Frederick William Borden

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Sir Frederick William Borden KCMG PC (born May 14, 1847 in Cornwallis , Nova Scotia , † January 6, 1917 ) was a Canadian politician of the Liberal Party of Canada , who was intermittently a member of the House of Commons for more than 32 years and between 1896 and 1911 a minister for Militia and Defense in the 8th Canadian Cabinet of Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier .

Life

After attending school, Borden first completed an undergraduate degree at the University of King's College in Windsor , from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA). A subsequent study of medicine at Harvard Medical School he finished with a doctor of medicine (MD) and began in 1869 as a military doctor with the 68th Battalion.

As a candidate of the Liberal Party, he was elected to the House of Commons for the first time in the election of January 22, 1874 and represented the Kings constituency in Nova Scotia until his defeat in the House of Commons election on June 20, 1882 . He then worked again as a military doctor and was re-elected in the election of February 22, 1887 in the Kings constituency and won this mandate in the subsequent election of March 5, 1891 , this election because of an election challenge in a by-election on February 13 Was repeated in 1892. After being re-elected, he was a member of the House of Commons until his defeat in the House of Commons election on September 21, 1911 .

On July 13, 1896, Borden, the 1893 Lieutenant Colonel in the Military Medical Service of the Royal Canadian Armored Corps (RCAC), was appointed Minister of Militia and Defense to the 8th Canadian Cabinet by Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier and remained with it for more than 15 years to the end from Laurier's tenure on October 6, 1911. On August 1, 1901, he was made Colonel of Honor in the King's Own Calgary Regiment of the Royal Canadian Armored Corps and the Canadian Army Medical Corps . He was beaten for his services to Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (KCMG) and from then on carried the suffix "Sir".

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SURNAME Borden, Frederick William
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Liberal Party politician of Canada
DATE OF BIRTH May 14, 1847
PLACE OF BIRTH Cornwallis , Nova Scotia
DATE OF DEATH January 6, 1917