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| LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: | Fonds |
| No.: | PR0248 |
| TITLE: | Horace Harvey fonds |
| CREATOR: | Horace Harvey |
| DATE RANGE: | 1904-1949 |
| EXTENT: | 1.45 m of textual records |
| ADMINISTRATIVE |
| HISTORY/BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH: | Horace Harvey was born in Elgin County, Ontario on October 1, 1863, the son of William Harvey, Liberal Member of Parliament. Harvey received his education at the University of Toronto, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1886 and a Bachelor of Laws in 1888. He was called to the Ontario Bar in 1889 and practiced law in Toronto. A few years later in 1893 he was called to the Bar of the North-West Territories and began practicing law in Calgary. He was appointed the Registrar of Land Titles for the South Alberta Land Registration District in Calgary in 1896. In 1900 he was appointed the Deputy Attorney General of the North-West Territories and in June 1904 he was appointed to the Supreme Court of the North-West Territories. With the formation of the Province of Alberta in 1907 Harvey became puisne judge for the Supreme Court of Alberta and was later appointed Chief Justice in October of 1910. Upon the reorganization of the Court, Harvey became Chief Justice of the Trial Division in 1921 and in 1924 was appointed the Chief Justice of the Appellate Division. Harvey remained in this position until his death. Outside of his duties in the Supreme Court, Harvey also served as the Chairman of the Board of Governors for the University of Alberta from 1917 until 1940. He was the Chairman of the Provincial Municipal Finances Commission from 1920 until 1923 and was with the Mobilization Board for National Services in 1940. Harvey was married to Louise Palmer and together they had one son. Horace Harvey died in Edmonton in September 1949. |
| CUSTODIAL HISTORY: | Eric J. Holmgren, the Legislative Librarian at the Legislative Library in Edmonton, Alberta transferred the first accession of these records to the Provincial Archives of Alberta in 1968. The manner by which the Legislative Library first obtained these records is unknown. The second accession of records was deposited at the Archives in 1973 by Mr. G.H. Hall of the Department of the Attorney General. |
| SCOPE AND CONTENT: | Fonds consists of the court notebooks of Justice Horace Harvey created during his tenure as Supreme Court Justice and as Chief Justice in Alberta. |
| ASSOCIATED MATERIAL: | Other records pertaining to Horace Harvey are located at the National Archives of Canada in Ottawa, Ontario. |
| GENERAL NOTE: | Information in the Biographical sketch was obtained from Who’s Who in Canada, 1934-35.This fonds was donated at the same time and in the same accession as the following unrelated fonds: the Charles B. Rouleau fonds (PR0247). |