Borden, Sir Robert Laird National Historic Person

Grand Pré, Nova Scotia
Rt. Hon. Robert Borden and Hon. Winston Churchill leaving the Admiralty. © Bibliothèque et Archives Canada | Library and Archives Canada / C-002082
Robert Borden (left) and Winston Churchill, 1912
© Bibliothèque et Archives Canada | Library and Archives Canada / C-002082
Rt. Hon. Robert Borden and Hon. Winston Churchill leaving the Admiralty. © Bibliothèque et Archives Canada | Library and Archives Canada / C-002082Robert L. Borden, M.P. (Halifax, N.S.), Leader of the Conservative Party. © William James Topley / Library and Archives Canada | Bibliothèque et Archives Canada / PA-027948
Address : 11668 Glooscap Trail, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia

Recognition Statute: Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4)
Designation Date: 1938-05-19
Life Date: 1854 to 1937

Other Name(s):
  • Borden, Sir Robert Laird  (Designation Name)

Importance: Prime Minister of Canada (1911-20)

Plaque(s)


Existing plaque:  11668 Glooscap Trail, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia

Born at Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia, a member of the House of Commons (1896-1904 and 1905- 1920), Borden was leader of the Conservative Party (1901-1917) and of the Union party from 1917 until his retirement in 1920. As Prime Minister (1911-1920) he conducted the affairs of his country through the First World War, imposing conscription for overseas service in 1917 and, in the same year, forming a government composed of a union of Liberals and Conservatives. His reputation rests principally upon his insistence that Canada should become an autonomous nation in the field of international diplomacy. He died at Ottawa.