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Show FORMER CANADIAN MINISTER IS DEAD Ottawa, Ont.. Jan 6 Sir Frederick Borden, who was minister of militia and defense in the Laurler administration administra-tion from Its formation in 1898 until Us defeat at the general election in 1911. is dead, according to a despatch here from Canning, Nova Scotia. Sir Frederick, a physician by profession, pro-fession, served as an army surgeon and was crodited with efficient organization organ-ization of the Canadian troops which fought in South Africa, where his son. Lieutenant Harold L. Borden, was killed in action. Sir Frederick was born in Cornwnllis, N. 8., in 1847. |