Background
Borden, Henry was born on September 25, 1901 in Halifax, Nova Scoti, Canada. Son of Henry Clifford and Mabel (Ashmere) Barnstead Borden.
Borden, Henry was born on September 25, 1901 in Halifax, Nova Scoti, Canada. Son of Henry Clifford and Mabel (Ashmere) Barnstead Borden.
Bachelor of Arts, McGill University, 1921; postgraduate, Dalhousie Law School, 1922-1924; Doctor of Laws, Dalhousie Law School, 1968; Bachelor of Arts (Rhodes Scholar), Exeter College, Oxford, 1926; Doctor of Laws, St. Francis Xavier U., 1960; Doctor of Laws, University Toronto, 1972; Doctor of Civil Law, Acadia U., 1960.
With, Royal Bank Canada, 1921-1922;
general counsel, Department Munitions and Supply, Ottawa, 1939-1942;
chairman, Wartime Industries Control Board, Ottawa
co-ordinator of controls, Department Munitions and Supply, 1942-1943;
past lecturer corporation law, Osgoode Hall Law School
senior member, Borden, Elliot, Kelley & Palmer, 1936-1946;
chairman, Royal Commision on Energy, 1957-1959;
director, Canada Imperial Bank of Commerce, 1946-1971;
president, Brascan Ltd. (formerly Brazilian Traction, Light & Power Company Ltd.), 1946-1963;
director, Ball Canada, 1948-1974;
director, Canada Investment Fund Ltd., 1950-1978;
director, International Business Machines Corporation Canada Ltd., 1952-1978;
director, Massey-Ferguson Ltd., 1956-1977;
chairman, Brascan Ltd. (formerly Brazilian Traction, Light & Power Company Ltd.), 1963-1965;
director, British Newfoundland Corporation Ltd., 1963-1973;
president, British Newfoundland Corporation Ltd.
(Brinco), 1965-1967;
chairman, British Newfoundland Corporation Ltd. (Brinco), 1965-1969;
president, chairman, Churchill Falls Labrador Corporation, 1965-1967;
chairman Canada board, Norwich Union Insurance Socs., 1938-1976;
director, Brascan, 1946-1975.
Past president, then director, member Executive Committee Royal Agricultural Winter Fair. Chairman, Board of Governors U. Toronto, 1964-1968, honorary Chairman of the Board Governors, 1968-1971. Honorary trustee Royal Ontario Museum.
Member Phi Kappa Pi.
Married Jean Creelman MacRae, June 1, 1929. Children— Robert, Ann, Perry, Mary Jean, Henry.