Past Presidents
As of 2011, the President of the Empire Club is Verity Craig. Others have included:
| Year | President | Year | President |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1903–1905 | Brig. Gen. The Hon. James Mason | 1905–1906 | Rt. Rev. William Clark |
| 1906–1907 | J.P. Murray | 1907–1908 | J.F.M. Stewart |
| 1908–1909 | D.J. Coggin | 1909–1910 | Elias Clouse |
| 1910–1911 | J. Castell Hopkins | 1911–1912 | F.B. Featherstonhaugh |
| 1912–1913 | Rt. Rev. James F. Sweeny | 1913–1914 | The Hon. Mr. Justice James Craig |
| 1914–1915 | Lt. Col. R.J. Stuart | 1915–1916 | Albert Ham |
| 1916–1917 | James Black Perry | 1917–1918 | Norman Sommerville |
| 1918–1919 | F.J. Coombs | 1919–1920 | R.A. Stapells |
| 1920–1921 | Arthur Hewitt | 1921–1922 | Brig. Gen. C.H. Mitchell |
| 1922–1923 | Sir William Hearst | 1923–1924 | Elias H. Wilkinson |
| 1924–1925 | William Brooks | 1925–1926 | Rev. N.R. Burns |
| 1926–1927 | Col. A.E. Kirkpatrick | 1927–1928 | Col. Alexander Fraser |
| 1928–1929 | Robert H. Fennell | 1929–1930 | Hugh S. Eayrs |
| 1930–1931 | John D.M. Spence | 1931–1932 | H.G. Stapells |
| 1932–1933 | Col. The Hon. George A. Drew | ||
| 1933–1934 | Major James Baxter | 1934–1935 | The Hon. Mr. Justice Dana H. Porter |
| 1935–1936 | J.H. Brace | 1936–1937 | Major G.B. Balfour |
| 1937–1938 | Major R.M. Harcourt | 1938–1939 | J.P. Pratt |
| 1939–1940 | F.A. Gaby | 1940–1941 | The Hon. G. Howard Ferguson |
| 1941–1942 | C.R. Sanderson | 1942–1943 | John C.M. MacBeth |
| 1943–1944 | W. Eason Humphreys | 1944–1945 | Charles R. Conquergood |
| 1945–1946 | Eric F. Thompson | 1946–1947 | Major F.L. Clouse |
| 1947–1948 | Tracey E. Lloyd | 1948–1949 | T.H. Howse |
| 1949–1950 | H.C. Colebrook | 1950–1951 | Sydney Hermant |
| 1951–1952 | D.H. Gibson | 1952–1953 | John W.F. Griffin |
| 1953–1954 | Arthur E.M. Inwood | 1954–1955 | James H. Joyce |
| 1955–1956 | C.C. Goldring | 1956–1957 | Donald H. Jupp |
| 1957–1958 | LCol. W.H. Montague | 1958–1959 | MGen. B.J. Legge |
| 1959–1960 | Harold R. Lawson | 1960–1961 | Hon. Alexander Stark |
| 1961–1962 | Dr. Z.S. Phimister | 1962–1963 | Dr. J. Palmer Kent |
| 1963–1964 | Major Arthur J. Langley | 1964–1965 | Col. Robert H. Hilborn |
| 1965–1966 | Col. E.A. Royce | 1966–1967 | R. Bredin Stapells |
| 1967–1968 | B. Graham M. Gore | 1968–1969 | Edward B. Jolliffe |
| 1969–1970 | H. Ian Macdonald | 1970–1971 | H.V. Cranfield |
| 1971–1972 | The Hon. Henry N.R. Jackman | 1972–1973 | Maj. The Hon. Mr. Joseph H. Potts |
| 1973–1974 | Robert L. Armstrong | 1974–1975 | Sir Arthur R.T. Chetwynd |
| 1975–1976 | H. Allan Leal | 1976–1977 | William M. Karn |
| 1977–1978 | Peter Hermant | 1978–1979 | MGen. Reginald W. Lewis |
| 1979–1980 | John A. MacNaughton | 1980–1981 | Reginald Stackhouse |
| 1981–1982 | BGen. S.F. Andrunyk | 1982–1983 | Henry J. Stalder |
| 1983–1984 | Douglas L. Derry | 1984–1985 | Catherine R. Charlton |
| 1985–1986 | Harry T. Seymour | 1986–1987 | Nona Macdonald |
| 1987–1988 | Ronald Goodall | 1988–1989 | A.A.(Tony) van Straubenzee |
| 1989–1990 | Sarah A. Band | 1990–1991 | Maj. The Rev. Canon Harold F. Roberts |
| 1992–1993 | Robert L. Brooks | 1993–1994 | Col. Frederic L.R. Jackman |
| 1994–1995 | John A. Campion | 1995–1996 | David A. Edmison |
| 1996–1997 | Julie K. Hannaford | 1997–1998 | Gareth S. Seltzer |
| 1998–1999 | George L. Cooke | 1999–2000 | Robert J. Dechert |
| 2000–2001 | Catherine Steele | 2001–2002 | Bill Laidlaw |
| 2002–2003 | Ann Curran | 2003–2004 | John Koopman |
| 2004–2005 | Bart J. Mindszenthy | 2005–2006 | William G. Whittaker |
| 2006–2007 | Capt. The Rev. Dr. John S. Niles MSM | 2007–2008 | Catherine S. Swift |
| 2008–2009 | Jo-Ann McArthur | 2009–2010 | Alfred Apps |
| 2010–2011 | Tim Reid |
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Famous quotes containing the word presidents:
“You must drop all your democracy. You must not believe in “the people.” One class is no better than another. It must be a case of Wisdom, or Truth. Let the working classes be working classes. That is the truth. There must be an aristocracy of people who have wisdom, and there must be a Ruler: a Kaiser: no Presidents and democracies.”
—D.H. (David Herbert)
“All Presidents start out to run a crusade but after a couple of years they find they are running something less heroic and much more intractable: namely the presidency. The people are well cured by then of election fever, during which they think they are choosing Moses. In the third year, they look on the man as a sinner and a bumbler and begin to poke around for rumours of another Messiah.”
—Alistair Cooke (b. 1908)