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Founded in 1887, the Winnipeg law firm of Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP is one of the oldest in Manitoba. Its founding partners were John S. Hough and Isaac Campbell.
Period
Firm Name
1887-1902
Hough & Campbell
1902-1912
Hough, Campbell & Ferguson
1912-1941
Hough, Campbell, Ferguson, Dilts & Baker
1941-1945
Williams, Dilts & Baker
1945-1946
Williams, Dilts, Baker, Laidlaw & Shepard
1946-1953
Dilts, Baker, Laidlaw & Shepard
1953-1956
Thompson, Shepard, Dilts & Jones
1956-1957
Thompson, Shepard, Dilts, Jones & Hall
1957-1961
Thompson, Dilts, Jones, Hall & Dewar
1961-1967
Thompson, Dilts, Jones, Hall, Dewar & Ritchie
1966-1970
Thompson, Dilts & Company
1970-1973
Thompson, Dewar, Sweatman
1973-2004
Thompson, Dorfman, Sweatman
2004-present
Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP
Member
Period
Gerald S. Ashcroft
2010-?
Donald George Baizley (1941-2013)
1964-1971, 1984-2013
Edwin Godfrey Phipps Baker (1885-1963)
1918-1963
George William Baker (1854-1917)
?
Gary V. Brickman QC
?
William J. Burnett QC
?
Isaac Campbell (1853-1929)
1887-?
Albert L. Clearwater
?
Archibald Stewart Dewar (1916-2001)
1957-1973
Aylmer Everett Dilts (1882-1976)
1912-1961
Charles Gordon Dilts (c1922-2001)
1953-1969
Irwin Dorfman (1908-1993)
1966-1993
A. Lori Douglas
?
Albert Charles Ferguson (1873-1940)
1903-?
A. Blair Graham QC
?
Gordon Clarke Hall (1921-1990)
1956-1965
William D. Hamilton
?
John Stanley Hough (1856-1928)
1887-?
David Haney Jones QC
1953-1967
Guy Joseph Kroft (1934-2020)
1959-1979
Thomas Walter Laidlaw (1897-1965)
1945-?
Charles Holland Locke (1887-1980)
1910-?
Alan D. MacInnes QC
?
Lawrence Ross “Lawrie” Mitchell (c1931-1997)
1967-1973
Ross Albert Lawrence Nugent (1926-2015)
?
Nathan “Nate” Nurgitz (1934-2019)
1979-1993
E. William Olson QC
?
Chrys Pappas (1943-2022)
1989-2022
Shane I. Perlmutter
?
I. David Perlov
2010-?
Walter Legget Ritchie (1928-2011)
1961-?
Alan William Scarth (1922-2021)
1987-?
Clarence Day Shepard (1914-2000)
1945-1957
Peter A. Sim
2010-?
Karen I. Simonsen
?
P. Michael Sinclair QC
?
Allan L. V. Stewart
2010-?
Alan Sweatman (1920-2012)
1970-?
Donald Alexander Thompson (1904-1992)
1953-1992
Esten Kenneth Williams (1889-1970)
1941-1946
See also:
125 Years in the Community (Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP)
We thank Mark Howe of Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP and E. James Arnett for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 14 December 2022
