Ka cika wannan jumlar: An haife shi a Franklin, Huntingdon County, Canada East a 1845, ɗan baƙi na Irish. An horar da shi a makarantun ilimi a Huntingdon da Malone, New York. Broder ya yi aiki a cikin 'yan bindiga a lokacin da
'Yan Fenian sun kai hari. Ya zauna a West Winchester, Ontario a 1868 kuma ya kafa kasuwanci a can a matsayin dan kasuwa. Zaɓinsa a 1875 ya yi kira amma an sake zabarsa a zaben da ya biyo baya kuma ya wakilci Dundas a majalisar lardin na shekaru goma sha ɗaya. Broder ya kasance wakilin kwastam a Morrisburg daga 1892 zuwa 1896, ya yi murabus daga wannan mukamin don neman kujerar a majalisar dokokin. Ya auri Caroline Summers kuma ɗansa Fred daga baya ya zama mai karɓar kwastam a Morrisburg.