Opposition leader, 1980–1983 Opposition to Clark's leadership began to grow after the fall of the PC minority government, and the party's defeat by a resurgent Liberal Party. There were frequent rumors that several potential challengers were covertly undermining Clark's leadership. Though in 1982 Brian Mulroney deliberately appeared at a press conference with Clark to say that he was not seeking the leadership of the PC party, he was in fact conspiring to oust Clark.
Opposition leader 1980–1983 Opposition to Clark's leadership began to grow after the fall of the PC minority government and the party's defeat by a resurgent Liberal Party There were frequent rumors that several potential challengers were covertly undermining Clark's leadership Though in 1982 Brian Mulroney deliberately appeared at a press conference with Clark to say that he was not seeking the leadership of the PC party he was in fact conspiring to oust Clark