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Robert Borden

Robert Borden was born in 1854 in Grand Pré, Nova Scotia. He was prime minister of Canada from October 10, 1911 to July 10, 1920.

Background:
Robert Borden’s father owned a farm and worked as a local stationmaster. Robert was very promising academically from a young age, and became assistant school master of his academy at age fourteen. He later went to study law at university, and became a lawyer in Partnership with Charles Hibbert Tupper (son of future prime minister Charles Tupper).He was elected to the house of commons in 1869, and became the leaders of the conservatives in 1901.

What was his role in WW1?
Three years into Robert Borden’s term as Canadian prime minister world war 1 started. As prime minister of

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