Horace Harvey was a lawyer, jurist, and a Chief Justice of Alberta, Canada.
18 Facts About Horace Harvey
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Horace Harvey received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1886 and a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Toronto in 1888.
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Horace Harvey was admitted to the Ontario Bar the following year and to the Northwest Territories Bar, the predecessor to the Law Society of Alberta, in 1893.
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Horace Harvey began his career in Calgary, at the firm of Horace Harvey and McCarthy.
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When Sifton became the Premier of the province in 1910, Horace Harvey was elevated to the position of Chief Justice of Alberta by letters patent issued October 12,1910.
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Horace Harvey supported an independent appellate court designed only to hear appeals.
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Horace Harvey applied via reference to the Supreme Court of Canada in the case cited as Reference re Chief Justice of Alberta for a declaration that he, not Scott, was the Chief Justice of Alberta.
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Horace Harvey continued to hold ill will, to the extent that at the first hearing convened by the appeal division, Horace Harvey walked into the courtroom with Scott, told everyone he was the true Chief Justice, and then left Scott to preside.
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Horace Harvey was then appointed to Scott's position as Chief Justice of Alberta on August 27,1924, by Liberal Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King.
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Horace Harvey held this position until his death on September 9,1949.
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Horace Harvey was the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the University of Alberta from 1917 to 1940.
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Horace Harvey wrote by himself, the Alberta Rules of Court in 1914 which were not substantially revised until 1944.
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Horace Harvey served on many boards, including as Chairman of the Mobilization Board for National Services in 1940, and member of the Commission on Alberta and Great Waterways Railway scandal in 1910; the Royal Commission to Investigate an Agreement between the City of Calgary and the Calgary Natural Gas Company Ltd in 1919; an Inquiry into the McGillivray Creek Coal and Coke Company Ltd.
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Horace Harvey purchased three lots in the Glenora district of Edmonton in 1914 which he kept until 1946.
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Horace Harvey cleared and fenced the land and built a tea house on it.
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Horace Harvey was the longest serving Chief Justice, having sat on the bench for 44 years, longer than any other judge in Alberta's history.
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Horace Harvey received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the Universities of Alberta and Toronto in 1915 and 1936 respectively, and Yale Law School made him a Fellowship in the Order of the Coif.
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Horace Harvey died on September 9,1948, in Edmonton, Alberta.