Sir William Ralph Meredith

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Sir William Ralph Meredith was a prominent Canadian lawyer, politician, and judge best known as the "father" of modern workers’ compensation law in Ontario.

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instanceOf Canadian politician
Chief Justice
human
judge
lawyer
legislator
appliesToJurisdiction Province of Ontario
linked to: Ontario
countryOfCitizenship Canada
Dominion of Canada
educatedAt Osgoode Hall Law School
University of Toronto
fieldOfWork labour law
public law
workers’ compensation
genre legal report
hasEffectOn Canadian social insurance policy
Ontario workers’ compensation system
hasHonor knighthood
title of Chief Justice of Ontario
honorificPrefix Sir
influenced development of workers’ compensation systems in Canada
workers’ compensation legislation in Ontario
influencedBy European workers’ compensation models
jurisdiction Ontario
knownFor being the father of modern workers’ compensation law in Ontario
formulating the Meredith Principles
leadership of the Ontario Conservative Party
languageOfWorkOrName English
legalSystem Canadian law
memberOfPoliticalParty Conservative Party of Ontario
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
notableWork Meredith Report on workers’ compensation
principles for Ontario’s workers’ compensation system
occupation barrister
judge
politician
partOf history of labour law in Canada
legal history of Ontario
positionHeld Chief Justice of Ontario
Chief Justice of the Ontario Court of Appeal
Leader of the Opposition in Ontario
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
judge of the Ontario High Court of Justice
residence Toronto, Ontario
linked to: Toronto
workLocation Ontario
Toronto, Ontario
linked to: Toronto

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Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto hasNotableInterments Sir William Ralph Meredith