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Past CBA Presidents

CBA Presidents since 1914

Year Name City
2024-25 Lynne Vicars Toronto
2023-24 John Stefaniuk, K.C Winnipeg
2022-23 Steeves Bujold, Ad.E. Montreal
2021-22 Stephen Rotstein, CIC.C Toronto
2020-21 Brad Regehr, K.C. Winnipeg
2019-20 Vivene Salmon Toronto
2018-19 Ray Adlington Halifax
2017-18 Kerry L. Simmons, K.C. Victoria
2016-17 René Basque, K.C. Moncton
2015-16 The Hon. Janet Fuhrer Ottawa
2014-15 The Hon. Michele H. Hollins Calgary
2013-14 Fred Headon, Ad.E. Montreal
2012-13 Robert C. Brun, K.C. Vancouver
2011-12 Trinda L. Ernst, K.C. Kentville
2010-11 Rod Snow Whitehorse
2009-10 D. Kevin Carroll, K.C., L.S.M. Barrie
2008-09 J. Guy Joubert Winnipeg
2007-08 Bernard Amyot, Ad.E. Montreal
2006-07 J. Parker MacCarthy, K.C.  Duncan, BC
2005-06  Brian A. Tabor, K.C. Halifax
2004-05 Susan McGrath Iroquois Falls
2003-04  F. William Johnson, K.C. Regina
2002-03  Simon Potter, Ad.E. Montreal
2001-02  The Hon. Eric Rice   Vancouver
2000-01  Daphne Dumont, K.C.  Charlottetown
1999-00  Eugene Meehan, K.C.  Ottawa
1998-99  Barry Gorlick Winnipeg
1997-98  P. André Gervais, Q.C. (Deceased) Montreal
1996-97  Russell W. Lusk, K.C.  Vancouver
1995-96  Gordon F. Proudfoot, Q.C. (Deceased) Dartmouth
1994-95  Thomas G. Heintzman, Q.C. (Deceased) Toronto
1993-94  The Hon. Cecilia I. Johnstone (Deceased)  Edmonton
1992-93  The Hon. Paule Gauthier, C.P., O.C., Q.C. (Deceased) Québec
1991-92  J.J. Camp, K.C.  Vancouver
1990-91  Wayne R. Chapman, K.C.  Saint John
1989-90  The Hon. John R.R. Jennings (Deceased) Toronto
1988-89  J. Patrick Peacock, K.C. (Deceased) Calgary
1987-88  The Hon. Jean Bazin, Q.C., Ad.E.  (Deceased) Montreal
1986-87  The Hon. Bryan Williams (Deceased) Vancouver
1985-86  The Hon. Robert Wells (Deceased) St. John's
1984-85  Claude R. Thomson, Q.C. (Deceased) Toronto
1983-84  Robert H. McKercher, K.C. (Deceased) Saskatoon
1982-83  L. Yves Fortier, C.C., K.C., Ad.E. Montreal
1981-82  Paul D.K. Fraser, Q.C., LL.D. (Deceased) Vancouver
1980-81  A. William Cox, Q.C., LL.D. (Deceased) Halifax
1979-80  Gordon F. Henderson, O.C., Q.C. LL.D. (Deceased)  Ottawa
1978-79  Thomas J. Walsh, Q.C. (Deceased) Calgary
1977-78  M. Le bâtonnier Jacques Viau, O.C., Q.C., LL.D. (Deceased) Montreal
1976-77  A. Boyd Ferris, Q.C. (Deceased)  Vancouver
1975-76  Irwin Dorfman, Q.C., LL.D. (Deceased)  Winnipeg
1974-75  W.L.N. Somerville, Q.C. (Deceased) Toronto
1973-74  E. Neil McKelvey, O.C., Q.C., D.C.L. (Deceased) Saint John
1972-73  The Hon. L.P. de Grandpré, C.C., Q.C., LL.D. (Deceased)  Montreal
1971-72  The Hon. John L. Farris, Q.C. (Deceased)  Vancouver
1970-71  A. Lorne Campbell, Q.C., LL.D. (Deceased) Winnipeg
1969-70  A.S. Pattillo, Q.C., LL.D. (Deceased)  Toronto
1968-69  J.J. Saucier, Q.C., D.C.L. (Deceased)  Calgary
1967-68  The Hon. A. Gordon Cooper, LL.D. (Deceased)  Halifax
1966-67  Perrault Casgrain, O.C., Q.C., LL.D. (Deceased)  Rimouski
1965-66  J.T. Weir, Q.C., LL.D. (Deceased)  Toronto
1964-65  Hazen Hansard, Q.C., (Deceased)  Montreal
1963-64  Oscar L. Lundell, Q.C. LL.D. (Deceased)  Vancouver
1962-63  R.A. MacKimmie, Q.C. LL.D. (Deceased)  Calgary
1961-62  Stanley E. Fennell, Q.C., LL.D. (Deceased)  Cornwall
1960-61  Donald McInnes, Q.C., LL.D. (Deceased)  Halifax
1959-60  Renault St. Laurent, Q.C., LL.D. (Deceased)  Québec
1958-59  The Hon. Walter S. Owen, Q.C., LL.D. (Deceased)  Vancouver
1957-58  The Hon. Arthur Kelly, Q.C., LL.D. (Deceased)  Toronto
1956-57  E.C. Leslie, O.C., P.C., LL.D., D.C.L. (Deceased)  Regina
1955-56  Paul P. Hutchinson, E.D., Q.C., LL.D., D.C.L. (Deceased)  Montreal
1954-55  D. Park Jamieson, C.M., M.B.E., Q.C., LL.D. (Deceased)  Sarnia
1953-54  John A. MacAulay, C.C., Q.C., LL.D. (Deceased)  Winnipeg
1952-53  The Hon. André Taschereau, Q.C., LL.D., D.C.L. (Deceased)  Québec
1951-52  J.A. Clark, C.M.G., D.S.O., K.C., LL.D. (Deceased)  Vancouver
1950-51  E. Gordon Gowling, K.C., LL.D. (Deceased)  Ottawa
1949-50  A.N. Carter, K.C., LL.D. (Deceased)  Saint John
1948-49  S.H. McCuaig, K.C., LL.D. (Deceased)  Edmonton
1947-48  The Hon. John T. Hackett, K.C., LL.D., D.C.L., M.P. (Deceased)  Montréal
1946-47  The Hon. J.C. McRuer, K.C., LL.D. (Deceased)  Toronto
1945-46  The Hon. E.K. Williams, K.C., LL.D. (Deceased)  Winnipeg
1944-45  The Hon. F.P. Brais, C.B.E., Q.C., LL.D. (Deceased)  Montreal
1943-44  The Hon. R.L. Maitland, K.C. (Deceased)  Victoria
1942-43  G.H. Aikins, D.S.O., K.C., LL.D. (Deceased)  Winnipeg
1941-42  J. McG. Stewart, C.B.E., Q.C. (Deceased)  Halifax
1939-41  D.L. McCarthy, K.C., LL.D. (Deceased)  Toronto
1938-39  L.E. Beaulieu, Q.C., LL.D. (Deceased)  Montreal
1937-38  The Hon. J.W. de B.Farris, K.C., LL.D., D.C.L. (Deceased)  Vancouver
1936-37  The Hon. H.H. Davis, LL.D. (Deceased) Ottawa Ottawa
1935-36  G.H. Montgomery, K.C., LL.D., D.C.L. (Deceased)  Montreal
1934-35  Isaac Pitblado, K.C., LL.D. (Deceased)  Winnipeg
1932-34  The Hon. N.W. Rowell, LL.D. (Deceased)  Toronto
1930-32  The Rt. Hon. L.S. St-Laurent, C.C., C.P., Q.C., LL.D. (Deceased)  Quebec
1929-30  The Rt. Hon. Viscount Bennett, P.C., K.C., LL.D., D.C.L. (Deceased) Mickleham
1928-29  The Hon. Wallace Nesbitt, K.C. (Deceased)  Toronto
1927-28  The Hon. J.E. Martin (Deceased)  Montreal
1914-27  Sir James Aikins, K.C., LL.D. (Deceased)  Winnipeg