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Robert Borden
Took a colony into a world war and brought back a country with its own seat at the table.
Life story
- June 26, 1854 · Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia
Born at Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia - 1896 · Halifax
Elected MP for Halifax after a career as a Halifax lawyer - October 10, 1911 · Ottawa
Became prime minister on the reciprocity election - 1917 · Quebec City
Imposed conscription, split the country, and won as a Unionist - 1917 · Ottawa
Extended the federal vote to women in the armed forces and to relatives of servicemen - June 28, 1919 · Versailles, France
Insisted Canada sign the Treaty of Versailles in its own right - June 10, 1937 · Ottawa
Died in Ottawa
In the timeline
- 1914 — Canada goes to war
- 1916 — Parliament burns
- 1917 — Income tax arrives
- 1918 — The conscription crisis