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Canadian Bar Association Presidents
The President of the Canadian Bar Association is the head of a professional association of Canadian lawyers. The president is elected by those members of the CBA who hold leadership positions, nationally, provincially, and through the sections and conferences of the CBA. The president serves a one-year term.
The current President of the CBA (2015-16) is Janet Fuhrer, a lawyer from the Ottawa firm of Ridout & Maybee LLP.
History of the Position
[edit]Since the creation of the Canadian Bar Association in 1914, there have been ## presidents.[1] Many of the presidents have been leaders of the Bar and have held major public office. The first President, Sir James Aikins, was simultaneously President and Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba for much of his time in office. Two future Prime Ministers, three Supreme Court justices, two Lieutenant Governors, several Attorneys General, and a Senator have served as President. Other presidents have worked primarily in private practice, from large firms, medium firms, or small firms, even a sole practitioner. Several of the presidents have gone on to appointments to the Bench and one has been Canada's Ambassador to the United Nations. Others have been active in community service: one has been the chair of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and another has been president of a CFL team. Many have been appointed to the Order of Canada and similar provincial honours. The breadth of experience of the presidents is shown In the column, "Other Position Held", in the table below, which indicates the background and experience of each president. In some cases, they held the position prior to becoming president, in other cases afterwards, and in some cases, such as Supreme Court Justice Davis, held that position concurrently with being president.
Although the first president, Sir James Aikins, served for thirteen years, and some other presidents served two-year terms, the term of the office is now one year, as part of a four year succession of offices. To serve as president, an individual must be elected Second Vice-President, and serve for one year in that office. The Second Vice-President is not elected by the entire membership of the Association, but by individuals who hold offices within the Association, including members of the national executive, members of the executives of the provincial branches, and chairs of national committees and sections. The election is held over the internet in the spring of each year. The winner of the election is installed in office at the annual meeting of the Association, which is held in August of each year.
Following a year as Second Vice-President, the individual serves the next year as First Vice-President. The third year after election, the individual becomes President. After the year in office as President, the individual serves a further year as Past-President of the Association. The succession to each office occurs at the annual meeting.
By custom, the presidency rotates through five regions: the prairie provinces, Ontario, the Atlantic provinces, Quebec, and British Columbia.
List of Canadian Bar Association Presidents
[edit]No. | Term | Name | Location | Other Positions Held |
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1914-27 | Sir James Aikins 1851 – 1929 |
Winnipeg | Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba 1916 - 1926 | |
1927-28 | John Edward Martin | Montreal | Justice of the Quebec Court of Appeal 1918-1922 | |
1928-29 | Wallace Nesbitt 1858 – 1930 |
Toronto | Puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada 1903 - 1905 | |
1929-30 | R.B. Bennett 1870 – 1947 |
Calgary | Prime Minister of Canada 1930 - 1935 | |
1930-32 | Louis St-Laurent 1882 – 1973 |
Quebec | Prime Minister of Canada 1948 - 1957 | |
1932-34 | Newton Rowell 1867 – 1941 |
Toronto | President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada 1917 - 1920 Canadian delegate to the League of Nations 1920 - 1921 Chief Justice of Ontario 1936 - 1938 Rowell–Sirois Commission 1937 - 1938 | |
1934-35 | Isaac Pitblado 1867 – 1964 |
Winnipeg | Private practice | |
1935-36 | G.H. Montgomery | Montreal | Private practice: Montgomery, McMichael, Common & Howard Chancellor of Bishop's University 1942-1950 | |
1936-37 | Henry Hague Davis 1885 – 1944 |
Ottawa | Puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada 1935 - 1944 | |
1937-38 | John Wallace de Beque Farris 1878 – 1970 |
Vancouver | Attorney General of British Columbia and Minister of Labour 1917-1922 Senator 1937–1970 | |
1938-39 | Louis-Émery Beaulieu 1878 – 1962 |
Montreal | Bâtonnier du Barreau du Québec 1932–1934 Dean of the Université de Montréal Faculty of Law 1945–1955 | |
1939-41 | D’Alton Lally McCarthy 1870 – 1963 |
Toronto | Treasurer of the Law Society of Upper Canada 1939–1944 | |
1941-42 | James McGregor Stewart 1889 – 1955 |
Halifax | Private practice | |
1942-43 | Gordon Harold Aikins 1887 – 1954 |
Winnipeg | Private Practice: Aikins, MacAulay & Thorvaldson | |
1943-44 | Royal Maitland 1898 – 1946 |
Vancouver | Attorney General of British Columbia 1941-1946 | |
1944-45 | François-Philippe Brais 1894 – 1972 |
Montreal | Member of the Legislative Council of Quebec 1940-1968 Bâtonnier du Barreau du Québec 1949-1950 | |
1945-46 | Esten Kenneth Williams 1889 – 1970 |
Winnipeg | President of the Law Society of Manitoba 1941 - 1943 Chief Justice of the Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench 1946 - 1962 | |
1946-47 | James Chalmers McRuer 1890 – 1985 |
Toronto | Justice of the Ontario Court of Appeal 1944-45 Chief Justice of the Ontario High Court 1945-1964 | |
1947-48 | John Thomas Hackett 1884 – 1956 |
Montreal | Member of Parliament 1930–1935, 1945–1949 Senator 1955-1956 | |
1948-49 | Stanley Harwood McCuaig 1891 – 1986 |
Edmonton | Private Practice: McCuaig Desrochers | |
1949-50 | Arthur N. Carter | Saint John | Private Practice | |
1950-51 | E. Gordon Gowling | Ottawa | Private Practice: Gowling and Henderson | |
1951-52 | John Arthur Clark 1886 – 1976 |
Vancouver | Canadian Army (Seaforth Highlanders) 1914-1919 Member of Parliament 1921–1930 | |
1952-53 | André Taschereau 1897 – 1979 |
Quebec | Bâtonnier du Barreau du Québec 1943-44 Justice of the Quebec Court of Appeal 1955-1972 | |
1953-54 | John MacAulay 1895 – 1978 |
Winnipeg | Private Practice: Aikins, MacAulay & Thorvaldson Chairman of the International League of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies 1959-1965 | |
1954-55 | D. Park Jamieson 1903 – 1981 |
Sarnia, Ontario | Private Practice: Pardee, Gurd, Fuller and Taylor | |
1955-56 | Paul P. Hutchinson | Montreal | Private Practice | |
1956-57 | E.C. Leslie | Regina | Private Practice: MacPherson Leslie & Tyerman | |
1957-58 | Arthur Kelly 1901 – 1986 |
Toronto | Justice of the Ontario Court of Appeal 1960-1975 | |
1958-59 | Walter Stewart Owen 1904 – 1981 |
Vancouver | Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia 1973–1978 | |
1959-60 | Renault St. Laurent | Quebec | Private practice | |
1960-61 | Donald McInnes | Halifax | Private practice | |
1961-62 | Stanley E. Fennell | Cornwall, Ontario | Private practice | |
1962-63 | R.A. MacKimmie | Calgary | Private practice | |
1963-64 | Oscar L. Lundell | Vancouver | Private practice: Lawson, Lundell, Lawson & McIntosh | |
1964-65 | Hazen Hansard 1905 – 1985 |
Montreal | Private Practice: Montgomery, McMichael, Common & Howard; Cate, Ogilvy, Bishop, Cope, Porteous & Hansard | |
1965-66 | J.T. Weir | Toronto | Private Practice | |
1966-67 | Perreault Casgrain 1898 – 1981 |
Rimouski, Quebec | Private Practice | |
1967-68 | A. Gordon Cooper | Halifax | President of the Nova Scotia Barristers' Society 1956-57 Justice of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court, Appeal Division | |
1968-69 | J.J. Saucier | Calgary | Private Practice: Chambers, Saucier, Jones, Peacock, Black, Gain & Stratton | |
1969-70 | Arthur Sydney Pattillo | Toronto | Private Practice: Blake Cassels & Graydon Chairman, Ontario Securities Commission 1974-1977 | |
1970-71 | A. Lorne Campbell 1920 – 2014 |
Winnipeg | Private Practice: Aikins, MacAulay & Thorvaldson President of the Law Society of Manitoba 1966 - 1967 | |
1971-72 | John Lauchlan Farris d. 1986 |
Vancouver | Private Practice: Farris, Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy Chief Justice of British Columbia 1973-1978 | |
1972-73 | Louis-Philippe de Grandpré 1917 – 2008 |
Montreal | Private Practice: Tansey, de Grandpré et de Grandpré Puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada 1974 - 1977 | |
1973-74 | Neil McKelvey 1925 – 2011 |
Saint John | Private Practice: Stewart McKelvey | |
1974-75 | William Lorne Northmore Somerville 1921 - 2009 |
Toronto | Private Practice: Borden & Elliott | |
1975-76 | Irwin Dorfman 1908 - 1993 |
Winnipeg | Private Practice: Thompson Dorfman Sweatman President of the Law Society of Manitoba 1971 - 1972 | |
1976-77 | A. Boyd Ferris d. 1989 |
Vancouver | Private Practice: Davis and Co. | |
1977-78 | Jacques Viau 1919 - 2003 |
Montreal | Private Practice Bâtonnier du Barreau du Québec 1974-1975 | |
1978-79 | Thomas J. Walsh 1927 - 2016 |
Calgary | Private Practice: Walsh LLP | |
1979-80 | Gordon Henderson 1912 - 1993 |
Ottawa | Private Practice: Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP | |
1980-81 | William Cox 1921 - 2008 |
Halifax | President of the Nova Scotia Barristers' Society 1971-1972 President of the Federation of Law Societies of Canada (1975-1976) Private Practice: Cox Downie | |
1981-82 | Paul D.K. Fraser |
Vancouver | British Columbia Conflict Commissioner 2008-present President of Commonwealth Lawyers Association President of International Commission of Jurists (Canadian Section) Private Practice: Fraser Milner Casgrain | |
1982-83 | Yves Fortier born 1935 |
Montreal | Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations 1988-1992 Permanent Court of Arbitration 1988-1992 President of London Court of International Arbitration 1998-2001 Private Practice: Ogilvy Renault 1961-2011 Cabinet Yves Fortier 2012 - present | |
1983-84 | Robert H. McKercher born 1930 |
Saskatoon | Private Practice: McKercher LLP | |
1984-85 | Claude R. Thomson 1933-2010 |
Toronto | Private Practice: Fasken Martineau ADR Chambers | |
1985-86 | Robert Wells born 1933 |
St. John's | Crown Attorney, Provincial Department of Justice Private Practice Member of the Newfoundland House of Assembly and Minister of Health Justice of the Trial Division of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland | |
1986-87 | Bryan Williams | Vancouver | Private Practice: Swinton & Company Justice of the British Columbia Court of Appeal 1995 - 1996 Chief Justice of the British Columbia Supreme Court 1996 - 2000 | |
1987-88 | Jean Bazin | Montreal | Private Practice: Byers Casgrain / Fraser Milner Casgrain / Dentons Senate of Canada 1986 - 1989 | |
1988-89 | Patrick Peacock | Calgary | Private Practice: Peacock, Linder, Halt and Mack 1994 - present President, Calgary Stampeders Football Club 1985 - 1986 |
Canadian Bar Association Presidents by Province or Territory
[edit]No. | Province or Territory | Number of Presidents |
Names |
---|---|---|---|
Alberta | Bennett; MacKimmie; McCuaig; Peacock; Saucier; Walsh | ||
British Columbia | Clark; Farris (John L.); Farris (John W. deB.); Ferris; Fraser; Lundell; Maitland; Owen; Williams | ||
Manitoba | Aikins (Gordon Harold); Aikins (Sir James); Campbell; Dorfman; MacAulay; Pitblado; Williams | ||
New Brunswick | Carter; McKelvey | ||
Newfoundland & Labrador | Wells | ||
Nova Scotia | Cooper; Cox; McInnes; Stewart | ||
Ontario | Davis; Fennell; Gowling; Henderson; Jamieson; Kelly; McCarthy; McRuer; Nesbitt; Pattillo; Rowell; Somerville; Thomson; Weir | ||
Prince Edward Island | |||
Quebec | Bazin; Beaulieu; Brais; Casgrain; de Grandpré; Hackett; Fortier; Hansard; Hutchinson; Martin; Montgomery; St Laurent (Louis); St. Laurent (Renault); Taschereau; Viau | ||
Saskatchewan | Leslie; McKercher | ||
Northwest Territories | |||
Nunavut | |||
Yukon | |||
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