13 Facts About William Raney

William Edgar Raney was a lawyer, politician and judge in Ontario, Canada, in the early twentieth century.

William Raney was known for his opposition to gambling on horse racing and the sale of alcohol.

William Raney received his education in a traditional log schoolhouse near his home.

William Raney was briefly a teacher at the St Catharines Collegiate Institute, and then worked for two years as a journalist in the State of Maine and Kingston, ON.

William Raney then made a career move, applied to and attended Osgoode Hall and Trinity College - graduating with high honours and a gold medal in law.

William Raney was a well-known lawyer in the early 1900s and initially came to the public eye through his opposition to gambling on horse racing, against which he authored a series of reports.

William Raney was initially a Liberal running unsuccessfully for the Ontario legislature in the 1914 provincial election.

William Raney accepted and contested a by-election entering the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as the Member of the Legislative Assembly for Wellington East.

William Raney was sworn in as the Attorney General of Ontario on November 14,1919.

William Raney became a leading force in the UFO-Labour government.

William Raney led the opposition against the Ferguson government's plan to replace the Ontario Temperance Act with a Liquor Control Act which allowed alcohol sales through a government-run Liquor Control Board.

In 1927, William Raney resigned his seat to accept an appointment to the Supreme Court of Ontario, where he served diligently with significant respect and distinction.

William Raney held the post of Judge on the Court until his death in 1933.