William L. Walsh

The Honourable William L. Walsh KC
4th Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
In office May 5, 1931 – October 1, 1936
Monarchs	George V Edward VIII
Governors General	The Earl of Bessborough The Lord Tweedsmuir
Premier	John Edward Brownlee Richard Gavin Reid William Aberhart
Preceded by	William Egbert
Succeeded by	Philip Primrose
Personal details
Born	(1857-01-28)January 28, 1857 Simcoe, Canada West
Died	January 13, 1938(1938-01-13) (aged 80) Victoria, British Columbia
Political party	Conservative
Spouses	Bessie McVittie ​ ​ (m. 1883; died 1925)​ Bertha Barber ​ (m. 1931)​
Relations	Aquila Walsh, father
Children	Marguerite "Greta" (1886–1913) Legh (1895–1938)
Residence	Calgary
Alma mater	University of Toronto
Occupation	Lawyer and judge
Profession	Politician

William Legh Walsh KC (January 28, 1857 – January 13, 1938) was a Canadian lawyer and judge. He was the fourth lieutenant governor of Alberta from 1931 to 1936.

Walsh was born in that portion of the Province of Canada which would later become the province of Ontario. Upon attending public schools in his hometown of Simcoe, Walsh studied at the University of Toronto graduating in 1878 and then at Osgoode Hall Law School.^[1][2] 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 eight years, before being appointed to the Supreme Court of Alberta in 1912.

He was appointed lieutenant governor in 1931 and served 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.