Robert Borden
Sir Robert Laird Borden (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.
Sir Robert Borden | |
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| 8th Prime Minister of Canada | |
| In office October 10, 1911 – July 10, 1920 | |
| Monarch | George V |
| Governor-General | Earl Grey Duke of Connaught Duke of Devonshire |
| Preceded by | Wilfrid Laurier |
| Succeeded by | Arthur Meighen |
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| Born | Robert Laird Borden June 26, 1854 Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia |
| Died | June 10, 1937 (aged 82) Ottawa, Ontario |
| Resting place | Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario |
| Political party | Liberal (1867–1891) Conservative (1891–1917, 1922–1937) Unionist (1917–1922) |
| Spouse(s) | Laura Bond (1889–1937, his death) |
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After retiring from public life, he served as the chancellor of Queen's University. His portrait appears on Canadian $100 bills produced since 1976.
Robert Borden Media
Sir Robert and Lady Borden, 1912
Borden opening a Victory Bond campaign in Toronto, 1915
Borden speaking to wounded soldiers at a hospital in the Western Front, March 1917
Borden addressing troops in England, April 1917
Borden surveying the ruins of the Halifax Explosion
Borden speaking at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, 1930
Robert Laird Borden grave site
Statue on Parliament Hill, Ottawa
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Other websites
Media related to Robert Borden at Wikimedia Commons
- Comments on the Senate's rejection of the Naval Aid Bill
- Historic plaque at Grand-Pré
- Photograph:Robert L. Borden, 1905 - McCord Museum
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