager Andrew Boddington, ad guru Dan Robertson, and strategist Hamish Marshall, the former director of controversial{{cite news|title=Conservatives name former Rebel Media director as 2019 campaign chair|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/hamish-marshall-andrew-scheer-conservative-campaign-1.4358811|website=CBC News|access-date=January 31, 2018|archive-date=March 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180313155138/http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/hamish-marshall-andrew-scheer-conservative-campaign-1.4358811|url-status=live}} website The Rebel Media and the Conservative Campaign Chair for the 43rd Federal Election.{{cite news|title=Tories pick Fedeli as interim leader after Patrick Brown sex scandal, but will hold spring leadership contest|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2018/01/26/tories-divided-on-how-to-replace-patrick-brown-after-sex-scandal.html|work=thestar.com|access-date=January 31, 2018|archive-date=February 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203001225/https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2018/01/26/tories-divided-on-how-to-replace-patrick-brown-after-sex-scandal.html|url-status=live}} Her campaign vice-chair was Derek Vanstone, Stephen Harper's former deputy chief of staff and a former Air Canada executive.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2018/02/28/caroline-mulroney-has-raked-in-700k-in-her-bid-to-succeed-patrick-brown.html|title=Caroline Mulroney has raked in $700K in her bid to succeed Patrick Brown|last=Benzie|first=Robert|date=2018-02-28|work=The Toronto Star|access-date=2018-02-28|language=en-CA|issn=0319-0781|archive-date=February 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180228225716/https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2018/02/28/caroline-mulroney-has-raked-in-700k-in-her-bid-to-succeed-patrick-brown.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/air-canada-brings-in-senior-harper-aide-derek-vanstone-1.1197927|title=Air Canada brings in senior Harper aide Derek Vanstone|work=CBC News|access-date=2018-02-28|language=en|archive-date=July 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701193420/https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/air-canada-brings-in-senior-harper-aide-derek-vanstone-1.1197927|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.macleans.ca/politics/caroline-mulroneys-mad-scramble-to-make-a-name-for-herself/|title=Caroline Mulroney's mad scramble to make a name for herself - Macleans.ca|date=2018-03-09|work=Macleans.ca|access-date=2018-03-09|language=en-US|archive-date=March 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310034139/http://www.macleans.ca/politics/caroline-mulroneys-mad-scramble-to-make-a-name-for-herself/|url-status=live}}

On February 4, 2018, Mulroney expressed concern to the Toronto Star that sending her children to private school might be used as political fodder,{{Cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2018/02/04/caroline-mulroney-will-officially-join-pc-race-monday-source-says.html|title=Caroline Mulroney says she's 'new' and 'fresh' and can get Tories back on track|last=Benzie|first=Robert|date=2018-02-04|work=The Toronto Star|access-date=2018-02-15|language=en-CA|issn=0319-0781|archive-date=February 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180216025347/https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2018/02/04/caroline-mulroney-will-officially-join-pc-race-monday-source-says.html|url-status=live}} and after the leaders' debate on February 28, 2018, she walked away from the post debate scrum when being asked about why she sends her children to private schools by the Ottawa Citizen{{'s}} David Reevely.{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-pc-leadership-debate-ford-elliott-mulroney-granic-1.4556885|title=Ontario PC leadership rivals take gloves off in final debate|website=cbc.ca|access-date=1 March 2018|archive-date=March 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180301151040/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-pc-leadership-debate-ford-elliott-mulroney-granic-1.4556885|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=https://tvo.org/article/current-affairs/the-next-ontario/-ontario-election-agenda-what-you-need-to-know-for-march-1|title=Ontario election agenda: What you need to know for March 1|date=2018-03-01|work=TVO|access-date=2018-03-01|language=en|archive-date=March 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180302103914/https://tvo.org/article/current-affairs/the-next-ontario/-ontario-election-agenda-what-you-need-to-know-for-march-1|url-status=live}}

Mulroney was criticised by some, including Doug Ford, for living most of her adult life in the United States, but she dismissed that by saying: "I've lived the majority of my life in Canada and Ontario".{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/caroline-mulroney-ontario-leadership-race-1.4519304|title=Caroline Mulroney officially joins PC leadership race|work=cbc.ca|access-date=February 14, 2018|archive-date=February 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180213101359/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/caroline-mulroney-ontario-leadership-race-1.4519304|url-status=live}}

Also running for the leadership were Ford, Christine Elliott, Tanya Granic Allen and, for a time, Patrick Brown who registered as a candidate on February 18, 2018, before withdrawing a week later.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}} Notwithstanding her previous statements of having "great confidence" in Brown,{{cite news|title=Caroline Mulroney, daughter of former PM, makes her jump into Ontario politics|url=https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/caroline-mulroney-makes-her-jump-into-politics-seeking-an-ontario-pc-nomination|access-date=21 February 2018|agency=National Post}} Mulroney tweeted disapproval of his decision to run.{{cite web |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/pc-leadership-entry-1.4539873 |title=PC leadership hopefuls slam Patrick Brown's move to join race for top job |publisher=CBC News |date=2018-02-16 |access-date=2018-06-07 |archive-date=February 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180218095602/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/pc-leadership-entry-1.4539873 |url-status=live }} Mulroney urged Brown to resign from the leadership race and asked the other candidates to join her call.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/caroline-mulroney-urges-patrick-brown-to-quit-ontario-pc-leadership-race/article38063657/|title=Caroline Mulroney urges Patrick Brown to quit Ontario PC leadership race|access-date=2018-02-22|archive-date=September 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928035552/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/caroline-mulroney-urges-patrick-brown-to-quit-ontario-pc-leadership-race/article38063657/|url-status=live}} However, Ford and Elliott did not do so with Elliott specifically saying that the party had decided who could run for leader. Mulroney criticised Ford and Elliott for their stance.{{Cite news|url=http://www.metronews.ca/news/toronto/2018/02/23/caroline-mulroney-ramps-up-attacks-on-rivals-in-ontario-tory-leadership-race.html|title=Caroline Mulroney ramps up attacks on rivals in Ontario Tory leadership race {{!}} Metro Toronto|work=metronews.ca|access-date=2018-02-23|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180224053011/http://www.metronews.ca/news/toronto/2018/02/23/caroline-mulroney-ramps-up-attacks-on-rivals-in-ontario-tory-leadership-race.html|archive-date=February 24, 2018|url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/mulroney-speech-friday-1.4548694 |title=Mulroney puts PC leadership opponents on blast, says 'only I can' win |publisher=CBC News |date=2018-02-23 |access-date=2018-06-07 |archive-date=February 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180223163454/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/mulroney-speech-friday-1.4548694 |url-status=live }}

Two workers in Mulroney's camp privately admitted to CBC News in separate conversations that she was not in the lead while two former MPs who had endorsed Mulroney, Paul Calandra and Parm Gill, moved their support to Elliott.{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/caroline-mulroney-ontario-pc-leadership-1.4554179|title=Caroline Mulroney's leadership bid is struggling: here are the signs|work=CBC News|access-date=2018-02-28|language=en|archive-date=February 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180228225743/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/caroline-mulroney-ontario-pc-leadership-1.4554179|url-status=live}}

In the leadership election held March 10, 2018, Mulroney came in third, behind winner Doug Ford and runner-up Christine Elliott, and was eliminated after the second ballot.{{Cite news|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/4075601/doug-ford-ontario-pc-party-leader/|title=Doug Ford declared Ontario PC Party leader|work=Global News|access-date=2018-03-11|language=en|archive-date=March 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180311062710/https://globalnews.ca/news/4075601/doug-ford-ontario-pc-party-leader/|url-status=live}}

In the 2018 Ontario election, Mulroney was elected to serve as the MPP for York—Simcoe during the 42nd Parliament of Ontario.{{cite news |last1=Riedner |first1=Heidi |title=Caroline Mulroney completes PC sweep of York Region with York-Simcoe win |url=https://www.yorkregion.com/news-story/8649587-caroline-mulroney-completes-pc-sweep-of-york-region-with-york-simcoe-win/ |access-date=February 3, 2019 |work=East Gwillimbury Express |date=June 8, 2018 |language=en-CA |archive-date=February 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190203024445/https://www.yorkregion.com/news-story/8649587-caroline-mulroney-completes-pc-sweep-of-york-region-with-york-simcoe-win/ |url-status=live }} On June 29, 2018, Premier Doug Ford appointed Mulroney to be the Attorney General of Ontario, despite never having practised law in Canada, and Minister of Francophone Affairs in his Executive Council.{{cite news |title=Full list of Doug Ford's new cabinet in Ontario |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-full-list-of-doug-fords-new-cabinet-in-ontario |access-date=February 3, 2019 |work=The Globe and Mail |date=June 29, 2018 |archive-date=November 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181102200512/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-full-list-of-doug-fords-new-cabinet-in-ontario/ |url-status=live }} As Minister of Francophone Affairs, Mulroney was pivotal in the creation of l'Université de l'Ontario français, Ontario's first-ever university governed by Francophones for Francophone students.{{Cite web |last=Pierroz |first=Sebastien |date=July 1, 2019 |title=Université de l'Ontario français : pourquoi Mulroney a fait un pas |url=https://onfr.tfo.org/universite-de-lontario-francais-pourquoi-mulroney-a-fait-un-pas/ |access-date=October 17, 2024 |website=Ontario French-Language Educational Telecommunications Authority (TFO)}} Mulroney also facilitated the modernization and first updates to Ontario's French Language Services Act in over 35 years.{{Cite web |last=Mulroney |first=Caroline |date=November 20, 2019 |title=Hansard Transcript 2019-Nov-20 {{!}} Legislative Assembly of Ontario |url=https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-42/session-1/2019-11-20/hansard#para1091 |access-date=October 17, 2024 |website=Legislative Assembly of Ontario}}

Mulroney voted in support of the Ford government's September 2018 proposal to use Section 33 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, commonly called the "notwithstanding clause", to overrule a judge's decision that legislation intended to shrink the size of Toronto City Council was in fact in violation of Charter rights. For this position, she faced widespread condemnation from constitutional experts and politicians of all parties, particularly with respect to her duty to ensure the sanctity of the judicial process as Attorney General.{{cite news |last1=Bob |first1=Hepburn |title=Where are you, Caroline Mulroney? |url=https://www.thestar.com/opinion/star-columnists/2018/09/12/where-are-you-caroline-mulroney.html |access-date=February 3, 2019 |work=Toronto Star |date=September 12, 2018 |language=en |archive-date=November 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130003736/https://www.thestar.com/opinion/star-columnists/2018/09/12/where-are-you-caroline-mulroney.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Gee |first1=Marcus |title=Caroline Mulroney's testing time |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/toronto/article-caroline-mulroney-faces-tough-test-in-new-role/ |access-date=February 3, 2019 |work=The Globe and Mail |date=September 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180914144434/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/toronto/article-caroline-mulroney-faces-tough-test-in-new-role/ |archive-date=September 14, 2018}}

In April 2019, as Attorney General of Ontario, Mulroney led a sweeping implementation of the budget austerity measures of the Ford administration on the justice file.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2019/06/05/legal-clinics-demand-meeting-with-mulroney-on-budget-cuts-as-queens-park-heads-toward-summer-break.html|title=Legal clinics demand meeting with Mulroney on budget cuts as Queen's Park heads toward summer break {{!}} The Star|website=thestar.com|date=June 5, 2019|language=en|access-date=2019-06-16|archive-date=June 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190613080402/https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2019/06/05/legal-clinics-demand-meeting-with-mulroney-on-budget-cuts-as-queens-park-heads-toward-summer-break.html|url-status=live}} This included a $133 million cut to Legal Aid Ontario, cutting over 30 percent of their anticipated $456-million provincial allocation for basic access to justice services for Ontario's low-income citizens. The cuts were targeted at the community legal clinics serving the most vulnerable communities according to advocates.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2019/06/12/torontos-most-vulnerable-residents-will-bear-the-cost-of-legal-clinic-cuts-advocates-say.html|title=Toronto's most vulnerable residents will bear the cost of legal clinic cuts, advocates say {{!}} The Star|website=thestar.com|date=June 12, 2019|language=en|access-date=2019-06-16|archive-date=June 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190614113844/https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2019/06/12/torontos-most-vulnerable-residents-will-bear-the-cost-of-legal-clinic-cuts-advocates-say.html|url-status=live}} One group called the cuts a "directed attack" against Toronto and groups linked with challenges to the Ford political agenda.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2019/06/12/sweeping-cuts-to-legal-aid-disproportionately-hit-toronto-clinics-parkdale-site-to-lose-1-million.html|title=Sweeping cuts to legal clinics called a 'directed attack' on Toronto and organizations challenging Ford government {{!}} The Star|website=thestar.com|date=June 12, 2019|language=en|access-date=2019-06-16|archive-date=June 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190614120342/https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2019/06/12/sweeping-cuts-to-legal-aid-disproportionately-hit-toronto-clinics-parkdale-site-to-lose-1-million.html|url-status=live}}

In 2019, Mulroney was shuffled to be Minister of Transportation, and kept the Francophone Affairs portfolio.

Mulroney was re-elected in the 2022 Ontario general election with approximately 57% of the vote.{{Cite news |last=Paul |first=Rob |date=June 2, 2022 |title=Mulroney celebrates win in York-Simcoe |work=Bradford Today |url=https://www.bradfordtoday.ca/2022-provincial-election-news/mulroney-celebrates-win-in-york-simcoe-5438087 |access-date=July 4, 2023}}

On June 27, 2023, Mulroney was administratively called to the bar as a lawyer in Ontario. This call was made possible by a 2021 change to the province's Barristers Act that automatically gave former Attorneys General the right to be called as lawyers. Three days later, on June 30, Mulroney was awarded the King's Counsel designation, which had been revived after having been discontinued in 1988 over its perception as a tool for rewarding political patronage rather than lawyerly skill. The honour was awarded to all lawyers in the provincial Cabinet at the time.{{Cite news |last=Gallant |first=Jacques |date=July 4, 2023 |title='Her fake honour': Caroline Mulroney was called to Ontario bar three days before getting 'King's Counsel' title |work=Toronto Star |url=https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/2023/07/04/her-fake-honour-caroline-mulroney-was-called-to-ontario-bar-three-days-before-getting-kings-counsel-title.html |access-date=July 4, 2023}}

Mulroney was re-elected in the 2025 Ontario general election.

She endorsed Pierre Poilievre in the 2025 Canadian federal election.{{Cite web |title=‘Good for her’: Ford says he allowed cabinet minister to endorse Poilievre {{!}} Globalnews.ca |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/11114405/ford-poilievre-endorsement/ |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=Global News |language=en-US}} She introduced him at a press conference in Toronto.{{Cite web |last=Vachon |first=Pascal |date=2025-04-02 |title=Contrairement à Doug Ford, Mulroney se range derrière Poilievre |url=https://onfr.tfo.org/doug-ford-caroline-mulroney-elections-federales-pierre-poilievre/ |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=ONFR |language=fr-CA}}

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After winning her riding nomination, Mulroney criticized the Liberal government for its minimum wage hike.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2017/09/10/caroline-mulroney-named-progressive-conservative-candidate-for-york-simcoe.html|title=Caroline Mulroney named Progressive Conservative candidate for York-Simcoe {{!}} Toronto Star|work=thestar.com|access-date=2018-03-28|language=en|archive-date=March 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180329054304/https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2017/09/10/caroline-mulroney-named-progressive-conservative-candidate-for-york-simcoe.html|url-status=live}} During the leadership, Mulroney stated that she was in favour of using the "People's Guarantee" as a "starting point" for the PCPO's 2018 election campaign.{{cite news|url=https://www.cp24.com/news/caroline-mulroney-says-she-will-bring-major-change-to-pc-party-at-first-campaign-event-1.3790987|title=Caroline Mulroney says she will bring major change to PC party at first campaign event|date=February 6, 2018|work=CP24|access-date=February 6, 2018|agency=The Canadian Press|archive-date=February 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180206043043/https://www.cp24.com/news/caroline-mulroney-says-she-will-bring-major-change-to-pc-party-at-first-campaign-event-1.3790987|url-status=live}} She is opposed to the introduction of a carbon tax.{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/caroline-mulroney-carbon-tax-ontario-1.4528480|title=Caroline Mulroney defends shifting position on carbon tax, suggests legal action against Ottawa could stop it|last1=Tasker|first1=John Paul|date=February 9, 2018|access-date=February 9, 2018|publisher=CBC News|archive-date=February 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180210003222/http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/caroline-mulroney-carbon-tax-ontario-1.4528480|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2018/02/08/elliott-ford-mulroney-sound-death-knell-for-peoples-guarantee-by-opposing-carbon-tax.html|title=Elliott, Ford, Mulroney sound death knell for People's Guarantee by opposing carbon tax|author1=Robert Benzie|date=February 8, 2018|access-date=February 8, 2018|publisher=Toronto Star|author2=Rob Ferguson|archive-date=February 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180208184220/https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2018/02/08/elliott-ford-mulroney-sound-death-knell-for-peoples-guarantee-by-opposing-carbon-tax.html|url-status=live}} She supports cuts in hydro rates and child care rebates. She remained committed to spending $1 billion to build Hamilton's light rail transit system,{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/pc-leaders-hamilton-1.4537235|title=Mulroney pledges to honour $1B for Hamilton's LRT project if she wins|last=Craggs|first=Samantha|date=February 15, 2018|work=CBC News|access-date=February 16, 2018|language=en|archive-date=February 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180216102645/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/pc-leaders-hamilton-1.4537235|url-status=live}} but on Dec 16, 2019, the province announced it was withdrawing the promised funding.{{Cite web |last=Craggs |first=Samantha |last2=Taekema |first2=Dan |date=Dec 16, 2019 |title=Ontario cancels Hamilton LRT in chaotic announcement; mayor calls it a 'betrayal' |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/hamilton-lrt-cancelled-1.5397519 |url-status=live |website=CBC News}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/lrt-mulroney-billion-1.5398363|title=6 takeaways from the province's decision not to fund LRT in Hamilton|last=Taekema|first=Dan|date=Dec 17, 2019|work=CBC News|access-date=December 18, 2019|language=en|archive-date=December 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191218003105/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/lrt-mulroney-billion-1.5398363|url-status=live}}

Mulroney is an American and Canadian dual citizen{{Cite web|last=Campbell|first=Meagan|date=2018-03-09|title=Caroline Mulroney's mad scramble to make a name for herself|url=https://www.macleans.ca/politics/caroline-mulroneys-mad-scramble-to-make-a-name-for-herself/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-28|website=Macleans.ca|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310034139/http://www.macleans.ca/politics/caroline-mulroneys-mad-scramble-to-make-a-name-for-herself/ |archive-date=March 10, 2018 }} and is married to Andrew Lapham, former executive advisor at Blackstone Canada,{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/caroline-mulroney-run-federal-politics-1.4134505|title=Caroline Mulroney could continue political dynasty begun by her father|work=cbc.ca|access-date=May 28, 2017|archive-date=May 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170528164109/http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/caroline-mulroney-run-federal-politics-1.4134505|url-status=live}}{{cite press release|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140428005318/en/Andrew-Lapham-Appointed-Executive-Advisor-Blackstone-Canada|title=Andrew Lapham Appointed as Executive Advisor to Blackstone in Canada|date=April 28, 2014|access-date=February 7, 2018|archive-date=February 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180209005919/https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140428005318/en/Andrew-Lapham-Appointed-Executive-Advisor-Blackstone-Canada|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/privateequity/2014/04/28/blackstone-goes-to-canada-eh/|title=Blackstone Goes to Canada, Eh?|last=Canada|first=Hillary|date=2014-04-28|website=WSJ|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-21|archive-date=February 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190221113813/https://blogs.wsj.com/privateequity/2014/04/28/blackstone-goes-to-canada-eh/|url-status=live}} former principal at Onex Corporation, and the son of former Harper's Magazine editor Lewis H. Lapham and grandson of Lewis A. Lapham.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ccoJBdbp558C|title=Secrets of the Tomb: Skull and Bones, the Ivy League, and the Hidden Paths of Power|author=Robbins, Alexandra|author-link=Robbins, Alexandra|publisher=Little, Brown|year=2002|isbn=0-316-72091-7|location=Boston|access-date=February 8, 2018|archive-date=June 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190612015536/https://books.google.com/books?id=ccoJBdbp558C|url-status=live}}{{rp|125}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lxQCBAAAQBAJ&q=lewis+Lapham+skull+and+bones&pg=PT730|title=Fleshing Out Skull & Bones: Investigations into America's Most Powerful Secret Society|last=Millegan|first=Kris|date=October 1, 2004|publisher=Trine Day|isbn=9781937584047|via=Google Books}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/meet-the-mulroneys/article18151174/|title=MEET THE MULRONEYS|access-date=2018-02-18|archive-date=April 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170405022536/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/meet-the-mulroneys/article18151174/|url-status=live}} Mulroney and Lapham met at a blind date at a pub which was set up by one of her Harvard friends. They were married on September 16, 2000,{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/mulroney-s-daughter-wed-at-posh-private-service-1.236258|title=Mulroney's daughter wed at posh, private service|access-date=February 14, 2018|archive-date=September 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928035607/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/mulroney-s-daughter-wed-at-posh-private-service-1.236258|url-status=live}} at Church of Saint-Léon-de-Westmount in Westmount, Quebec. It was covered by The New York Times{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/17/style/weddings-caroline-mulroney-andrew-lapham.html|title=Caroline Mulroney, Andrew Lapham|date=September 17, 2000|work=The New York Times|access-date=February 18, 2017|archive-date=November 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151102062205/http://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/17/style/weddings-caroline-mulroney-andrew-lapham.html|url-status=live}} as well as Canadian media. Attendees included such notables as George H. W. Bush, Conrad Black, Queen Noor of Jordan, and Joe Clark. A young, relatively unknown singer named Michael Bublé performed at the wedding, where he was introduced to producer David Foster, who would eventually agree to produce Bublé's debut album. All attendees, including catering staff, had to sign confidentiality agreements.{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/news-for-the-mulroneys-is-simply-grand/article746676/|title=News for the Mulroneys is simply grand|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|date=October 30, 2004 |access-date=February 11, 2018|archive-date=September 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928035604/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/news-for-the-mulroneys-is-simply-grand/article746676/|url-status=live|last1=Taber |first1=Jane }}

Mulroney and her husband lived in the United States until 2005. She had the first of their four children on October 30, 2004, while still living in New York. In 2005, she and her family moved back to Toronto.{{cite web|url=https://www.pressreader.com/canada/the-globe-and-mail-metro-ontario-edition/20180302/281492161815515|title=The Apprenticeship of Carolyn Mulroney |work=The Globe and Mail|via=PressReader|access-date=2018-03-02|archive-date=September 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928035606/https://www.pressreader.com/canada/the-globe-and-mail-metro-ontario-edition/20180302/281492161815515|url-status=live}} She has two daughters and two sons:{{Cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2018/02/14/your-5-ontario-pc-leadership-candidates-a-ford-a-mulroney-an-unknown-the-former-leader-and-the-favourite.html|title=Your 5 Ontario PC leadership candidates: A Ford, a Mulroney, an unknown, the former leader and the favourite|last1=Rushowy|first1=Kristin|date=2018-02-23|work=The Toronto Star|access-date=2018-02-25|last2=Ferguson|first2=Rob|language=en-CA|issn=0319-0781|last3=Benzie|first3=Robert|archive-date=February 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180225152017/https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2018/02/14/your-5-ontario-pc-leadership-candidates-a-ford-a-mulroney-an-unknown-the-former-leader-and-the-favourite.html|url-status=live}}

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