Foreword
Preface and Acknowledgements
Legal Archies Society of Alberta
Introduction: The Courthouse-General Themes and History
Part One: The Territorial Courthouses
The North-West Territories to 1905
The Territorial Courts
The Territorial Supreme Court
Courthouse Policy-The Conservatives
Courthouse Policy-The Liberals
Architecture and Design
Calgary
Calgary-The Early Days
The Courts in Calgary
A Temporary Solution
The Courthouse of 1890
The First Decade-Some Modification
Epilogue
Lethbridge
Lethbridge-The Early Days
The Courts-And Courtrooms-of Early Lethbridge
Courthouses or Public Buildings?
Epilogue
Medicine Hat
Medicine Hat-The Early Days
A Temporary Courthouse
The Territorial Courthouse
Epilogue
Fort Macleod
Macleod-The Early Days
Macleod and the Courts
The First Courthouse
An Unwanted Courthouse
The Dream Becomes Reality
Epilogue
Edmonton: The Courthouse that Never Was
Edmonton-The Early Years
Edmonton?s First Courtrooms
Distractions
Robertson Hall
The Resident Judge
A New Home-The Sandison Block
The Chourthouse that Never Was
The Resident Judge-Again
Red Deer
Red Deer-The Early Years
The Courts in Red Deer
A Liberal?s Courthouse
Epilogue
Conclusion
Part Two: The First Provincial Couthouses-The Liberals Reign 1905 to 1921
The Provincial Courts
Courthouse Policy, Part One: Rutherford
Courthouse Policy, Part Two: The Sifton Years
Patronage and Politicking
Architecture and Design
Cardston
Cardson-The Early Years
Cardston and the Courts
The Courthouse
Courthouse or Community Hall?
Conclusion
Wetaskiwin
Wetaskiwin-The Early Years
Courts and Courthouses
Design and Construction
Epilogue
Edmonton
A New Era and a Temple of Justice
Fort Saskatchewan
Construction
An Anticlimax
An Inadequate Design
Epilogue
Lethbridge
Lethbridge in the New Era
Finding the Perfect Spot
A Less than Successful Design
Epilogue
The Taber Courthouse
Calgary
Calgary in a New Era
A Long Wait
Jeffers? Last Hurrah
Not Without Incident
The Long-Awaited Hall of Justice
Epilogue
Medicine Hat
Medicine Hat in the New Era
The First Attempt
The Second Attempt
The Third Attempt
Construction
Epilogue
Conclusion
Pat Three: A New Regime: The UFA Years
The Courts
Courthouse Policy
Architecture and Design
Blairmore
Blairmore-The Early Days
The Chourts in Blairmore
The Courthouse
Epilogue
Grande Prairie
Grande Prairie-The Early Days
Grande Prairie and the Courts
Campaigning for a Courthouse
The 1929 Courthouse
Epilogue
Hanna
Hanna-The Early Days
The Courts in Hanna
The Courthouse
Epilogue
Drumheller
Red Deer
The Promised Courthouse
The Jeans Factor
Stettler?s Schoolhouse
The Depression Courthouse
Epilogue
Vegreville
Vegreville-The Early Days
The Law Comes to Vegreville
Design
Opening Day
Epilogue
Conclusion
Epilogue: The Alberta Courthouse Since World War II
Notes
Bibliography
Index
