Early Life, Education and Career
Walsh was born in 1857 at Simcoe, Ontario to Aquila and Jane Adams Walsh (née Wilson). 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.
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.
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