Past Presidents of the Canadian Dental Association
Since 1902, the Canadian Dental Association has been led by dedicated presidents from across the country. Explore the individuals who have helped shape the Association and advance the dental profession in Canada.
| 2025-2026 | Bruce Ward - Vancouver, British Columbia |
| 2024-2025 | Joel Antel - Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| 2023-2024 | Heather Carr – Fall River, Nova Scotia |
| 2022-2023 | Lynn Tomkins - Toronto, Ontario |
| 2021-2022 | Richard Holden - Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island |
| 2020-2021 | James Armstrong - Vancouver, British Columbia |
| 2019-2020 | Alexander Mutchmor - Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| 2018-2019 | Michel Taillon - Assiniboia, Saskatchewan |
| 2017-2018 | Larry Levin - Toronto, Ontario |
| 2016-2017 | Randall Croutze - Edmonton, Alberta |
| 2015-2016 | Alastair Nicoll - Elkford, British Columbia |
| 2014-2015 | Gary MacDonald - Mount Pearl, Newfoundland |
| 2013-2014 | Peter Doig - Dauphin, Manitoba |
| 2012-2013 | Robert Sutherland - Toronto, Ontario |
| 2011-2012 | Robert MacGregor - Kentville, Nova Scotia |
| 2010-2011 | Ronald Smith - Duncan, British Columbia |
| 2009-2010 | Don Friedlander - Ottawa, Ontario |
| 2008-2009 | Deborah Stymiest - Fredericton, New Brunswick |
| 2007-2008 | Darryl Smith - Valleyview, Alberta |
| 2006-2007 | Wayne Halstrom - Lions Bay, British Columbia |
| 2005-2006 | Jack Cottrell - Port Perry, Ontario |
| 2004-2005 | Alfred Dean - New Waterford, Nova Scotia |
| 2003-2004 | Louis Dubé - Sherbrooke, Quebec |
| 2002-2003 | Tom Breneman - Brandon, Manitoba |
| 2001-2002 | George Sweetnam - Lindsay, Ontario |
| 2000-2001 | Burton Conrod - Sydney, Nova Scotia |
| 1999-2000 | John Diggens - Vancouver, British Columbia |
| 1998-1999 | Richard Sandilands - Edmonton, Alberta |
| 1997-1998 | Toby Gushue - St. John's, Newfoundland |
| 1996-1997 | Barry Dolman - Montreal, Quebec |
| 1995-1996 | James R. Brookfield - Kirkland Lake, Ontario |
| 1994-1995 | Bryun Sigfstead - Edmonton, Alberta |
| 1993-1994 | Raymond Wenn - Charlotteown, Prince Edward Island |
| 1992-1993 | Bernard H. Dolansky - Ottawa, Ontario |
| 1991-1992 | Leslie S. Allen - Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| 1990-1991 | Gilles Dubé - Lachute, Quebec |
| 1989-1990 | Kevin L. Roach - Pembroke, Ontario |
| 1988-1989 | Jack Niedermayer - Regina, Saskatchewan |
| 1987-1988 | Ronald J. Markey - Vancouver, British Columbia |
| 1986-1987 | John Robertson - Summerside, Prince Edward Island |
| 1985-1986 | Bradley W. Holmes - Kenora, Ontario |
| 1984-1985 | P. Ralph Crawford - Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| 1983-1984 | Robert Hicks - Vancouver, British Columbia |
| 1982-1983 | William Thompson - Trenton, Ontario |
| 1981-1982 | Donald E. Williams - Moncton, New Brunswick |
| 1980-1981 | Gilbert Utas - Grande Prairie, Alberta |
| 1979-1980 | Clyde Covit - Montreal, Quebec |
| 1978-1979 | Roderick L. Moran - Toronto, Ontario |
| 1977-1978 | Donald Rife - Toronto, Ontario |
| 1976-1977 | Michael J. Cripton - Moncton, New Brunswick |
| 1975-1976 | H. Lindsay Mussells - Montreal, Quebec |
| 1974-1975 | J. Fred Reid - Vancouver, British Columbia |
| 1973-1974 | John E. Abra - Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| 1972-1973 | David K. Peters - St. John's, Newfoundland |
| 1971-1972 | Louis Bernier - Sillery, Quebec |
| 1970-1971 | William J. Spence - Toronto, Ontario |
| 1969-1970 | Hector R. MacLean - Edmonton, Alberta |
| 1968-1969 | Henri Brouillet - Montreal, Quebec |
| 1967-1968 | Wesley P. Munsie - Vancouver, British Columbia |
| 1966-1967 | James P. Coupland - Ottawa, Ontario |
| 1965-1966 | Philip S. Christie - Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| 1964-1965 | Remy Langlois - Quebec, Quebec |
| 1963-1964 | James Zimmerman - Calgary, Alberta |
| 1962-1963 | M. Vincent J. Keenan - Sudbury, Ontario |
| 1961-1962 | William Miller - Vancouver, British Columbia |
| 1960-1961 | James P. Whyte - Swift Current, Saskatchewan |
| 1959-1960 | William G. McIntosh - Toronto, Ontario |
| 1958-1959 | George M. Dewis - Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| 1957-1958 | A. Gerald Racey - Montreal, Quebec |
| 1956-1957 | Kenneth M. Johnson - Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| 1955-1956 | Reyburn R. McIntyre - Calgary, Alberta |
| 1954-1955 | Percy G. Anderson - Toronto, Ontario |
| 1953-1954 | Alphonsus J. Coughlan - Saint John, New Brunswick |
| 1952-1953 | Gustave Ratté - Quebec, Quebec |
| 1951-1952 | Harold M. Cline - Vancouver, British Columbia |
| 1950-1951 | Robert P. Lowery - Toronto, Ontario |
| 1949-1950 | G. Vernon Fisk - Toronto, Ontario |
| 1948-1949 | Howard J. Merkeley - Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| 1947-1948 | J. Kenneth Carver - Montreal, Quebec |
| 1946-1947 | Victor D. Crowe - Truro, Nova Scotia |
| 1945-1946 | Harvey W. Reid - Toronto, Ontario |
| 1944-1945 | R. Arthur Rooney - Edmonton, Alberta |
| 1942-1943 | Arthur L. Walsh - Montreal, Quebec |
| 1940-1942 | William W. Woodbury - Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| 1938-1940 | Stephen A. Moore - London, Ontario |
| 1936-1938 | Robert L. Pallen - Vancouver, British Columbia |
| 1934-1936 | George L. Cameron - Swift Current, Saskatchewan |
| 1932-1934 | Phillipe Hamel - Quebec, Quebec |
| 1930-1932 | Alden W. Faulkner - Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| 1929-1930 | M. Harry Garvin - Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| 1928-1929 | Fred J. Conboy - Toronto, Ontario |
| 1926-1928 | John W. Clay - Calgary, Alberta |
| 1924-1926 | George K. Thomson - Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| 1922-1924 | Sydney Wood Bradley - Ottawa, Ontario |
| 1920-1922 | Howard F. Whittaker - Edmonton, Alberta |
| 1918-1920 | Frank Woodbury - Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| 1916-1918 | Joseph Nolin - Montreal, Quebec |
| 1914-1916 | Frederick W. Barbour - Fredericton, New Brunswick |
| 1912-1914 | George F. Bush - Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| 1910-1912 | Walter D. Cowan - Regina, Saskatchewan |
| 1908-1910 | Albert E. Webster - Toronto, Ontario |
| 1907-1908 | James M. Magee |
| 1906-1907 | Stanley W. McInnis - Manitoba |
| 1904-1906 | Eudore Dubeau - Montreal, Quebec |
| 1902-1904 | J. Bramston Willmott - Toronto, Ontario |
| 1902 (pro tem) | F. Arnold Stevenson - Montreal, Quebec |