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Robert Borden
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8th prime minister of Canada (1854–1937)
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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- Grand-Pré
- Place of death
- Ottawa
- Spouse
- Laura Borden
- Occupation
- diplomat
- Position held
- member of the House of Commons of Canada
- Political party
- Conservative Party of Canada
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Anglicanism
- Image
- Sir Robert Laird Borden, 1915.png
- Work location
- Ottawa
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- Commons category
- Robert Laird Borden
- place of burial
- Beechwood Cemetery
- date of birth
- 1854-01-01
- date of death
- 1937-01-01
- birth name
- Robert Laird Borden
- name in native language
- Robert Laird Borden
- writing language
- English language
- archives at
- Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library
- candidacy in election
- 1917 Canadian federal election
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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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