Past Presidents

Below is a complete list of all our distinguished Past Presidents, who have helped shape the Institute since our establishment in 1908.

PRESIDENT   SECTION TERM
Fernow, Bernard E.     1908-1915
Leavitt, Clyde     1916-1917
Wilson, Ellwood     1918-1920
Grainger, Martin A.     1921-1923
Howe, Clinton Durant      
Avery, Benjamin F.   Ontario 1927-1929
Caverhill, Peter Zembro   British Columbia 1930-1932
Piche, Guatave-Clodomir   Québec 1933-1935
Delahey, Wallace   Québec 1936-1937
Gibson, John Miles     1938
Phipps, George Willard   Northwestern Ontario 1939
Mulholland, Fred D.   Vancouver Island 1940
Webb, Leland Stanford     1941-1942
Harrison, John D.B.   Ottawa Valley 1944
Brown, Roscoe M.   Vancouver 1945-1946
Druce, Eric   Vancouver Island 1947-1949
Balch, Reginald E.   Maritimes 1949-1951
Beall, Herbert W.     1950*
MacDonald, Donald A.     1950*
Fensom, Kenneth G.   Vancouver 1951-1953
Pepler, William A.E.   CH 1953-1955
Sisam, John W.B.   Southern Ontario 1955-1957
Creighton, G. Wilfred I.   Nova Scotia 1957-1959
Hodgins, Hugh J.   Vancouver 1959-1960
Besley, Lowell   CH 1961-1963
McKee, Robert Gerald   Vancouver Island 1963-1964
Hearnden, Kenneth W.   Northwestern Ontario 1964-1965
Love, David Vaughan   Southern Ontario 1965-1966
Crossley, Desmond I.   Rocky Mountain 1966-1967
Nordin, Vidar   CH/Southern Ontario 1967-1968
Fellows, Edward S.   Maritimes 1968-1969
Matte, Francois   Orleans 1969-1970
Burch, William Gerald   Vancouver 1970-1971
Ker, Jack W.   Maritimes 1971-1972
Giles, J. Walter   Southern Ontario 1972-1973
Weetman, Gordon F.   Maritimes 1973-1974
Young, William   Cariboo 1974-1975
Moore, Warren S.   Northwestern Ontario 1975-1976
Anderson, Arnold B.   Vancouver 1976-1977
Boucher, P.E.   Maritimes 1977-1978
Redmond, D.R.   Ottawa Valley 1978-1979
Smith, J.H.G.   Vancouver 1979-1980
Devitt, W.J.B.   Vancouver Island 1980-1981
Garner, J. George   Lake of the Woods 1981-1982
Cayford, J.H.   Central Ontario 1982-1983
Paille, Gilbert   Orleans 1983-1984
Clark, J.D.   Rocky Mountain 1984-1985
Toovey, Jack W.   Vancouver 1985-1986
Carrow, J.R.   Maritimes/Southern Ontario 1986-1987
Kayll, A. James   Ottawa Valley 1987-1988
Godbout, Claude   Orleans 1988-1989
Ackhurst, Peter William   Vancouver 1989-1990
Gairns, C.H.   Cariboo 1990-1991
Whidden, Arden   Nova Scotia 1991-1992
Rotherham, A.A. (Tony)   CH 1992-1993
Murphy, Peter J.   Rocky Mountain 1993-1994
Oldham, Hap   Maritimes 1994-1995
Tolnai, Stephen   Thompson-Okanagan 1995-1996
Barker, John   Vancouver 1996-1997
Roberts, Ralph W.   Ottawa Valley 1997-1998
Wrangler, Evelynne   Rocky Mountain 1998-1999
Ferguson, Bruce   Southern Ontario 1999-2000
Stone, Gordon   Central Ontario 2000-2001
Gelinas, Donald   Rocky Mountain 2001-2002
Moores, Len   Newfoundland and Labrador 2002-2003
Macnaughton, Richard   Central Ontario 2003-2004
McLaughlan, Michael   Saskatchewan 2004-2005
Lee, Christopher A.   Ottawa Valley 2005-2006
Stables, Doug   Vancouver Island 2006-2007
Pinto, Fred   Algonquin 2007-2008
Marshall, Peter   Vancouver 2008-2009
LeBrun Ruff, Anne   Maritimes 2009-2010
Kelly, Wayne   Newfoundland and Labrador 2010-2011
Kube, Mark   Rocky Mountain 2011-2012
Vallée, Michel   Vancouver Island 2012-2013
Smith, C.T. (Tat)   Southern Ontario 2013-2014
Stinson, Allan   Algonquin 2014-2015
Lok, Jonathan   Vancouver Island 2015-2016
Smith, Megan   Central Ontario 2016-2017
Drummond, Alex   Rocky Mountain 2017-2018
Carroll, Colin   Newfoundland and Labrador 2018-2019
Luc M. Rainville   Ottawa Valley  2019-2020
Richard Dominy   Vancouver Island  2020-2021
Brad Epp   Manitoba 2021-2022
Doug Reid   Northwestern Ontario  2022-2023