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William Legh Walsh, KC (January 28, 1857 – January 13, 1938) was a Canadian lawyer and judge. He served as the fourth Lieutenant Governor of Alberta from 1931 to 1936. Walsh was born in that portion of the colonial Province of Canada which would later become the province of Ontario. Upon attending public schools in his hometown of Simcoe, Walsh received a law degree from the University of Toronto in 1878. After being called to the bar, he joined a practice in Orangeville, where he also held municipal offices as mayor and councillor. Drawn in by the Gold Rush, he then relocated to the Yukon where he established a practice with two others. Shortly after being created a King's Counsel in 1903, Walsh moved south to Calgary, where he quickly established another practice. He remained in that firm for 8 years, before being appointed to the Supreme Court of Alberta in 1912. He was appointed Lieutenant Governor in 1931 and would serve in the office until 1936, when he was succeeded by his friend, Philip Primrose. He then retired to Victoria, British Columbia, where he died in 1938. ==Early life, education and career== Walsh was born in 1857 at Simcoe, Ontario to Aquila and Jane Adams Walsh (née Wilson).〔Perry, Powell 2006, pg. 407〕 His father, Aquila, born in Charlotteville Township,〔 initially worked as a civil engineer, later serving as Deputy Registrar for Norfolk County〔 and as a member of the Canadian House of Commons.〔Perry, Powell 2006, pg. 409〕 Walsh attended public schools in Simcoe, before he moved to Toronto to studying law at the University of Toronto and Osgoode Hall, where he earned his Bachelor of Laws degree in 1878.〔 William Walsh was called to the bar in 1880 and practised law in Orangeville in the firm Maitland and McCarthy but soon left the firm for independent practice, under his own name, from 1885 to 1900.〔 In 1889, he was elected a town councillor, serving on assessment, finance, public works and printing committees. He had also participated as a school trustee.〔 He went on to twice serve as mayor of Orangeville, from 1890 to 1891 and in 1899.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「William L. Walsh」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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