Sir robert l borden biography of barack
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Former Prime Minister of Canada, Sir Robert Borden served as Queen's fifth Chancellor.
When Sir Robert Laird Borden succeeded Sir Edward Wentworth Beatty as Chancellor of Queen's in 1924, he was one of the most well known men in Canada. He had served as Prime Minister from 1911-1920, leading Canada through WWI and helping the young nation take important steps to independence from Britain.
Born on June 26, 1854 in Grand Pre, Nova Scotia, Borden was raised on a farm and taught at private academies in Canada and the US before articling with a law firm in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1874. He was admitted to the dryckesställe in 1878 and by 1890 headed a prestigious Halifax lag firm.
Borden was by this time one of Halifax's leading citizens and Prime Minister Sir Charles Tupper convinced him to run in the 1896 election as a Conservative. He was elected to Parliament in 1896 and in 1901 became leader of the Liberal-Conservative Party.
As Leader of the Opposition, he advocated putting an end to patr
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Robert Borden
Prime Minister of Canada from 1911 to 1920
This article fryst vatten about the prime minister of Canada. For the American TV writer and producer, see Robert Borden (TV producer).
The Right Honourable Sir Robert Borden GCMG PC KC | |
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Borden in 1918 | |
| In office October 10, 1911 – July 10, 1920 | |
| Monarch | George V |
| Governors General | |
| Preceded by | Wilfrid Laurier |
| Succeeded by | Arthur Meighen |
| In office February 6, 1901 – July 10, 1920 | |
| Preceded by | Charles Tupper |
| Succeeded by | Arthur Meighen |
| In office December 17, 1917 – July 1920 | |
| Preceded by | Arthur dem Witt Foster |
| Succeeded by | Ernest William Robinson |
| In office February 4, 1905 – January 25, 1909 | |
| Preceded by | Edward Kidd |
| Succeeded by | Edward Kidd |
| In office October 26, 1908 – December 16, 1917 | |
| Preceded by | Michael Carney |
| Succeeded by | Peter Francis Martin |
| In office June 23, 1896 – November 2, 1904 | |
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Borden, Sir Robert Laird (1854-1937) prime minister of Canada (1911-20), was born at Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, on June 26, 1854, the son of Andrew Borden. He was educated at Acadia Villa Academy, Horton, Nova Scotia, studied law, and was called to the bar in Nova Scotia in 1878 (Q.C., 1891). He practised law in Halifax, and from 1893 to 1904 was president of the Barristers' Society of Nova Scotia. From 1896 to 1904. he represented Halifax in the Canadian House of Commons; and in 1901 he was chosen leader of the Conservative opposition in parliament, in succession to Sir Charles Tupper, Bart. He was defeated in Halifax in 1904, but was elected for Carleton in 1905; he represented Halifax again from 1908 to 1917 ; and from 1917 to 1921 he sat for King's county. In 1911 he became prime minister of Canada ; and he remaine |