The Right Honourable Sir Robert Laird Borden 
10 October 1911 - 10 July 1920


The Right Honourable Sir Robert Laird Borden

10 October 1911 - 10 July 1920

              BORN 
                           26 June 1854, Grand PrŽ, Nova Scotia 

              EDUCATION 
                           Acacia Villa Academy, Horton, Nova Scotia 

              PERSONAL STATUS 
                           Married 1889, Laura Bond (1863-1940) 

              PROFESSIONAL LIFE 
                           1868-1872 Teacher, Horton, Nova Scotia
                           1872-1874 Teacher, Matawan, New Jersey
                           Lawyer (called to the Nova Scotia Bar in 1878)
                           1924-1930 Chancellor, Queen’s University
                           1928 President, Crown Life Insurance
                           1929 President, Barclay’s Bank (Canada)
                           1930 President, Canadian Historical Association
                           Author 

              DIED 
                           10 June 1937, Ottawa, Ontario 

              BURIED 
                           Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario 

              PARTY 
                           Conservative
                           1901-1920 Party Leader
                           1917-1920 Union Government (a coalition of pro-conscription Liberals and
                           Conservatives) 

              CONSTITUENCIES 
                           1896-1904, 1908-1917 Halifax, Nova Scotia
                           1905-1908 Carleton, Ontario
                           1917-1920 King’s County, Nova Scotia 

              OTHER MINISTRIES 
                           1911-1917 President of the Privy Council
                           1912-1920 External Affairs 

              POLITICAL RECORD 
                           Leader of the Opposition 1901-1911
                           Led Canada as Prime Minister throughout First World War 1914-1918
                           War Measures Act 1914
                           Income War Tax Act 1917
                           Military Service Act 1917
                           Wartime Elections Act 1917
                           Principal author of Resolution IX of the 1917 Imperial War Conference
                           Franchise extended to women 1918
                           Leader of Canadian delegation at the Paris Peace Conference 1919 

WAR LEADERSHIP, 1914-1918
Biography:
http://www.archives.ca/www/ex/pm/bio/Borden.html

Under Robert Borden’s leadership, Canada contributed greatly to the Allied war effort during
World War I. The sacrifice of Canada’s soldiers enabled the Borden government to gain a new
autonomy for the country during the war and at the Versailles peace talks which followed.
However, in 1917, the issue of conscription seriously divided both the national political 
arties and the country. 

Legion of Honour, Grand Cross Awarded to Prime Minister Robert Borden ca. 1919 Enamel gilt badge, silver star, red silk sash C-47230