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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Predicate Object
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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