Andrew Bonar Law was born on September 16, 1858, in New Brunswick, Canada.
Bonar was educated at Gilbertfield School, Hamilton and Glasgow High School.
He was elected to Parliament for Glasgow Blackfriars and Hutchesontown as a Conservative in 1900.
He associated himself with the Protectionist wing of the party led by Joseph Chamberlain, and after Chamberlain withdrew from politics in 1906, Law came to lead that wing of the party along with Chamberlain's son, Austen.
He had a reputation for honesty and fearlessness, and was well regarded as an effective speaker. These qualities helped him to be appointed as Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade in 1902.
He lost his seat to future Labour leader George Nicoll Barnes in the anti-Conservative landslide 1906 General Election, but he returned to represent Dulwich at a by-election later that year.
Though hit hard by the death of his wife, he continued his political career; after leaving the House of Commons at the December 1910 election, he returned as MP for Bootle at a by-election in 1911.
Bonar served as Prime Minister from 1922-1923.
Law died in London on October 30, 1923.
He is also the only British Prime Minister to have been born outside the British Isles.
A tiny hamlet (unincorporated village) named Bonarlaw is named after the British Prime Minister.
It was formerly known as "Big Springs" and then "Bellview" and is located in the municipality of Stirling-Rawdon, Ontario, Canada.
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