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He increased pay and retirement benefits, equipped the militia with modern weapons, established rules regulating tenure of command, and decentralized command and administration. Miller (2010) presents evidence that Borden saved himself from financial ruin by stationing three battalions of soldiers
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Frederick William Borden from the Alsos Digital Library for Nuclear Issues
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was named in his honour when the air base was founded in 1916. He is the cousin of the eighth
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Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
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in late May 1902, Borden was created a Knight
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Order of the
Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem in England
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Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Nova Scotia
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Associate Ministers of National Defence (1953–2013, 2015–)
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A Knight in Politics: A Biography of Sir Frederick Borden
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A Knight in Politics: A Biography of Sir Frederick Borden
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Frederick William Borden – Parliament of Canada biography
612:. No. 36848. London. 16 August 1902. p. 8.
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920:Guthrie
909:Mewburn
889:Tisdale
818:Cartier
474:in the
470:in the
462:of the
428:by the
402:Honours
371:Liberal
257:Surgeon
174:Liberal
1453:McCann
1428:Abbott
1410:Gibson
1372:Perley
1306:Sajjan
1236:Cardin
1190:Sajjan
1185:Kenney
1175:MacKay
1135:Siddon
1115:Beatty
1099:Coates
1079:Danson
1057:Benson
1006:Abbott
985:Rogers
914:Calder
899:Hughes
894:Borden
879:Bowell
874:Dickey
864:Bowell
849:Masson
526:(2010)
363:Harold
321:Career
225:Canada
156:Canada
1399:Power
1343:Hazen
1246:Andre
1216:Power
1200:Blair
1195:Anand
1160:Pratt
1145:Young
1125:Masse
1104:Clark
1094:Blais
1068:Drury
1046:Drury
990:Power
859:Caron
844:Jones
752:Kings
750:from
721:Kings
719:from
298:
253:Cadet
1377:Kemp
1291:Hehr
1251:Dick
1062:Dubé
959:Robb
904:Kemp
839:Vail
834:Ross
296:KCMG
263:Unit
249:Rank
143:Died
123:Born
34:KCMG
385:As
333:in
1470::
646:.
626:.
591:.
522:.
498:.
478:.
417:.
413:,
300:PC
293:,
40:MD
37:PC
793:e
786:t
779:v
689:.
675:.
131:)
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