Beverley Marian McLachlin is a Canadian jurist and author who served as the 17th chief justice of Canada from 2000 to 2017. She is the longest-serving chief justice in Canadian history and the first woman to hold the position.
Ronald Martland,was a Canadian lawyer and Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. He was the second Albertan appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada,taking the place of Justice Nolan,who died after only a short time on the Court.
William Alexander Stevenson was a Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada from 1990 to 1992.
David Lynch Scott was a Canadian militia officer,lawyer,and judge. He served as mayor of Orangeville,Ontario,mayor of Regina,Saskatchewan and Chief Justice of Alberta.
The Court of King's Bench of Alberta is the superior court of the Canadian province of Alberta. Until 2022,it was named Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta.
The University of Alberta Faculty of Law is the graduate school of law of the University of Alberta in Edmonton,Alberta,Canada. Established as an undergraduate faculty in 1912 it is the third oldest law school in Canada,and often considered the oldest law school in Western Canada.
Constance Darlene Hunt is a Canadian lawyer,legal academic,and judge. Born in Yorkton,Saskatchewan,she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1970 and a Bachelor of Law degree in 1972 from the University of Saskatchewan. In 1976,she received a Master of Law degree from Harvard University.
The Alberta order of precedence is a nominal and symbolic hierarchy of important positions within the province of Alberta. It has no legal standing but is used to dictate ceremonial protocol at events of a provincial nature.
- The King of Canada:His Majesty King Charles III
- Lieutenant Governor of Alberta:Her Honour the Honourable Salma Lakhani
- Premier of Alberta:The Honourable Danielle Smith
- The Chief Justice of The Court of Appeal of Alberta:The Honourable Justice Frans Slatter
- Former lieutenant governors of Alberta
- The Honourable Donald Ethell
- The Honourable Lois Mitchell
- Former premiers of Alberta
- The Honourable Ed Stelmach
- The Honourable Alison Redford
- The Honourable Dave Hancock
- The Honourable Rachel Notley
- The Honourable Jason Kenney
- Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta:Nathan Cooper
- Ambassadors and high commissioners accredited to Canada
- Members of the Executive Council of Alberta,in relative order of precedence as determined by the premier
- Leader of the Official Opposition:Rachel Notley
- Current members of the King's Privy Council for Canada resident in Alberta,with precedence given to current members of the federal cabinet
- Members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta with precedence governed by the date of their first election to the Legislature
- Members of the Senate of Canada,who represent Alberta by date of appointment
- The Honourable Douglas Black
- The Honourable Scott Tannas
- The Honourable Patti LaBoucane-Benson
- The Honourable Paula Simons
- Members of the House of Commons of Canada who represent Alberta constituencies by date of election
- Superior court justices
- Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench of Alberta:The Honourable Justice M.T. Moreau
- 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
- Judges of the Provincial Court of Alberta
- Chief Judge of the Provincial Court of Alberta
- Other judges by seniority of appointment
- Mayors of Alberta municipalities
- Aboriginal Leaders
- Chiefs of the Treaty First Nations in Alberta,in order of seniority of election to office;
- President of Métis Settlements General Council
- President of Métis Nation of Alberta:Audrey Poitras
- Deputy Minister to the Premier and Cabinet Secretary
- Clerk of the Legislative Assembly
- Ombudsman
- Provincial Auditor
- Chief Electoral Officer:Glen Resler
- Ethics Commissioner:Marguerite Trussler
- Information and Privacy Commissioner:Jill Clayton
- Deputy Ministers
- Senior Alberta government officials with rank of Deputy Minister as determined by the Executive Council
- Chief executive officers of Crown corporations
- Leadership of Alberta universities
- Chancellor of the University of Alberta:Ralph B. Young
- Chancellor of the University of Calgary:Jim Dinning
- Chancellor of the University of Lethbridge:Shirley McClellan
- Chairman of the Board,University of Alberta
- Chairman of the Board,University of Calgary
- Chairman of the Board,University of Lethbridge
- Chairman of the Board,Athabasca University
- Chairman of the Board,Mount Royal University
- Chairman of the Board,MacEwan University
- President of the University of Alberta:David H. Turpin
- President of the University of Calgary:Ed McCauley
- President of the University of Lethbridge:Michael J. Mahon
- President of Athabasca University:Frits Pannekoek
- President of Mount Royal University:David Docherty
- President of Grant MacEwan University:David W. Atkinson
- Police and military
- Commanding Officer,"K" Division,Royal Canadian Mounted Police:Curtis Zablocki
- Commander,3rd Canadian Division:Brigadier-General W.H. Fletcher
- Commanding Officer,HMCS Nonsuch
- Commanding Officer,1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group
- Commanding Officer,1 Area Support Group
- Commanding Officer,41 Canadian Brigade Group
- Commanding Officer,4 Wing
The Court of Appeal for the Northwest Territories in Canada is the highest appellate court which hears appeals from criminal cases and civil cases of the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories.
P. Colleen Suche,was appointed a judge of the Manitoba Court of King's Bench on July 17,2002. She replaced Madam Justice Barbara Hamilton,upon her appointment to the Manitoba Court of Appeal. In 2005,Madam Justice Suche also became a deputy judge of the Nunavut Court of Justice.
The Honourable Allan H.J. Wachowich is the former Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta.
The Nunavut Court of Appeal is the highest appellate court in the Canadian territory of Nunavut.
Horace Harvey was a lawyer,jurist,and a Chief Justice of Alberta,Canada.
The Court of Appeal of Alberta is a Canadian appellate court.
Patricia A. Rowbotham,is a Canadian judge who is currently a Justice at the Alberta Court of Appeal in Calgary,Alberta,Canada.
The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF) is a Canadian legal advocacy organization specializing in a social conservative approach to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The organization is biased and prejudiced against indigenous Canadians in favour of evangelical Protestants The organization is biased and prejudiced against indigenous Canadians in favour of evangelical Protestants The organization describes itself as non-partisan,but it has partnered with several right-wing backers in the United States and pursues cases of a social conservative nature.
Women work in the legal profession and related occupations throughout Canada,as lawyers,prosecutors,judges,legal scholars,law professors and law school deans. In Canada,while 37.1% of lawyers are women,"50% ...said they felt their [law] firms were doing "poorly" or "very poorly" in their provision of flexible work arrangements". It was also reported that,in 2006 in Ontario,"racialized women accounted for 16% of all lawyers under 30" and that only 1% of lawyers were Aboriginal.
Robin Camp is a former Federal Court of Canada judge. Camp was the subject of a high-profile removal hearing before the Canadian Judicial Council for his role in a 2014 sexual assault trial that he presided over. The judicial committee recommended that he be removed from the bench. In 2018 Camp was reinstated into the Law Society of Alberta.
Sheilah L. Martin is a puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada,having served in that role since December 18,2017. She was nominated to the court by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on November 29,2017. Before her appointment to Canada's highest court,Martin had served on the Court of Appeal of Alberta,the Court of Appeal for the Northwest Territories,and the Court of Appeal of Nunavut since 2016,and the Court of King's Bench of Alberta from 2005 to 2016. Martin is considered an expert in judicial ethics.
Ellen Irene Picard is a Canadian former law professor and judge. In 2017,she was named an Officer of the Order of Canada in recognition of her contributions as a legal scholar.
