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Past Presidents

Celebrating our successes includes recognizing the Past Presidents who have served our Chamber and community so well. Every Past President is recognized with an Honourary Lifetime membership.

  • D.W. Sutherland - 1906/1907/1908
  • W.A. Pitcairn - 1909
  • P. Dumoulin - 1910
  • J.W. Jones - 1911
  • R.B. Kerr - 1912
  • A.W. Bowser - 1913
  • S.T. Elliott - 1914
  • W.G. Benson - 1915
  • E.M. Carruthers - 1916
  • H.F. Rees - 1917
  • W. Haug - 1918
  • W.A. Pitcairn - 1919
  • L.V. Rogers - 1920
  • H.F. Rees - 1921
  • W.E. Adams - 1922
  • G. Stirling - 1923/1924
  • A.G. McCosh - 1925
  • W.R Trench - 1926/1927
  • N.M Foulkes - 1928
  • T.G. Norris - 1929/1930
  • G.A. Meikle - 1931/1932
  • J.H. Horn - 1933
  • J.H. Horn/D. Chapman - 1934
  • D.Chapman - 1935
  • S.T. Miller - 1936
  • W.A.C. Bennett - 1937/1938
  • D.C. Paterson - 1939/1940
  • R.G. Rutherford - 1941/1942
  • R. Whillis - 1943/1944
  • J.D. Whitham - 1945
  • W.T.L. Roadhouse - 1946
  • R.P. MacLean - 1947
  • T.Greenwood - 1948
  • F.N. Gisborne - 1949
  • J.I. Monteith - 1950
  • C.G. Beeston - 1951
  • H.V. Faulkner - 1952
  • G.D. Imrie - 1953
  • J.K. Campbell - 1954
  • W.B. Hughes-Games - 1955
  • C.E.R. Bazett - 1956
  • C.D. Gaddes - 1957
  • H.S Harrison-Smith - 1958
  • A.R. Pollard - 1959
  • L.H. Leathley - 1960
  • R.H. Wilson - 1961
  • J.B. Smith - 1962
  • T.C. McLaughlin - 1963
  • R.L. Sharp - 1964
  • J.C. Foote - 1965
  • Bill Bennett - 1966
  • Ken F. Harding - 1967
  • N.B. Winsby - 1968
  • Gordon Hirtle - 1969
  • W.G. Knutson - 1970
  • R.S. Alexander - 1971
  • D.A. Chapman - 1972
  • Lawrence T. Salloum - 1973
  • J.L. Gordon - 1974
  • C. M. Stringer - 1975
  • Roger I. Cottle -1976
  • Dale Hammill - 1977
  • Jim C. Doak - 1978
  • Gordon W. Tovell - 1979
  • Gerry Fee -1980
  • Walter Gray - 1981/1982
  • Nick Frost - 1983
  • Larry Chalmers - 1984
  • Marion Bremner - 1985
  • Jim Mills - 1986
  • N.O Stevenson - 1987
  • Paul Mitchell - 1988
  • Robert Guy - 1989
  • Frank Bechard - 1990
  • Dean Cooper - 1991
  • Bruce C. Dionne - 1992
  • Rick Howard - 1993
  • Stafford McKergow - 1994
  • John Marritt - 1995
  • Cathy Comben - 1996
  • Lorne Ettinger - 1997
  • Steve Thomson - 1998
  • Dave Rush - 1999
  • Todd Sanderson - 2000
  • Lorraine McGrath - 2001
  • Brad Cronquist - 2002
  • Ken Ficocelli - 2003
  • Ken Bessason - 2004
  • David MacLean - 2005
  • Kevin Crookes - 2006
  • Laura Thurnheer - 2007
  • James Paterson - 2008
  • Norm Lecavalier - 2009
  • Wes Shields - 2010
  • Karen Hawes - 2011/2012
  • David Bond - 2013
  • Curtis Darmohray - 2014
  • Ken Carmichael - 2015
  • Tom Dyas - 2016/2017
  • Carmen Sparg - 2018