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This article is 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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| 8th Prime Minister of Canada | |
In office October 10, 1911 – July 10, 1920 | |
| Monarch | George V |
| Governor General | |
| Preceded by | Wilfrid Laurier |
| Succeeded by | Arthur Meighen |
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| 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 |
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| Spouse(s) | Laura Bond (m. 1889) |
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Sir Robert Laird BordenGCMG PC KC (June 26, 1854 – June 10, 1937) was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the eighth prime minister of Canada, in office 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
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"Our hearts are united in inflexible determination; that the cause for which we have drawn the sword shall be maintained to honour and triumph." - Sir Robert Borden
Sir Robert Laird Borden GCMG KC PC (26, June, 1854 - 10, June, 1937) was a British author, businessman, diplomat, lawyer and politician. During his career Borden served as first Minister to the League of Nations, third Minister of Foreign Affairs, third Minister of Immigration, twentieth President of His Majesty's Privy Council and eighth Prime Minister of Canada.
Borden's administration established the Canadian Expeditionary Force, expanded the Royal Canadian Navy, financed the expansion of the British Royal Navy, founded the Canadian National Railway Company, practiced military solidarity with the British Empire, deploying forces during the First World War and the Russian Revolution in service of King George V, and opposed trade reciprocity with the United States.
Borden personally authored Resolution IX during the Imperial War Conference of 1919, lead the Canadian delegation at the Paris Peace Conference, reformed the national civil service, signed the Versailles Peace Treaty of 1919 and the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 on behalf of the Dominion of Canada and preserved Canada's economi
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Robert Borden
Prime Way of Canada from 1911 to 1920
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The Horizontal Honourable Sir Parliamentarian 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 de 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 | |
| Preceded by | John Fitzwilliam Stairs |
| Succeeded by | Michael Carney |
| Born | Robert Laird Borden (1854-06-26)June 26, 1854 Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia |
| Died | June 10, 1937(1937-06-10) (aged 82) Ottawa, Lake, Canada |
| Resting place | Beechwood Cemetery, Algonquian, Ontario |
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