Past presidents

1894 - 1897   Alderman William McKay

[Lord Mayor 1894 - 1895]

1897 - 1898   Colonel Andrew Wauchope
1898 - 1914   Alderman William McKay
1914 - 1920    Society in abeyance
1920 - 1924   Alderman James Inglis

[Lord Mayor 1922 - 1923]

1924 - 1927   Most Rev. Cosmo Gordon Lang

[Archbishop of York 1909 - 1928; Archbishop of Canterbury 1928 - 1942]

1927 - 1930   Alderman James Inglis
1930 - 1933   Dr J.G. McBride
1933 - 1936   A Harrower
1936 - 1938   Revd Malcolm Wilson

[Minister, York Presbyterian Church; moved to New Zealand 1938]

1939 - 1945    Society in abeyance
1938 - 1946   A Harrower
1946 - 1948   Dr J. I. Russell
1948 - 1950   C.harles B. Mein
1950 - 1952   Dr W. Fraser
1952 - 1954   M. Bengtsson
1954 - 1955   T. S. Ewing
1955 - 1957   Dr A. MacDonald
1957 - 1959   John Lyall
1959 - 1961   Dr Angus Macleod
1961 - 1962   Dr William Davidson
1962 - 1963   George Fleming
1963 - 1964   Robert (Bobby) Gow
1964 - 1965   Dr Robin McIlroy
1965 - 1966   Jean Walton
1966 - 1967   Frank Thomson
1967 - 1968   Alex Forster
1968 - 1969   D. Harvey Lorimer
1969 - 1970   Elizabeth Blacklee
1970 - 1971   Dr Angus Macleod
1971 - 1972   R. R. Ferguson
1972 - 1973   R.C. Brown
1973 - 1974   Andrew Hounam
1974 - 1975   Alick Layhe
1975 - 1976   Douglas Craig
1976 - 1977   J. L. Smith
1977 - 1978   R. I. Cocker
1978 - 1979   Jim Robertson
1979 - 1980  Eileen McIlroy
1980 - 1981   Alexander (Sandy) Calder
1981 - 1982   Tom McFarlane
1982 - 1983   Gregor Grant
1983 - 1984   Beth Craig
1984 - 1985   Mary Roberts 
1985 - 1986   Peter Chalmers
1986 - 1987   Margaret Layhe
1987 - 1988   Ron Robb
1988 - 1989   Graeme Miller
1989 - 1990   Frank Paterson
1990 - 1991    Jean Fleming
1991 - 1992    John Davidson
1992 - 1993   Stuart A. Mainds
1993 - 1994   Eileen Robertson
1994 - 1995   Pat MacKenzie
1995 - 1996   May Townsend
1996 - 1997   George Fleming
1997 - 1998   Graeme Robertson
1998 - 1999   Ernie Stevenson
1999 - 2000   Anne Thomson
2000 onwards - next page [click here]