Presidents of the Canadian Political Science Association

• Adam Shortt
  Adam Shortt
  Adam Shortt, C.M.G. was an economic historian in Ontario. He was the first full-time employed academic in the field at a Canadian university — Queen's....
  
  , (Civil Service Commission), 1913–1914
• Oscar D. Skelton
  Oscar D. Skelton
  Oscar Douglas Skelton was a Canadian professor, author, civil servant, and politician.He earned his M.A. from Queen's University in 1900, and his doctorate in political economy from the University of Chicago in 1908. He taught at Queen's University until 1925, where he also served in the...
  
  , (Queen’s), 1929–1930
• Stephen B. Leacock, (McGill), 1934–1935
• R.H. Coats, (Toronto), 1935–1936
• W.A. Mackintosh, (Queen’s), 1936–1937
• H.A. Innis, (Toronto), 1937–1938
• J.W. Dafoe, (Winnipeg Free Press), 1938–1939
• J.C. Hemmeon, 1939–1940
• W.C. Clark, (Deputy Minister of Finance), 1940–1941
• H. Mitchell, 1941–1942
• C.A. Dawson, 1942–1943
• R.A. MacKay, (Dalhousie), 1943–1944
• K.W. Taylor, 1944–1945
• R. MacGregor Dawson, (Toronto), 1945–1946
• F.A. Knox, 1946–1947
• V.W. Bladen, (Toronto), 1947–1948
• H.F. Angus, (British Columbia), 1948–1949
• W.B. Hurd, (McMaster), 1949–1950
• C.A. Curtis, (Curtis), 1950–1951
• G.-H. Levesque, (Laval), 1951–1952
• Herbert Marshall, 1952–1953
• Alexander Brady, (Toronto), 1953–1954
• J.A. Corry, (Queen’s), 1954–1955
• J.D. Gibson, 1955–1956
• G.E. Britnell, (Sasktachewan), 1956–1957
• G.A. Elliott, (Alberta), 1957–1958
• S.D. Clark, (Toronto), 1958–1959
• Mabel Timlin, (Saskatchewan), 1959–1960
• C.A. Ashley, 1960–1961
• Eugene Forsey
  Eugene Forsey
  Eugene Alfred Forsey, served in the Canadian Senate from 1970 to 1979. He was considered to be one of Canada's foremost constitutional experts.- Biography :...
  
  , (Canadian Labour Congress), 1961–1962
• W.J. Waines, 1962–1963
• C.B. Macpherson, (Toronto), 1963–1964
• Jean-Charles Falardeau, (Laval), 1964–1965
• Harry G. Johnson, (London School of Economics/Chicago), 1965–1966
• Anthony D. Scott, (British Columbia), 1966–1967
• H.B. Mayo, (Carleton), 1967–1968
• Donald V. Smiley, (British Columbia), 1968–1969
• Douglas V. Verney, (York), 1969–1970
• Gilles Lalande, (Montréal), 1970–1971
• J.E. Hodgetts, (Toronto), 1971–1972
• Jean Laponce, (British Columbia), 1972–1973
• John Meisel
  John Meisel
  John Meisel, CC is a Canadian political scientist, professor, and scholar.-Career:Meisel attended the University of Toronto and the University of London. He has taught at Queen's University since 1949, where he is currently a professor emeritus...
  
  , (Queen’s), 1973–1974
• Léon Dion
  Léon Dion
  Léon Dion, OC, OQ was a Quebec political scientist.Dion was born in Saint-Arsène de Rivière-du-Loup. He founded the department of political science at Université Laval with Gérard Bergeron and Maurice Tremblay in 1954....
  
  , (Laval), 1974–1975
• Donald C. Rowat, (Carleton), 1975–1976
• Alan C. Cairns, (British Columbia), 1976–1977
• Hugh Thorburn, (Queen’s), 1977–1978
• Kenneth D. McRae, (Carleton), 1978–1979
• Paul W. Fox, (Toronto), 1979–1980
• Walter D. Young, (Victoria), 1980–1981
• Denis W. Stairs, (Dalhousie), 1981–1982
• Edwin R. Black, (Queen’s), 1982–1983
• Caroline Andrew, (Ottawa), 1983–1984
• Kalevi J. Holsti, (British Columbia), 1984–1985
• Frederick C. Engelmann, (Alberta), 1985–1986
• O.P. Dwivedi, (Guelph), 1986–1987
• John C. Courtney, (Saskatchewan), 1987–1988
• David J. Elkins, (British Columbia), 1988–1989
• André-J. Bélanger, (Montréal), 1989–1990
• Peter H. Russell
  Peter H. Russell
  Peter H. Russell is a writer and Professor Emeritus of political science at the University of Toronto, Canada, where he taught from 1958-1997. He was a Member of the Toronto Chapter of Alpha Delta Phi. He was the Principal of Innis College, at the University of Toronto, from 1973 to 1978...
  
  , (Toronto), 1990–1991
• Vincent Lemieux, (Laval), 1991–1992
• V. Seymour Wilson, (Carleton), 1992–1993
• Sylvia Bashevkin, (Toronto), 1993–1994
• David Smith, (Saskatchewan), 1994–1995
• Peter Aucoin
  Peter Aucoin
  Peter Charles Aucoin was a professor emeritus of political science and public administration at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada. He is recognized as one of the leading theorists on the practice and reform of public administration and governance. He was a fellow of the Royal Society of...
  
  , (Dalhousie), 1995–1996
• Jane Jenson, (Montréal), 1996–1997
• Tom Pocklington, (Alberta), 1997–1998
• Donald Savoie, (Moncton), 1998–1999
• Roger Gibbins, (Calgary), 1999–2000
• Kenneth McRoberts, (York), 2000–2001
• R. Kenneth Carty, (British Columbia), 2001–2002
• Grace Skogstad, (Toronto), 2002–2003
• Robert Young, (Western Ontario), 2003–2004
• André Blais, (Montréal), 2004–2005
• Kim Richard Nossal
  Kim Richard Nossal
  Kim Richard Nossal, Ph.D., is the former head of the Department of Political Studies at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. He was born in London, England, and schooled in Melbourne, Beijing, Toronto, and Hong Kong. He attended the University of Toronto, receiving his PhD in 1977...
  
  , (Queen's), 2005–2006
• Elizabeth Gidengil, (McGill), 2006–2007
• Richard Johnston, (Pennsylvania), 2007–2008
• Miriam Smith, (York), 2008–2009
• Keith Banting, (Queen's), 2009–2010
• Graham White, (University of Toronto), 2010-2011