Jamieson Place
Alice Jamieson arrived in Calgary shortly after the turn of the 20th century with her husband, Reuben Rupert Jamieson, a general superintendent for the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR). The couple prospered in Calgary and in 1909 Reuben, after retiring from the CPR, entered politics and served as mayor of Calgary from 1909 until a few months before his death in 1911.
Following her husband’s death, Alice Jamieson continued a role in the community that she had fostered since the time of her arrival in Calgary, activities and involvement with numerous women's and community organizations such as the Calgary Council of Women (in which she served as president for six years) and the YWCA.
This leading Calgary feminist was appointed the first woman judge in the British Empire of a juvenile court in 1914 and soon after in 1916 (a short time after Emily Murphy’s appointment in Edmonton), became Canada’s second female magistrate. Throughout her life, she was a strong advocate for women’s rights, working tirelessly to have women elected to public office. She retired from the later position in 1931, two years following the famous Person Case.
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