The Irish Benevolent Society, since 1877, has provided an opportunity in the London area for
the Irish and their descendants of all faiths, and their friends, to work together in harmony
for the purpose of preserving their Irish heritage and performing works of benevolence.

Irish Benevolent Society Past Presidents

†=deceased

Year		Name
2017		Laura Garner
2016		Dan Hardy
2015		Doug Reycraft
2014	†	W. Peter Harding
2013		Rev. L. Bruce Pocock
2012		Philip M. Murphey
2011		Barry W. O'Brien
2010		Mary Cahalan
2009	†	Donald Cosens
2008		Fr John Comiskey
2007		David Goddard
2006		Tom McLaughlin
2005		William G. Haskett
2004		Patrick J. Heffernan
2003	†	S. James Hanna
2002		George T. Brunton
2001	†	Rev. Robert Andrew Carson
2000		Paul White, CFP
1999		Charles P. Corbett, PEng
1998		Harvey Gleason, CA
1997		Rev. William Craven
1996		Dr. Ninian Mellamphy
1995		William J. Moore
1994	†	Vincent Leavey
1993		C. Fred MacKewn, LLB
1992		James T. Hardy, CA
1991		R. Bradley A. Carson, BSc, DDS
1990		Kevin M. Hehir
1989		Kenneth Dunne
1988	†	Laurence Heffernan
1987	†	William McKegney
1986	†	Dr. L. L. Barry deVeber
1985	†	Donald Dunne
1984		Michael J. Nolan, CET
1983	†	Selby Young
1982	†	Barry Kelly
1981	†	James Crookes
1980	†	Frank Prendergast
1979		Canon Michael Farr
1978	†	Dermot O'Flynn
1977	†	Samuel B. Atchison
1976	†	George Mottram
1975	†	William G. Reid
1974	†	Leo F. White
1973	†	Judge Robert J. Cudney, QC
1972		Anthony J. Kelly
1971	†	Edward S. P. Carson
1970	†	Judge Francis G. Carter, QC
1969	†	Sen. Charles R. Turner
1968		Gerald F. Costello
1967		Edward D. Christie
1966	†	Cameron J. L. Killoran, QC
1965	†	Harry Christie
1964	†	James M. O'Neail
1963	†	J. William Carson, FCA
1962	†	Edward P. Dignan
1961	†	Rev. Maurice H. H. Farr
1960	†	Judge Martin Morrissey, QC
1959	†	R. Stanley McKinley
1958		Judge R. Jeffrey Flinn, QC
1957	†	Rev. John B. Carson
1956	†	J. Shannon Nolan
1955	†	Abraham A. Cavanagh
1954	†	Judge William H. Fox, QC
1953	†	Rev. Alfred A. Abraham
1952	†	Charles Johnston
1951	†	Rev. William Bennett
1950	†	Frank Fallon
1949	†	Maj. A. R. Douglas, QC
1948	†	Capt. J. S. Killingsworth
1947	†	Lt. Col. E. G. Shannon
1946	†	Denis Downey
1945	†	E. A. Shoebotham
1944	†	Harold J. Allaster
1943	†	Capt. F. D. Millar
1942	†	Clarence Murphy
1941	†	Stan Reid
1940	†	John T. Cook
1939	†	Thomas F. Kingsmill
1938	†	Joseph McManus
1937	†	Joseph W. Carson
1936	†	John B. Givins, QC
1935	†	Murray McCulloch
1934	†	Martin J. Donohue
1933	†	Maj. A. Murray Dillion
1932	†	J. A. Flaherty
1931	†	Maj. Roy W. Garret
1930	†	C. L. Loughlin
1928-29	†	C. E. A. Webb
1927	†	Arthor C. Carty
1926	†	Maj. Harry J. Bennett
1925	†	Charles Finney
1924	†	John Greer
1923	†	Richard Forristal
1922	†	Sen. E. S. Little
1921	†	Edward C. Killingsworth
1920	†	John Aitken
1919	†	Joseph F. Nolan
1918	†	Dr. W. M. Shoebotham
1917	†	Edward J. Carty
1916	†	George H. O'Neil
1915	†	P. Harold Ranahan
1914	†	Maj. A. V. Becher, MD
1913	†	J. P. Forristal
1912	†	H. E. Buttrey
1911	†	Lt. Col. Claude Brown
1910	†	Samual Stevely
1909	†	Edward J. Ryan
1908	†	Stephen Grant
1907	†	John Garvey
1906	†	Dennis Mason
1905	†	Philip Pocock
1904	†	John Stevely
1903	†	Lt. Col. T. J. Murphy, KC
1902	†	Dr. John D. Wilson
1900-01	†	John Forristal
1898-99	†	T. W. Scandrett, KC
1897	†	P. Mulkern
1896	†	Dr. George Davis
1895	†	J. M. Daly
1893-94	†	Dr. W. D. Mitchell
1892	†	J. W. Pocock
1890-91	†	Ed Merideth, KC
1888-89	†	T. H. Smallman
1887	†	B. C. McCann
1886	†	Lt. Col. W. J. Reid
1885	†	Mr. Justice J. Magee
1884	†	Dr. C. A. Sippi
1883	†	John Labatt (6 mos)
1883	†	John Smith (6 mos)
1882	†	J. M. Keary
1881	†	Rt. Rev. Benjamin Cronyn
1880	†	Daniel Regan
1879	†	H. D. Long
1878	†	Mr. Justice MacMahon
1877	†	Lt. Col. Jas. Shanley