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Albert Charles Ferguson
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Lawyer.
Born at Almonte, Ontario on 31 October 1873, he came to Manitoba with his parents and settled near Souris where two of his brothers had taken up homesteads. After completing high school and college, he articled in law with Harry Atcheson, a Souris lawyer, from 1896 to 1899, spending two later years with George William Allan. He was called to the Manitoba Bar in 1902 and started a law practice in partnership with John Stanley Hough and Isaac Campbell the following year. He remained a lawyer for nearly 40 years, being made a King’s Counsel in January 1924. He served as President of the Manitoba Bar Association. He died at Vancouver, British Columbia on 10 December 1940.
“Dozen lawyers to take on silk for new year,” Winnipeg Tribune, 1 January 1924, page 1.
“A. C. Ferguson, Winnipeg K.C., dies at coast,” Winnipeg Tribune, 11 December 1940. [Manitoba Legislative Library, Biographical Scrapbook B9, page 100]
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 13 May 2024
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