Table of Contents

• 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

About the Author

David Middelstadt is a writer and historian currently working as a heritage consultant on numerous projects. He lives in Calgary, Alberta.