Creation and Beginnings of the Court
Current and Former Chief Justices
Current and Former Puisne Judges
About the Court
Judges of the Court
The Honourable Mr. Justice William Stevenson
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William Stevenson was born in Edmonton, Alberta, on May 7, 1934.
He is the son of Alexander Lindsay Stevenson and Eileen Harriet Burns.
He studied at the University of Alberta, obtaining a B.A. in 1956 and
an LL.B. the following year. Called to the bar in 1958, he joined the
law firm of Morrow, Morrow & Reynolds in Edmonton. In 1959 he was
counsel on the last case from Canada to be appealed to the Judicial
Committee of the Privy Council in London, England. He became a lecturer
at the University of Alberta in 1963 and a full-time professor of law
five years later. In 1970 he returned to private practice but continued
to lecture on law. He is the author of many legal texts and a founding
editor of the Alberta Law Review. He was appointed to the District
Court of Alberta in 1975 and to the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta
in 1979. A year later, he was appointed to the Alberta Court of Appeal,
and on September 17, 1990, he was elevated to the Supreme Court of
Canada. Justice Stevenson served on the Supreme Court for nearly two
years before retiring on June 5, 1992.
