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Sir Robert Laird Borden

 
8th Prime Minister of Canada

October 10, 1911 - July 10, 1920

 

Born

  • June 26, 1854, Grand Pre, Nova Scotia

Education

  • Acacia Villa Academy, Horton, Nova Scotia

Personal Status

  • Married 1889, Laura Bond (1863-1940)

Professional Life

  • 1868-1872 Teacher, Horton, Nova Scotia
  • 1872-1874 Teacher, Matawan, New Jersey
  • Lawyer (called to the Nova Scotia Bar in 1878)
  • 1924-1930 Chancellor, Queen's University
  • 1928 President, Crown Life Insurance
  • 1929 President, Barclay's Bank (Canada)
  • 1930 President, Canadian Historical Association
  • Author

Died

  • June 10, 1937, Ottawa, Ontario

Buried

Party

  • Conservative
  • 1901-1920 Party Leader
  • 1917-1920 Union Government (a coalition of pro-consciption Liberals and Conservatives)

Constituencies

  • 1896-1904, 1908-1917 Halifax, Nova Scotia
  • 1905-1908 Carleton, Ontario
  • 1917-1920 King's County, Nova Scotia

Other Ministries

  • 1911-1917 President of the Privy Council
  • 1912-1920 External Affairs

Political Record

  • Leader of the Opposition 1901-1911
  • Led Canada as Prime Minister throughout the First World War 1914-1918
  • War Measures Act 1914
  • Income War Tax Act 1917
  • Military Service Act 1917
  • Wartime Elections Act 1917
  • Principal author of Resolution IX of the 1917 Imperial War Conference
  • Franchise extended to women 1918
  • Leader of Canadian delegation at the Paris Peace Conference 1919

 
Source:  Government of Canada
   

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