Frederick William Borden

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Sir Frederick William Borden, PC (May 14, 1847 – January 6, 1917) was a Canadian politician.

Born in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, he studied medicine at Harvard University, and practiced as a physician in Canning, Nova Scotia.

He entered politics in 1874 with election as a Liberal member from Kings County, Nova Scotia; aside from an interruption 1882–1887, he represented this constituency until 1911. He was Minister of militia and defence from 1896–1911, and was instrumental in raising the services from appendages of Britain to forces in their own right. CFB Borden was named in his honour when the air base was founded in 1916. He is the cousin of the eighth Prime Minister of Canada, Robert Borden.

Borden was created a KCMG in 1902. He died in Canning in 1917.

[edit] External links

• Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
• Synopsis of federal political experience from the Library of Parliament
• Annotated bibliography for Frederick William Borden from the Alsos Digital Library for Nuclear Issues
• Photographs of Frederick Borden's tombstone

Parliament of Canada
Preceded by Leverett de Veber Chipman	Member of Parliament from Kings 1874–1882	Succeeded by Douglas Benjamin Woodworth
Preceded by Douglas Benjamin Woodworth	Member of Parliament from Kings 1887–1911	Succeeded by Arthur de Witt Foster
Political offices
Preceded by David Tisdale	Minister of Militia and Defence 1896–1911	Succeeded by Samuel Hughes