Canada may have had a lot of great Prime Ministers considering they all offered something different and helped establish Canada, but Robert Borden was Canada’s best Prime Minister.
Robert Laird Borden, son to Andrew Borden and Eunice Jane Laird, was born on June 26th 1854 in Grand Pre, Nova Scotia and died on June 10th, 1937 in Ottawa, Ontario at the age of 82. He got married to Laura Bond on September 25, 1889. Borden was an assistant schoolmaster at an academy at the age of 14. At 19, he was offered a teaching position but refused it as he saw no future in teaching. In 1878, he was called to the bar in Nova Scotia and proceeded to establish himself as a successful lawyer in partnership with Charles Hibbert Tupper, son of the future Conservative Prime Minister, Charles Tupper. This was how Borden established …show more content…
Before war, Canada’s “tinpot navy” had 350 sailors and 2 warships (the Niobe and the Rainbow). When Canada first entered the First World War in August 1914. Within two months, Canada sent a contribution of 30,000 men. As the great world war continued, Robert Borden managed to get 100 000 more volunteers. He had Sam Hughes lead the military and Borden provided them with weapons, ammunition, uniforms and food. Although the weapons and the uniforms were not the best, they got the job done and saved Canada money. While some were off the war, Robert had to get the rest of Canada into “war mode”. Since Canada had to provide food for the Canadian and British military, Borden had to make sure food at home was not going to waste. Everyone had to stretch the life of their food and find ways to preserve them so that they are good for a longer period of time and the army would be able to eat. Although war came as a surprise, Robert Borden displayed phenomenal leadership by organizing a strong military and getting Canada into "war mode" quickly. As a result, Canada was a part of the winning side of