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When Robert Borden unseated Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier (1841-1919) in the 1911 federal election, many doubted he could fill the big shoes of his long-serving Liberal predecessor. Yet Borden would prove to be a prime minister of equal historic importance (if not greater ), guiding Canada through World War I (1915-1918) and securing the country greater independence within the British Empire.
Sir Robert Borden, (born June 26, 1854, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia—died June 10, 1937, Ottawa, Ont., Can.), Prime minister of Canada (1911–20). He practiced law in Halifax, Nova Scotia, from 1874 and later founded one of the largest law firms in the Maritime Provinces. In 1896 he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons; he became leader of the Conservative Party in 1901. As prime ...
Robert Borden. Sir Robert Laird Borden GCMG PC KC (June 26, 1854 – June 10, 1937) was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He served as the eighth Prime Minister of Canada from October 10, 1911, to July 10, 1920. He was the third Nova Scotian to hold this office. After retiring from public life, he served as the chancellor of Queen's University.
5. Feb. 2021 · It was under his watch as prime minister that Canada would move from being a mere dominion within the British Empire to a full-fledged country. For Borden, it all begins when he was born on June 26, 1854 in Grand Pre, Nova Scotia. Borden’s family dates to Richard Borden, who came to Portsmouth, Rhode Island in 1638.
Sir Robert Borden. Prime Minister Sir Robert Borden speaks to troops while on a visit to Seaford Camp on 11 August 1918. Borden believed that the sacrifice of the Canadian forces in the field would require Britain to renegotiate with Canada after the war on full sovereignty. But the extreme war effort Borden encouraged in pursuit of victory led ...
This booklet contains a collection of speeches given by Prime Minister Robert L. Borden at locations in Toronto, Ottawa, and London (UK) throughout the summer of 1918. Canada at War: Speeches Delivered by Robert Borden in Canada and the United Kingdom, (Ottawa: 1918). CanadaAtWar.June-Sept.1918.pdf (16.11 MB) booklet, 32 pages. University of ...
10. The last Canadian prime minister born before Confederation, Robert Borden was born and educated in Grand-Pre, Nova Scotia, a farming community at the eastern end of the Annapolis Valley. 11. The Robert Borden family had immigrated from Headcorn, Kent, England, to New England in the 17th century. 12.
