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Robert Borden

1854 - 1937

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Sir Robert Laird Borden (June 26, 1854 – June 10, 1937) was the eighth prime minister of Canada, serving from 1911 to 1920. He is best known for his leadership of Canada during World War I. Borden was born in Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia. He worked as a schoolteacher for a period and then served his articles of clerkship at a Halifax law firm. He was called to the bar in 1878 and soon became one of Nova Scotia's most prominent barristers. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Borden is the 13,689th most popular politician (down from 13,513th in 2019), the 329th most popular biography from Canada (down from 296th in 2019) and the 35th most popular Canadian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Robert Borden ranks 13,689 out of 19,576. Before him are Elizabeth Fry, Florence Bascom, Mike Huckabee, Daniel Morelon, Edén Pastora, and Khin Nyunt. After him are Ernest Bai Koroma, Anton Seidl, Alfredo Baldomir, Friedrich Dickel, Ranulf II of Aquitaine, and Antti Tulenheimo.

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Among people born in 1854, Robert Borden ranks 88. Before him are Nikolai Ruzsky, Marcel Brillouin, Jane Toppan, José Canalejas, Johan Turi, and L. A. Ring. After him are Nikolai Alexandrovich Morozov, Charles Angrand, Georges Eekhoud, Ivan Horbachevsky, Hans Carl Friedrich von Mangoldt, and Théodore Flournoy. Among people deceased in 1937, Robert Borden ranks 130. Before him are Kazimierz Nowak, Meliton Balanchivadze, Titsian Tabidze, Jean de Brunhoff, Alexander Chayanov, and Victor Laloux. After him are Alfred Abel, Walter Burley Griffin, Wilhelm Weinberg, Anastasios Metaxas, Clarence Clark, and Juan Campisteguy.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Robert Borden ranks 329 out of 1,622. Before him are Cobie Smulders (1982), David Shore (1959), John Vernon (1932), Carlyle S. Beals (1899), Robert Joy (1951), and Kate Nelligan (1950). After him are William Kahan (1933), Paul Bley (1932), Jacques Plante (1929), Alexander Knox (1907), Natasha Henstridge (1974), and Kenneth E. Iverson (1920).

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Among POLITICIANS In Canada

Among politicians born in Canada, Robert Borden ranks 35. Before him are Terry Sawchuk (1929), John T. Dunlap (1957), John Abbott (1821), John Diefenbaker (1895), Patricia Jones (1930), and Marc Garneau (1949). After him are Julie Payette (1963), Michael Ignatieff (1947), Arthur Meighen (1874), Ted Cruz (1970), Brock Chisholm (1896), and R. B. Bennett (1870).

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