Frederick William Borden



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.