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Chairs of The Canada Council

  • Brooke Claxton 1957–1960
  • Claude Bissell 1960–1962
  • Douglas B. Weldon 1962–1964
  • Jean Martineau 1964–1969
  • John G. Prentice 1969–1974
  • Brian Flemming (interim) 1974–1975
  • Gertrude M. Laing 1975–1978
  • Mavor Moore 1979–1983
  • Maureen Forrester 1983–1988
  • Allan Gotlieb 1989–1994
  • Donna Scott 1994–1998
  • Jean-Louis Roux 1998–2004
  • Karen Kain 2004–2008
  • Joseph L. Rotman 2008–

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