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Robert Borden

8th prime minister of Canada (1854–1937)

Person · Open Library

Born: 1854-01-01
Died: 1937-01-01
Works: 4

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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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Listeners: 248
Total plays: 4,157

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5 total works indexed

Development of the Colle-Salvetti correlation-energy formula into a functional of the electron density
· 1988 · cited 94,860x
Hallmarks of Cancer: The Next Generation
· 2011 · cited 55,816x
Research electronic data capture (REDCap)—A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support
· 2009 · cited 45,419x
Regression Shrinkage and Selection Via the Lasso
· 1996 · cited 38,849x
The PHQ-9
· 2001 · cited 38,226x

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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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Key dates

Born: 1 January 1854
Died: 1 January 1937

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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

Article

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.