Background
Stevenson was born in Edmonton, Alberta to Alexander Lindsay Stevenson and Eileen Harriet Burns.
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William Stevenson
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In 1956, he graduated from the University of Alberta with a Bachelor of Arts, and then an Bachelor of Laws in 1957.
Career
While at university, he helped found the Alberta Law Review and served as its first Editor in Chief. He worked at the firm of Morrow, Morrow & Reynolds (subsequently Morrow, Reynolds and Stevenson, now Reynolds, Mirth, Richards & Farmer Limited Liability Partnership) in Edmonton until 1968. In 1963, he became a teacher at the University of Alberta, serving as a full-time professor from 1968 until 1970 when he returned to his firm.
In 1975, he was the first Chairman of the Legal Education Society of Alberta.
Justice In 1975, he was appointed to the District Court of Alberta and then to the Court of Queen"s Bench of Alberta in 1979. The following year he was appointed to the Court of Appeal of Alberta where he stayed for over ten years.
He has also served on the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories from 1976–1980, the Court of Appeal for the Northwest Territories from 1980–1990, and the Supreme Court of the Yukon Territory from 1978-1983. On September 17, 1990, he was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada, however, he retired only two years later on June 5, 1992 for health reasons.
Between October 1990 and April 1992 he published a total of 21 reasons for judgment.
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Officer of the Order of Canada Horace Harvey Gold Medal in Law; Order of Canada In 1992 he received an Honorary LLD from the University of Alberta. In 1996 he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.
The Order of Canada is a Canadian national order, admission into which is the second highest honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada.The Order of Canada is a Canadian national order, admission into which is the second highest honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada.