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b. 11 May 1851 in Port Hope, Upper Canada
in 1906. In 1911 he became deputy chief justice of the Superior Court and in 1915 he was appointed chief justice. Awarded by the Conservative government of Sir Robert Laird
Laurier (R10811-0-X), William Lyon Mackenzie King (R10383-0-6), Sir Robert Borden (R6113-0-X), and
companies became dependent on support from the Conservative federal government of Sir Robert Laird
Sir Robert Laird
Robert Laird Borden’s Union government appointed him to the Nova Scotia Supreme Court. Two years later, on
when the country was having great difficulty in this matter [see Sir Robert Laird Borden
from Ballyshannon (Republic of Ireland) to Saint John in 1818, was educated at Nova Scotia’s exclusive Acacia Villa School [see Sir Robert
was an adviser to two prime ministers, Sir Robert Laird Borden and Arthur
J. S. Woodsworth (R5904-0-1). Additional items were found in the fonds for R. B. Bennett (R11336-0-7), Sir Robert Borden (R6113-0-X), William Lyon Mackenzie King (R10383-0-6), Sir Wilfrid
the military hospitals commission is doing (n.p., 1918; copy in the Sir Robert Borden fonds at LAC, R6113-0-X); Louisbourg from its foundation to its fall, 1713–1758 (London, 1918; 4th
Nantel, provoked a split in the party of Robert Laird Borden, a defender of
election before the reference was made. His successor, Robert Laird Borden
Conservatives under Robert Laird Borden. The Tories believed that there had been