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BORDEN, Sir ROBERT LAIRD, lawyer and politician; b. 26 June 1854 in Grand Pré, N.S., first child of Andrew Borden and Eunice Jane Laird; m. 25 Sept. 1889 Laura Bond (d. 8 Sept. 1940) in Halifax; they had no children; d. 10 June 1937 in Ottawa. Robert Laird Borden’s paternal ancestor Richard Borden left Headcorn, England, in 1638 to settle in ...
Feb 21, 2008 · Sir Robert Laird Borden, avocat, politicien, premier ministre du Canada de 1911 à 1920 (né le 26 juin 1854 à Grand Pré, en Nouvelle-Écosse; décédé le 10 juin 1937 à Ottawa, en Ontario ). Huitième premier ministre du Canada, Robert Borden a exercé comme avocat à Halifax, a dirigé le Parti libéral-conservateur de 1901 à 1920 et a ...
Oct 22, 2019 · Prime Minister Robert Borden led Canada through World War I, eventually committing 500,000 troops to the war effort. Robert Borden formed a Union Government of Liberals and Conservatives to implement conscription, but the conscription issue split the country bitterly - with the English supporting sending troops to help Britain and the French adamantly opposed.
Jul 30, 2013 · Canada had little impact on the final shape of the treaty, but Prime Minister Sir Robert Borden led a successful and historic fight for separate Dominion representation at the peace conference, and separate signatures on the treaty. He believed passionately that Canada, with 60,000 war dead, had paid the price of such recognition.
BORDEN, sir ROBERT LAIRD, avocat et homme politique, né le 26 juin 1854 à Grand-Pré, Nouvelle-Écosse, premier enfant d’Andrew Borden et d’Eunice Jane Laird ; le 25 septembre 1889, il épousa à Halifax Laura Bond (décédée le 8 septembre 1940), et ils n’eurent pas d’enfants ; décédé le 10 juin 1937 à Ottawa. Richard Borden ...
Feb 21, 2008 · Sir Robert Laird Borden, lawyer, politician, prime minister of Canada, 1911–20 (born 26 June 1854 in Grand Pré, NS; died 10 June 1937 in Ottawa, ON ). The eighth prime minister of Canada, Borden was a Halifax lawyer, leader of the Liberal-Conservative Party 1901–20, and architect of the Conservative victory in the " Reciprocity Election ...
Aug 12, 2015 · R. Craig Brown, Robert Laird Borden, 2 vols. (1975, 1980). Tim Cook, Warlords: Borden, Mackenzie King and Canada’s World Wars (2012). Patrick M. Dennis, Reluctant Warriors: Canadian Conscripts and the Great War (2017). Martin Thornton, Sir Robert Borden: Canada: The Peace Conferences of 1919–23 and Their Aftermath (2010).
