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The court originated from the old Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories which was replaced by the Supreme Court of Alberta in 1907 (shortly after Alberta became a province in 1905). The new Supreme Court of Alberta comprised a trial division and an appellate division (essentially, brother justices of the Supreme Court sitting en banc with ...
Number of seats won by major parties at each election UCP Wildrose Conservative/PC Liberal CCF/NDP Social Credit United Farmers Dominion Labour Party Independents Other The Canadian province of Alberta holds elections to its unicameral legislative body, the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. The maximum period between general elections of the assembly is five years, but the Lieutenant Governor ...
In 1921, the Supreme Court was reorganized to have an independent trial division (Supreme Court of Alberta Trial Division), and an independent appellate division (Supreme Court of Alberta Appellate Division), the precursor to the Court of Appeal of Alberta. On June 30, 1979, the Supreme Court Trial Division was renamed the "Court of Queen's ...
Justices of the Court of Appeal of Alberta; Justices of the Court of King's Bench of Alberta; Heads of religious denominations; Heads of consular posts: consuls-general; consuls; vice-consuls; consular agents (Precedence is determined by the date that definitive recognition is given by the Governor General) Judges of the Provincial Court of Alberta
The numbering of puisne justice seats established simultaneously, 1–5 and 6–7, reflects the order of precedence of the inaugural justices to occupy those seats. The start date listed for each justice is the day the justice took the judicial oath of office, and the end date is the date of the justice's death, resignation, retirement, or ...
Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada; In office September 17, 1990 – June 5, 1992: Nominated by: Brian Mulroney: Preceded by: Antonio Lamer: Succeeded by: John C. Major: Justice of the Court of Appeal of Alberta; In office 1980–1990: Nominated by: Pierre Trudeau: Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta; In office 1979 ...
The Supreme Court of Canada: History of the Institution. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0802034179. Peter McCormick (2000). Supreme at Last: The Evolution of the Supreme Court of Canada. James Lorimer & Company. ISBN 1550286927. Donald R. Songer (2008). The Transformation of the Supreme Court of Canada: An Empirical Examination. University ...
Chief Justice of the Trial Division, Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island; Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench for Saskatchewan; Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench of Alberta; Associate Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench of Alberta; Chief Justice of the Trial Division of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland