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Sal Rabbani

2022-2024

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Kelly Jackson

2021-2022

Antoinette Tummillo

2020-2021

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Mike Van Soelen

2019-2020

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Kent Emerson

2018-2019

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Barbara Jesson

2017-2018

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Paul Fogolin

2016-2017

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Dr. Gordon K. McIvor

2015-2016

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Andrea Wood

2014-2015

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Noble Chummar

2013-2014

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Robin Sears

2012-2013

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Verity Sylvester

2011-2012

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Tim Reid

2010-2011

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Alfred Apps

2009-2010

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Jo-Ann McArthur

2008-2009

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Catherine S. Swift

2007-2008

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Rev. Dr. John S. Niles, MSM

2006-2007

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William G. Whittaker, QC

2005-2006

Bart J. Mindszenthy

2004-2005

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John C. Koopman

2003-2004

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Ann Curran

2002-2003

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William D. Laidlaw

2001-2002

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Catherine Steele

2000-2001

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Robert J. Dechert

1999-2000

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George L. Cooke

1998-1999

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Gareth S. Seltzer

1997-1998

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Julie K. Hannaford

1996-1997

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David A. Edmison

1995-1996

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John A. Campion

1994-1995

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Dr. Eric L.R. Jackman C.M., O.Ont., C.D., Ph.D., LL.D., D.Sc

1993-1994

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Robert L. Brooks

1992-1993

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John F. Bankes

1991-1992

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Major The Rev. Canon Harold F. Roberts, CD, BA, MDiv, AdeC

1990-1991

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Sarah Band, DStJ

1989-1990

Tony Van Straubenzee

1988-1989

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Ronald Goodall, FCA

1987-1988

Nona Macdonald

1986-1987

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Harry T. Seymour, PEng, FFAF

1985-1986

Catherine R. Charlton, MA

1984-1985

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Douglas L. Derry, FCA

1983-1984

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Henry J. Stalder, BSc, DBA

1982-1983

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Brig.-Gen. S. F. Andrunyk, OMM, CD

1981-1982

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Reginald Stackhouse, MA, LTh, PhD, DD

1980-1981

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John A. MacNaughton

1979-1980

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Maj.-Gen. Reginald W. Lewis, CM, CMM, CD

1978-1979

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Peter Hermant

1977-1978

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William M. Karn

1976-1977

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H. Allan Leal, QC, LLD

1975-1976

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Sir Arthur R. T. Chetwynd, Bt, SCM, KClJ

1974-1975

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Robert L. Armstrong

1973-1974

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The Hon. Mr. Justice Joseph H. Potts, OStJ, CD

1972-1973

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Col. The Hon. Henry N. R. Jackman, OC, KStJ, OOnt, BA, LLB, LLD

1971-1972

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H. V. Cranfield, MD, FRCP(C)

1970-1971

H. Ian Macdonald, OC, KLJ, BCom, MA, BPhil, LLD

1969-1970

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Edward B. Jolliffe, QC

1968-1969

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B. Graham M. Gore

1967-1968

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R. Bredin Stapells, QC

1966-1967

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Col. E. A. Royce, ED

1965-1966

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Col. Robert H. Hilborn, MVO, MBE, CD

1964-1965

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Major Arthur J. Langley, CD

1963-1964

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J. Palmer Kent, Q.C.

1962-1963

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Z. S. Phimister

1961-1962

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Alexander Stark, Q.C.

1960-1961

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Harold R. Lawson

1959-1960

Maj.-Gen. B. J. Legge, CMM, CM, KStJ, ED, CD, QC

1958-1959

Lt.-Col. W. H. Montague, OBE

1957-1958

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Donald H. Jupp O.B.E.

1956-1957

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Dr. C. C. Goldring

1955-1956

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James H. Joyce

1954-1955

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A. E. M. Inwood

1953-1954

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John Griffin

1952-1953

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D. H. Gibson, C.B.E.

1951-1952

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Sydney Hermant

1950-1951

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H. G. Colebrook

1949-1950

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Thos. H. Howse

1948-1949

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Tracy E. Lloyd

1947-1948

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Major F. L. Clouse

1946-1947

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Eric F. Thompson

1945-1946

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Charles R. Conquergood

1944-1945

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W. Eason Humphreys, ESQ.

1943-1944

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John C. M. MacBeth, ESQ., B.A., K.C.

1942-1943

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C. R. Sanderson, ESQ., M.A., B.Sc.

1941-1942

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Hon. G. Howard Ferguson, P.C. CAN., K.C.

1940-1941

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F. A. Gaby, ESQ., B.A.Sc., D.Sc.

1939-1940

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J. P. Pratt, QC

1938-1939

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Major R. M. Harcourt

1937-1938

Major G. B. Balfour, KC

1936-1937

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Mr. J. H. Brace

1935-1936

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The Hon. Mr. Justice Dana H. Porter, CJO, QC, LLD

1934-1935

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Major James Baxter, MC

Past President 1933-1934

Col. The Hon. George A. Drew, PC, CC, CD, QC, LLD

1932-1933

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Mr. H. G. Stapells, QC

1931–1932

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John D. M. Spence, KC

1930–1931

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Hugh S. Eayrs

1929–1930

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Robert H. Fennell, KC

1928–1929

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Col. Alexander Fraser, LLD, ADC

1927–1928

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Col. A. E. Kirkpatrick, Hon. ADV, VD

1926–1927

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Rev. R. N. Burns, DD

1925–1926

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William Brooks

1924-1925

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Ellis H. Wilkinson

1923-1924

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Sir William Hearst, KCMG, KC, LLD

1922-1923

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Brig.-Gen. C. H. Mitchell, CB, CMG, DSO, LLD

1921-1922

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Arthur Hewitt

1920-1921

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R. A. Stapells

1919-1920

J. Coombs

1918-1919

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Norman Sommerville, MA, KC

1917-1918

James Black Perry

1916-1917

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Albert Ham, MusD, DCL, FRCO

1915-1916

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Lt.-Col. R. J. Stuart

1914-1915

The Hon. Mr. Justice James Craig, KC

1913-1914

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Rt. Rev. James F. Sweeny, MA, DD, DCL

1912-1913

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Mr. F.B. Fetherstonhaugh

1911-1912

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J. Castell Hopkins

1910-1911

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Elias Clouse

1909-1910

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D.J. Coggin

1908-1909

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J.F.M. Stewart

1907-1908

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J. P. Murray

1906-1907

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William Briggs

1905-1906

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Rt. Rev. William Clark

1904-1905

Brig.-Gen. The Hon. James Mason, KStJ - Past Pres.

1903-1904