Presidents are elected at the Annual General Meeting and have in most cases served for two years, although there are several exceptions. The Association became inactive at the outbreak of the Great War in 1914, but had restarted again before 1919, perhaps earlier. A note from the records indicates that “the meetings in Oct. and Nov. 1918 were cancelled due to the Spanish influenza”.

A Tribute to the Past Presidents of the UELAC

At the UELAC Conference A Centennial Celebration 1914-2014, hosted by Toronto Branch in Toronto, June 5-8, 2014, Conference Chair Martha Hemphill, UE, offered this tribute to the Past Presidents, written by David Kanowakeron Hill Morrison, UE.

The presidents to date are:

  • 1914-1915 — Dr. George Ansel Sterling Ryerson — Toronto Branch
  • 1915-1916 — Lt. Col. F. W. Macqueen — Toronto Branch
  • 1919-1924 — Wilson Saunders Morden — Toronto Branch
  • 1925-1926 — Major M. Stanley Boehm — Toronto Branch
  • 1927-1929 — J.A.C. Cameron — Toronto Branch
  • 1930-1933 — Major Vaughan MacLean Howard — Toronto/Governor Simcoe Branch
  • 1935-1937 — J.R. Roaf — Toronto Branch
  • 1937-1939 — Stanley Mills — Hamilton Branch
  • 1939-1949 — R.L. Johnston — Hamilton Branch
  • 1954-1956 — L.L. Merrill — Hamilton Branch
  • 1956-1958 — T.L.Harding — Toronto Branch
  • 1958-1960 — Dr. S.K. Clark — Toronto Branch
  • 1960-1962 — Dr. H.G. Walton-Ball — Governor Simcoe Branch
  • 1962-1964 — H.S. Honsberger — Toronto Branch
  • 1964-1966 — W.C. Jones — St. Catharines Branch
  • 1966-1968 — E. John Chard — Bay of Quinte Branch
  • 1968-1970 — Dr. J.G. Dillane — Hamilton Branch
  • 1970-1972 — A.D.M. Spohn — Governor Simcoe Branch
  • 1972-1974 — Howard W. Warner — Sir Guy Carleton Branch
  • 1974-1976 — Evelyn Drew — Bay of Quinte Branch
  • 1976-1978 — D. Stuart Gilmor — Toronto Branch
  • 1978-1980 — John A. Aikman — Hamilton Branch
  • 1980-1982 — John A. Eaman — London & Western Ontario Branch
  • 1982-1984 — Charles J. Humber — Governor Simcoe Branch
  • 1984-1986 — Gwendolyn Smith — Bay of Quinte Branch
  • 1986-1988 — Vera F. Vanderlip — Grand River Branch
  • 1988-1990 — Lt.Col. Frank Cooper — Sir Guy Carleton Branch
  • 1990-1992 — Arnold W. Nethercott — London Branch
  • 1992-1994 — Paul S. Clark — Upper Canada Branch
  • 1994-1996 — J. Okill Stuart — Heritage Branch
  • 1996-1998 — Bernice Wood Flett — London & Western Ontario Branch
  • 1998-2000 — Edward Scott — Col. John Butler Branch
  • 2000-2002 — C. William Terry — Grand River Branch
  • 2002-2004 — Myrna Fox — Toronto Branch
  • 2004-2006 — Douglas W. Grant — Governor Simcoe Branch
  • 2006-2008 — Peter W. Johnson — Bay of Quinte Branch
  • 2008-2011 — Frederick H. Hayward — Hamilton Branch
  • 2011-2013 — Robert C. McBride — Kawartha Branch
  • 2013-2015 — Bonnie Schepers — Bicentennial Branch
  • 2015-2018 — Barbara Andrew — Manitoba Branch
  • 2018-2021 — Sue Hines — Grand River Branch
  • 2021-2023 — Patricia Groom — Bridge Annex Branch
  • 2023-2025 — Carl Stymiest — Vancouver Branch
  • 2023-present — Bill Russell — Kawartha Branch