♂ Robert L. Borden
 Anglican |
Record 5887 · 6808 |
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| Type of record Elected candidate ✓ Known but unelected candidate Perennial candidate |
Deceased | Performance: 89%
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| Birth | Death | Lived | Died in office |
| 26 June 1854 (169 years 9 months ago) |
10 June 1937 (86 years 10 months ago) |
82 years 11 months | No |
Family tie with other documented individual
| Who | ...is/was his | Note | |
| Frederick W. Borden (1847–1917) | Cousin |
Service in elected office
| Legislature | Total | Government | Opposition | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| The calculations in years, months and days are approximate and might be off by a few days due to the base date used for these calculations. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Leadership roles
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| # | Legislature | Party | M | Int | Role | Age | Dates | y | m | d | |
| 1. | CA | 9–11 | CONS | 1 | Opposition Leader | 46–57 | 06 Feb 1901 — 09 Oct 1911 | 10 | 8 | 3 | |
| 2. | CA | 9–12 | CONS | 1 | Party leader | 46–63 | 06 Feb 1901 — 11 Oct 1917 | 16 | 8 | 5 | |
| 3. | CA | 12–13 | CONS | 1 | Prime Minister | 57–66 | 10 Oct 1911 — 09 Jul 1920 | 8 | 8 | 29 | |
| 4. | CA | 12–13 | CONS | 1 | Minister of State/responsible | 57–66 | 01 Apr 1912 — 09 Jul 1920 | 8 | 3 | 8 | |
| 5. | CA | 12–13 | UNIO | 2 | Party leader | 63–65 | 12 Oct 1917 — 09 Jul 1919 | 1 | 8 | 27 | |
| 4. External Affairs |
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Electoral history
| → 9 recorded electoral participations → 11 electoral path points |
→ 10 documented challengers: |
Edward Blackadder m Michael Carney m (2 runoffs) Adam B. Crosby m (2 runoffs) Michael E. Keefe m Thomas E. Kenny m (2 runoffs) Alexander K. Maclean m William Roche m (3 runoffs) Benjamin Russell m James Sealy m William B. Wallace m |
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| Federal Ass.: 8 |
Nova Scotia | Halifax | |||||||
| 23 June 1896 | Age: 41 |
→ New to Parliament | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 1/4 | CONS | 53.06% | 6,170 of 23,255 | Elig.: inc. | Parti.: inc. | ||
| Loser > | CONS | 48.30% | 5,616 (-554) | Thomas E. Kenny m ( 62 ) | |||||
| ID: 20055(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET | Service: 4 years 4 months 14 days (Oppo.) | ||||||||
| Federal Ass.: 9 |
Nova Scotia | Halifax | |||||||
| 7 November 1900 | Age: 46 |
Re-elected incumbent | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 1/4 | CONS | 51.34% | 5,705 of 22,224 | Elig.: inc. | Parti.: inc. | ||
| Loser > | CONS | 50.05% | 5,562 (-143) | Thomas E. Kenny m ( 67 ) | |||||
| ID: 20311(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET | Service: 3 years 11 months 26 days (Oppo.) | ||||||||
| Federal Ass.: 10 |
Nova Scotia | Halifax | |||||||
| 3 November 1904 | Age: 50 |
Defeated incumbent (Party leader) | Exit from legislature → | ||||||
| General | ✗ | 3/4 | CONS | 48.77% | 6,830 of 28,009 | Elig.: 19,035 | Parti.: 73.94% | ||
| Winner > | LIB | 53.05% | 7,430 (+600) | William Roche m ( 62 ) | |||||
| ID: 20560(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET | |||||||||
| Federal Ass.: 10 |
Ontario | Carleton | |||||||
| 4 February 1905 | Age: 50 |
→ Returned to Parliament after hiatus | |||||||
| By-Election | ✓ | 1/1 | CONS | 0.00% | 0 of 0 | Elig.: 5,961 | Parti.: n/a | ||
| By acclamation | |||||||||
| ID: 20740(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET | Service: 3 years 8 months 21 days (Oppo.) | ||||||||
| Federal Ass.: 11 |
Nova Scotia | Halifax | |||||||
| 26 October 1908 | Age: 54 |
Re-elected incumbent | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 1/4 | CONS | 53.19% | 7,386 of 27,559 | Elig.: 19,670 | Parti.: 70.60% | ||
| Loser > | LIB | 47.78% | 6,635 (-751) | William Roche m ( 66 ) | |||||
| ID: 20821(F) — 23 Jan 2022 14:53 ET | Service: 2 years 10 months 25 days (Oppo.) | ||||||||
| Federal Ass.: 11 |
Ontario | Carleton | |||||||
| 26 October 1908 | Age: 54 |
Re-elected incumbent | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 1/2 | CONS | 67.28% | 2,667 of 3,964 | Elig.: 6,670 | Parti.: 59.82% | ||
| Loser > | LIB | 32.72% | 1,297 (-1,370) | James E. Caldwell m | |||||
| Post-Election... | |||||||||
| 24 January 1909 > | ?? | CONS | → | Vac. | Resigned: Elected in another riding | ||||
| ID: 20848(F) — 23 Jan 2022 14:53 ET | Service: 0 year 2 months 29 days (Oppo.) | ||||||||
| Federal Ass.: 11 |
Ontario | Carleton | |||||||
| 22 February 1909 | Age: 54 |
Incumbent did not run in this election | Exit from legislature → | ||||||
| By-Election | |||||||||
| Successor > | CONS | 0.00% | 0 of 0 | Edward Kidd m ( 59 ) | |||||
| ID: 21004(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET | |||||||||
| Federal Ass.: 12 |
Nova Scotia | Halifax | |||||||
| 21 September 1911 | Age: 57 |
Re-elected incumbent | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 1/4 | CONS | 50.92% | 7,040 of 27,652 | Elig.: inc. | Parti.: inc. | ||
| Loser > | LIB | 49.75% | 6,879 (-161) | Edward Blackadder m ( 37 ) | |||||
| Post-Election... | |||||||||
| 10 October 1911 > | ?? | CONS | → | Vac. | Resigned: Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election | ||||
| ID: 21059(F) — 2 Jul 2023 09:36 ET | Service: 0 year 0 month 19 days (Gov't) | ||||||||
| Federal Ass.: 12 |
Nova Scotia | Halifax | |||||||
| 27 October 1911 | Age: 57 |
Re-elected incumbent | |||||||
| By-Election | ✓ | 1/1 | CONS | 0.00% | 0 of 0 | Elig.: n/a | Parti.: n/a | ||
| By acclamation | |||||||||
| Post-Election... | |||||||||
| 10 October 1917 > | ?? | CONS | → | UNIO | |||||
| ID: 21236(F) — 1 Jul 2023 12:00 ET | Service: 6 years 1 month 19 days (Gov't) | ||||||||
| Federal Ass.: 13 |
Nova Scotia | Kings | |||||||
| 17 December 1917 | Age: 63 |
Re-elected incumbent | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 1/2 | UNIO | 60.96% | 3,941 of 6,465 | Elig.: inc. | Parti.: inc. | ||
| Loser > | LL | 39.04% | 2,524 (-1,417) | James Sealy m ( 55 ) | |||||
| Post-Election... | |||||||||
| 10 July 1920 > | ?? | UNIO | → | NLCP | |||||
| ID: 21320(F) — 2 Jul 2023 09:45 ET | Service: 3 years 11 months 18 days (Gov't) | ||||||||
| Federal Ass.: 14 |
Nova Scotia | Kings | |||||||
| 6 December 1921 | Age: 67 |
Incumbent did not run in this election | Exit from legislature → | ||||||
| General | |||||||||
| Successor > | LIB | 53.28% | 5,812 of 10,909 | Ernest W. Robinson m ( 49 ) | |||||
| ID: 21582(F) — 16 Apr 2024 21:08 ET | |||||||||
| → 8 online biographical references |
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| Lg | Hyperlink | Retrieved on |
| EN | Canadian Encyclopedia: Sir Robert Borden | 16 Apr 2024 |
| FR | Encyclopédie canadienne: Sir Robert Borden | 16 Apr 2024 |
| EN | Dictionary of Canadian Biography: Borden, Sir Robert Laird | 16 Apr 2024 |
| FR | Dictionnaire biographique du Canada: Borden, sir Robert Laird | 16 Apr 2024 |
| EN | Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo): The Right Hon. Sir Robert Laird Borden, P.C., K.C., G.C.M.G., M.P. | 16 Apr 2024 |
| FR | Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo): Le très hon. sir Robert Laird Borden, C.P., C.R., G.C.M.G., député | 16 Apr 2024 |
| EN | Wikipedia: Robert Borden | 16 Apr 2024 |
| FR | Wikipédia: Robert Laird Borden | 16 Apr 2024 |
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