Robert Borden

Robert Borden

Sir Robert Laird Borden (born June 26, 1854 in Grand-Pré in Nova Scotia , † June 10, 1937 in Ottawa ), GCMG PC KC , was a Canadian lawyer, politician and between 1911 and 1920 the eighth Prime Minister of Canada . Borden was a member of the Conservative Party of Canada , of which he was chairman from 1901 to 1920.

Borden supported Great Britain in World War I by sending massive troops to Europe on the Western Front . After the end of the war he played a decisive role in transforming the colonial British Empire into a partnership of equal states, the Commonwealth of Nations . Through clever negotiations, Borden succeeded in allowing Canada to take part in the Paris Peace Conference of 1919 and to become an independent member of the newly founded League of Nations .

Borden was Crown Attorney (KC) and member of the Canadian Privy Council (PC). In 1915 he was made Knight of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG).

See also

• 9. Canadian Cabinet (1911-1917)
• 10. Canadian Cabinet (1917-1920)

Web links

Commons : Robert Laird Borden  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Biography Robert Borden (English)
• Robert Craig Brown: Borden, Robert Laird . In: Dictionary of Canadian Biography . tape 16: 1931-1940 . University of Toronto Press, Toronto 2015 ( English , French ).
• Robert Borden - biographical information on the website of the Canadian Parliament (English)
• Newspaper article about Robert Borden in the 20th century press kit of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics .