This street is named in honour of Sir Robert Laird Borden. He was a lawyer and politician who served as the eighth prime minister of Canada from 1911 to 1920. He is best known for his leadership of Canada during the First World War and its aftermath.
Borden was elected to the House of Commons in 1896, representing the Conservative Party. He replaced Charles Tupper as party leader in 1901, and became prime minister with the party's federal victory in 1911.
His government passed the War Measures Act, created the Canadian Expeditionary Force, and eventually introduced compulsory military service, which sparked the 1917 conscription crisis.
On the home front, it dealt with the consequences of the Halifax Explosion, introduced women's suffrage for federal elections, used the North-West Mounted Police to end the 1919 Winnipeg general strike ,and established the Canadian National Railways as a Crown corporation.