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For the Defence: John McKinley Cameron, K.C.
By Neil B. Watson The following is a post written by Neil B. Watson, retired Calgary lawyer and former LASA Board Member, and is adapted from his original chapter on John McKinley Cameron, K.C., available in Citymakers: Calgarians after the Frontier, edited by Max...
Honouring and Remembering Together
Stacy F. Kaufeld, M.A. Joseph Cletus Allen Born March 16, 1908, in Douro, Ontario, to John Joseph Allen and Mary Agnes Allen. He graduated from the University of Alberta law school in 1937 and was admitted to the Alberta bar in August 1939, just prior to the...
Ruth Gorman: A Fighter Against Injustice
Stacy F. Kaufeld, M.A. Before there was the Honourable Mary Hetherington, the Honourable Catherine Fraser, the Honourable Mary Moreau, and the Honourable Sheilah Martin, there was Ruth Gorman. Though she was only a lawyer for a short period and never a judge, Ruth...
ERIC LAFFERTY HARVIE O.C. (1967), C.D., Q.C.,1892-1975
A young Eric L. Harvie in military uniformhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Eric_Harvie.jpg [Accessed 2 April 2025]
Leonard Brockington: Esteemed City Solicitor of Calgary and Renowned International Speaker
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The Nolans — Paddy and Henry Gratton: Irish Charms of the Calgary Bar
By Brenda McCafferty, LASA Archivist Profile of a Colourful Irish Advocate of Calgary’s Early Days Patrick James Nolan, K.C. (1862-1913)Glenbow Archives, photo #NA-1371-1 Patrick James Nolan aka “Paddy” was born on St. Patrick’s Day, 1862 (1864 by Canadian...
Alberta’s First Chief Justice: Arthur Sifton
Stacy F. Kaufeld, M.A. Arthur Sifton was born in St. John’s, Middlesex County, Ontario on October 26, 1859. He had a strict Methodist upbringing and was schooled in London, Ontario along with his younger brother, Clifford. The Sifton family relocated to...
Notable Calgary City Builder: Sir James Lougheed
Stacy F. Kaufeld, M.A. A lawyer, businessman, politician, philanthropist, and patron of Calgary’s arts and culture, Sir James Lougheed was the one of Calgary’s original “city builders”. He was born in Brampton, Ontario on September 1, 1854, and raised in a...
Fort Calgary was founded and named by a lawyer who became the first resident judge…
In 1860, James F. Macleod passed his bar examinations at Osgoode Hall and articled at the Kingston law office of Alexander Campbell. He practiced law for a decade at Bowmanville Ontario (Durham) however, his true interest lay in serving in the militia.
A History of Edmonton’s Legal Discussion Clubs
By Brenda McCafferty, LASA Archivist Edmonton Legal Discussion Club Two of the driving forces behind the establishment of the Legal Discussion Club were L.Y. Cairns and John A. Weir. The Law School at University of Alberta came into formation in 1922 with the...