Robert Borden

Sir Robert Borden GCMG PC KC (26 June 1854 - 10 June 1937) was a Canadian colonial administrator, businessman and soldier. During his career, he served as eighth Prime Minister of the Dominion of Canada and twentieth President of His Majesty's Privy Council. He was one of seven founders of the League of Nations.

Borden's administration governed the Dominion of Canada between 1911-1920, during which time the First World War began and was concluded, a standing army of 700,000 men was raised, compulsory, military service was mandated for the country's men and the Canadian Expeditionary Force, a field army of the Imperial British Armed Forces, was deployed.