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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| Sir William Ralph Meredith canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Canadian politician
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Chief Justice ⓘ human ⓘ judge ⓘ lawyer ⓘ legislator ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Province of Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Canada
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Dominion of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Osgoode Hall Law School
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University of Toronto ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
labour law
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public law ⓘ workers’ compensation ⓘ |
| genre | legal report ⓘ |
| hasEffectOn |
Canadian social insurance policy
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Ontario workers’ compensation system ⓘ |
| hasHonor |
knighthood
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title of Chief Justice of Ontario ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Sir ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of workers’ compensation systems in Canada
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workers’ compensation legislation in Ontario ⓘ |
| influencedBy | European workers’ compensation models ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being the father of modern workers’ compensation law in Ontario
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formulating the Meredith Principles ⓘ leadership of the Ontario Conservative Party ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| legalSystem | Canadian law ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Conservative Party of Ontario
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Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Meredith Report on workers’ compensation
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principles for Ontario’s workers’ compensation system ⓘ |
| occupation |
barrister
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judge ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| partOf |
history of labour law in Canada
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legal history of Ontario ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chief Justice of Ontario
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Chief Justice of the Ontario Court of Appeal ⓘ Leader of the Opposition in Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario ⓘ judge of the Ontario High Court of Justice ⓘ |
| residence | Toronto, Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Ontario
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Toronto, Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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