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Past Officers of Senate

Chairs of Senate

  1. Murray G. Ross (November 14, 1960 – June 30, 1970)
  2. David W. Slater (July 1, 1970 – September 23, 1971)
  3. John Yolton (September 23, 1971 – June 30, 1972)
  4. Howard Robertson (July 1, 1972 – June 30, 1973)
  5. J. David Hoffman (July 1, 1973 – June 30, 1974)
  6. John D. McFarland (July 1, 1974 – June 30, 1975)
  7. John Warkentin (July 1, 1975 – June 30, 1976)
  8. Gwenda Echard (July 1, 1976 – June 30, 1977)
  9. C. Michael Lanphier (July 1, 1977 – June 30, 1978)
  10. Graeme H. McKechnie (July 1, 1978 – June 30, 1979)
  11. David M. Logan (July 1, 1979 – June 30, 1981)
  12. Howard Adelman (July 1, 1981 – June 30, 1982)
  13. T. Harry Leith (July 1, 1982 – June 30, 1983)
  14. Jane Couchman (July 1, 1983 – June 30, 1984)
  15. Victor Murray (July 1, 1984 – June 30, 1985)
  16. Gene Denzel (July 1, 1985 – June 30, 1986)
  17. Michael Creal (July 1, 1986 – June 30, 1987)
  18. H. Michael Stevenson (July 1, 1987 – June 30, 1988)
  19. Allan D. Stauffer (July 1, 1988 – June 30, 1989)
  20. Naomi Black (July 1, 1989 – June 30, 1990)
  21.  John B. Crozier (July 1, 1990 – June 30, 1991)
  22. Louise Ripley (July 1, 1991 – June 30, 1992)
  23. Stu Robbins (July 1, 1992 – June 30, 1993)
  24. Saber Saleuddin (July 1, 1993 – June 30, 1994)
  25. Ruth Grogan (July 1, 1994 – June 30, 1995)
  26. Paul Wilkinson (July 1, 1995 – June 30, 1996)
  27. George Tourlakis (July 1, 1996 – June 30, 1997)
  28. Helen Doan (July 1, 1997 – June 30, 1998)
  29. Maurice Elliot (July 1, 1998 – June 30, 1999)
  30. Allan Hutchinson (July 1 – December 31, 1999)
  31. Robert Drummond (January 1, 2000 – June 30, 2001)
  32. Joan Wick Pelletier (July 1, 2001 – June 30, 2002)
  33. Bonnie Kettel (July 1, 2002 – June 30, 2003)
  34. Ian Greene (July 1, 2003 – June 30, 2004)
  35. Patricia Bradshaw (July 1, 2004 – December 31, 2005)
  36. Ross Rudolph (January 1, 2006 – June 30, 2007)
  37. Brenda Spotton Visano (July 1, 2007 – December 31, 2008)
  38. Celia Haig-Brown (January 1, 2009 – June 30, 2010)
  39. Susan Dimock (July 1, 2010 – December 31, 2011)
  40. William van Wijngaarden (January 1, 2012 – June 30, 2013)
  41. Roxanne Mykitiuk (July 1, 2013 – June 30, 2015)
  42. George Comninel (July 1, 2015 – January 31, 2017)
  43. Lesley Beagrie (February 1, 2017 – June 2018)
  44. Franck van Bruegel (July 1, 2018 – December 31, 2019)
  45. Alison Macpherson (January 1, 2020 – June 30, 2021)
  46. Mario Roy (July 1, 2021 – December 31, 2022)
  47. Poonam Puri (January 1, 2023 – June 30, 2024)

Presidents & Vice-Chancellors

  1. Murray G. Ross (December 1959 – June 1970)
  2. David W. Slater (July 1970 – January 22, 1973)
  3. Richard J. Storr (Acting) (January 22, 1973 -January 24, 1973)
  4. John W. Yolton (Acting) (January 24, 1973 – June 1974)
  5. H. Ian Macdonald (July 1974 – August 1984)
  6. William C. Found (Acting) (September 1984 – December 1984)
  7. Harry W. Arthurs (January 1985 – June 1992)
  8. Susan Mann (July 1992 – June 1997)
  9. Lorna R. Marsden (July 1997 – June 2007)
  10. Mamdouh Shoukri (July 2007 – June 2017)
  11. Rhonda Lenton (July 2017 – Present)

Chancellors

  1. Wilfrid A. Curtis (December 1959 – June 1968)
  2. Floyd S. Chalmers (July 1968 – September 1973)
  3. Walter L. Gordon (October 1973 – November 1977)
  4. John P. Robarts (December 1977 – May 1982)
  5. John S. Proctor (May 1982 – September 1983)
  6. J. Tuzo Wilson (September 1983 – June 1986)
  7. Larry Clarke (July 1986 – June 1991)
  8. Oscar Peterson (September 1991 – February 1994)
  9. Arden Haynes (February 1994 – April 1998)
  10. Avie J. Bennett (May 1998 – June 2004)
  11. Peter deCarteret Cory (June 2004 – May 2008)
  12. Roy McMurtry (May 2008 – June 2014)
  13. Gregory Sorbara (June 2014 – December 2022)
  14. Kathleen Taylor (January 1, 2023 – April 30, 2025)

Secretaries of Senate

  1. William W. Small (November 14, 1960)
  2. Denis Smith (February 10 – June 30, 1961)
  3. D. S. Rickerd (1961 – 1968)
  4. William D. Farr (1968 – 1972)
  5. Malcolm W. Ransom (1973 – 1998)
  6. Harriet I. Lewis (1998 – 2014)
  7. Maureen Armstrong (2014-2019)
  8. Cheryl Underhill (Interim) (July 1 – December 31 2019)
  9. Pascal Robichaud (January 1, 2020 – Present)