Robert Laird Borden

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Canadian prime minister human

Robert Laird Borden was the eighth prime minister of Canada, best known for leading the country through World War I and securing greater autonomy for Canada within the British Empire.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Robert Borden	8
Robert Laird Borden canonical	3
Prime Minister Robert Borden	1
Sir Robert Borden	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Canadian prime minister ⓘ human ⓘ
awardReceived	Member of the Privy Council for Canada ⓘ Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom ⓘ
burialPlace	Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, Canada ⓘ surface form: Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa
commemoratedBy	Borden, Ontario ⓘ Sir Robert Borden High School ⓘ portrait on Canadian $100 banknote (historical issues) ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Canada ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1854-06-26 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1937-06-10 ⓘ
educatedAt	Acacia Villa School ⓘ
endTime	1920-07-10 ⓘ
familyName	Borden ⓘ
fieldOfWork	constitutional politics ⓘ public administration ⓘ
givenName	Robert ⓘ
honorificPrefix	Sir ⓘ
knownFor	advocating greater autonomy for Canada within the British Empire ⓘ helping secure separate representation for Canada in the League of Nations ⓘ leading Canada through World War I ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty	Progressive Conservative Party of Canada ⓘ surface form: Conservative Party of Canada (historical) Unionist Party ⓘ surface form: Unionist Party (Canada)
middleName	Laird ⓘ
monarchDuringTerm	George V ⓘ
notableWork	leadership of Canada during World War I ⓘ
occupation	lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ
ordinalInOffice	8 ⓘ
participatedIn	World War I ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Ottawa ⓘ surface form: Ottawa, Ontario
positionHeld	Prime Minister of Canada ⓘ
precededBy	Wilfrid Laurier ⓘ
religion	Presbyterian ⓘ surface form: Presbyterianism
residence	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada ⓘ surface form: Halifax, Nova Scotia Ottawa ⓘ surface form: Ottawa, Ontario
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
significantEvent	Canada’s separate signature on the Treaty of Versailles ⓘ Canadian participation in the Paris Peace Conference of 1919 ⓘ conscription crisis of 1917 ⓘ establishment of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in World War I ⓘ formation of the Unionist government in 1917 ⓘ
spouse	Laura Bond ⓘ
startTime	1911-10-10 ⓘ
succeededBy	Arthur Meighen ⓘ
workLocation	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada ⓘ surface form: Halifax, Nova Scotia

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Secretary of State for External Affairs → officeHoldersInclude → Robert Laird Borden ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sir Robert Borden

Conscription Crisis of 1917 → keyFigure → Robert Laird Borden ⓘ