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d. 27 April 1799 at the Hôtel-Dieu in Montreal (Que.)
federal Conservative government of Robert Laird Borden, elected on 21 Sept
*. Sir Robert Borden, whom Meighen had replaced in 1920, had been displeased
Speakman*]. After the Liberals fell in the general election of 1911, however, Robert Laird
fishing, was likely very pleased when the Conservative government of Robert Laird Borden
McKenna*, who represented the new federal Conservative government of Robert Laird Borden
SMITH, ROBERT HOME, lawyer, businessman, and office holder; b. 12 July 1877 in Stratford, Ont., elder son of Robert Smith
* endowed a professorship in constitutional and international law at Dalhousie University, enabling the creation of a faculty of law there [see Robert
Robert Laird Borden, who would later recall that on
Laurier (R10811-0-X), William Lyon Mackenzie King (R10383-0-6), Sir Robert Borden (R6113-0-X), and
the legislation (Logan v. the City of Winnipeg) [see Robert Machray*] in an effort to undermine the Barrett case, and
. W. Stewart in local directories two years later. They also worked on part of the Welland Canal in Ontario as well as marine terminals in Quebec City, Trois-Rivières, Cape Tormentine, N.B., and Borden
closest associates were Robert Rogers, minister of public works from 1900 to 1911
crisis of 1917, Bureau was one of the most powerful voices in the province of Quebec. On every platform he accused Sir Robert Laird