Sir Robert Laird Borden




Prime Minister: October 10, 1911 - July 10, 1920

Political Party: Conservative

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Other Ministries:
  • 1911-1917 President of the Privy Council

  • 1912-1920 External Affairs



    • Major Points of Political Career:
  • Leader of the Opposition 1901-1911

  • Led Canada as Prime Minister throughout the 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










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