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Presidents

* 1958–1961 Jean Langlois * 1962 A. H. Johnston * 1963–1966 A. R. C. Duncan * 1967 L. Martinelli * 1968 T. Penelhum * 1969 J. Wojciechowski * 1970 E. Trépannier * 1971

* 1972 * 1973 John W. Yolton * 1974 J. Plamondon * 1975 Francis Sparshott * 1976 N. Lacharité * 1977 John King-Farlow * 1978 Venant Cauchy * 1979 A. McKinnon * 1980 Guy Lafrance * 1981 Joseph Owens * 1982 * 1983 Kai Nielsen * 1984 Pierre Laberge * 1985 Sarah Shorten * 1986 Nicolas Kaufmann * 1987 John Trentman * 1988 Robert Nadeau * 1989 Robert Butts * 1990 * 1991 Michael McDonald * 1992 Maurice Gagnon * 1993 Ann MacKenzie * 1994 * 1995 Wesley Cragg * 1996 Serge Robert * 1997 Frank Cunningham * 1998 * 1999 Steven Davis * 2000 Thomas De Koninck * 2001 Andrew Brook * 2002 Paul Dumouchel * 2003 John Thorp * 2004 Philippe Constantineau * 2005 Gerard Naddaf * 2006 Luc Langlois * 2007

* 2008 Jocelyne Couture * 2009 Bryson Brown * 2010 Denis Fisette * 2011

* 2012 Adèle Mercier * 2013 Adam Morton * 2014 Frédéric Bouchard * 2015 Tim Kenyon

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* 1958 establishments in Canada Organizations established in 1958 Philosophical societies in Canada {{philo-org-stub

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