Prime Minister of Rhodesia Prime Minister of Rhodesia The Prime Minister of Rhodesia (before 1964, of Southern Rhodesia) was the head of government in Rhodesia. Rhodesia, which became a self-governing colony of Britain in 1923, unilaterally declared independence on 11 November 1965, and was thereafter an unrecognized state in practice until 1979. In December 1979, the country came under temporary British control, and in April 1980 the country gained recognized independence as Zimbabwe. Rhodesia's political system was modeled on the Westminster system, and the Prime Minister's role was similar to that of the same position in other countries with similar constitutional histories – Canada,
Caroline Mulroney after Bouchard defected from her father's party to the Bloc Québécois. In 1990, she helped canvass for Ontario PC candidate Alex Burney in the 1990 Ontario election. Mulroney came to prominence in 1991, during her father's tenure as prime minister, when "Frank" magazine ran a satirical advertisement for a contest inviting young Tories to "Deflower Caroline Mulroney". Mulroney's father was incensed and threatened physical harm toward those responsible before joining several women's groups in denouncing the ad as an incitement to rape. Mulroney supported her father during the Oliphant hearings where he admitted to taking $225,000 in cash from Karlheinz