[1][2] He attended grammar schools in Barrie and Bond Head and Trinity College, Toronto.
[4] Osler was called to the bar of the Province of Canada in 1860, was created a King's Counsel in 1879, and practised in Toronto before his appointment to the Court of Common Pleas on March 5, 1879.
[3] He was offered a position on the Supreme Court of Canada, but declined in October 1888.
[2] He became treasurer of the Law Society of Upper Canada in 1921 and served until his death.
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