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Robert Borden

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Robert Borden

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Also known as Sir Robert Laird Borden, Robert L. Borden

8th prime minister of Canada (1854–1937)

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  • Architecture of Charles A. Haertling
  • Robert Laird Borden
  • National Symposium on the Future Availability of Ground Water Resources/Tps-92-1
  • Historic Brazos County

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Type
Group
Country
US
Active from
1983

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Key facts

Monarch
George V
Governors general
The Earl Grey The Duke of Connaught The Duke of Devonshire
Preceded by
Sir Wilfrid Laurier
Succeeded by
Arthur Meighen
Born
Robert Laird Borden , ( 1854-06-26 ) June 26, 1854, Grand-Pré , Nova Scotia
Died
June 10, 1937 (1937-06-10) (aged 82), Ottawa , Ontario, Canada
Resting place
Beechwood Cemetery , Ottawa, Ontario
Party
Liberal (until 1886) Conservative (after 1886; until 1917, 1922 – 1937) Unionist (1917 – 1922)
Spouse
Laura Bond ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1889 ) ​

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Encyclopedic overview

Sir Robert Laird Borden (June 26, 1854 – June 10, 1937) was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the eighth prime minister of Canada from 1911 to 1920. He is best known for his leadership of Canada during World War I.

Borden was born in Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia. He worked as a schoolteacher for a period and then served his articles of clerkship at a Halifax law firm. He was called to the bar in 1878 and soon became one of Nova Scotia's most prominent barristers. Borden was elected to the House of Commons in the 1896 federal election, representing the Conservative Party. He replaced Charles Tupper as party leader in 1901, but was defeated in two federal elections by Liberal Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier in 1904 and 1908. However, in the 1911 federal election, Borden led the Conservatives to victory, on the basis that that the Liberals' proposed trade reciprocity treaty with the United States would lead to the U.S. influencing Canadian identity and weaken ties with Great Britain.

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