Executive & Directors
Several hundred men and women have served as a member of the Caledonia Agricultural Society's Board of Directors since 1873. This document lists the executive and members of the board of directors from 1887 until the present (where complete lists of directors exist).
Past Presidents
The Caledonia Agricultural Society is indebted to the following men and women who have volunteered their service to the role of President.
Name | Year |
|---|---|
Hugh Stewart | 1873-74 |
David Young | 1875-78 |
James Madigan | 1879-80 |
Matthew Richardson | 1881-82 |
David Young | 1883 |
John Thorburn | 1884-85 |
Joseph Hudspeth | 1886-87 |
George Clark | 1888-89 |
W.H. Hull | 1890-91 |
Thomas Conboy | 1892-93 |
James Urie | 1894-95 |
J. Barrington | 1896-97 |
N.H. Wickett | 1898-99 |
Wm. Petch | 1900-01 |
Isaac Weylie | 1902-03 |
James Douglas | 1904 |
James Parke | 1905-06 |
R.E. Walker | 1907-09 |
D.Z. Gibson | 1910-11 |
W.W. Hull | 1912 |
W.A. Douglas | 1913-14 |
J.W. Richardson | 1915-16 |
Wm. Grinyer | 1917-18 |
W.W. Old | 1919 |
J.M. Moore | 1920 |
Wm. Doyle | 1920-21 |
W.S. Hudspeth | 1923-24 |
M.C. Senn | 1925 |
D. Kelly | 1926-27 |
Wm. Berry | 1928-29 |
J.H. Howden | 1930 |
Joe Martindale | 1931-32 |
T.L. Peart | 1933-35 |
Allan Anderson | 1936-27 |
J. Leslie Old | 1938-39 |
Herbert Howden | 1940-41 |
Fred Stoneman | 1942-43 |
A.J. Cowie | 1944 |
H.J. Anderson | 1945 |
Wilson Douglas | 1946 |
G.B. Martindale | 1947 |
Norman Hyslop | 1948 |
Walter Weylie | 1949-50 |
John K. Peart | 1951-52 |
Tal Woolley | 1953-54 |
Rae Hudspeth | 1955-56 |
George Berry | 1957-58 |
Robert Thompson | 1959-60 |
Ernest Hagan | 1961-62 |
Angus Bain | 1963-64 |
Gilbert Douglas | 1965-66 |
Thomas Hyslop | 1967-68 |
Lewis Hussack | 1969-70 |
Lewis Keefer | 1971-72 |
James McBlain | 1973-74 |
Emerson W. Peart | 1975-76 |
J.C. Beattie | 1977-78 |
Clarke M. Smith | 1979-80 |
Stanley Jerome | 1981-82 |
Fred Thompson | 1983-84 |
Donald Douglas | 1985-86 |
Allan Murray | 1987-88 |
K. Bruce Smith | 1989-90 |
John Douglas | 1991-92 |
Don Carlin | 1993-94 |
John Hussack | 1995-96 |
Russell Douglas | 1997-98 |
Ralph Yule | 1999-2000 |
Linda Fisher | 2001-02 |
Doug Murphy | 2003-04 |
Mark Peart | 2005-06 |
Richard Johnson | 2007-08 |
John Hussack | 2009 |
Doug Murphy | 2010 |
Sharon Soules | 2011-12 |
Tom Peart | 2013-14 |
Ben Allison | 2015-16 |
Jodie Easson | 2017-18 |
Allan Hedley | 2019-21 |
Doug Townson | 2022-23 |
Wendy Makey | 2024 |
Jodie Easson | 2025 |
Past Presidents of Homecraft
The Caledonia Agricultural Society is indebted to the following women who have volunteered their service to the role of Homecraft President.
Name | Year |
|---|---|
Mabel Hudspeth | 1945 & Prior |
Elizabeth Hyslop | 1946-47 |
Norma Old | 1948-49 |
May Douglas | 1950-51 |
Ora Howley | 1952-53 |
Lorene Martindale | 1954-55 |
Annie Keefer | 1956-57 |
Helen Thompson | 1958-59 |
Fern Peart | 1960-61 |
Kay Stoneman | 1962-63 |
Harriet Moore | 1964-65 |
Vera Hagan | 1966-67 |
Doris Douglas | 1968-69 |
Marjorie Yule | 1970-71 |
Bessie Beattie | 1972-73 |
Marjorie Bain | 1974-75 |
Jean Hudspeth | 1976-77 |
Dorothy Smith | 1978-79 |
Isobel Bothwright | 1980-81 |
Mary V. Nelles | 1982-83 |
Bernadine Hussack | 1984-85 |
Beverly Buist | 1986-87 |
Madelene Fox | 1988-89 |
Irene Cruickshank | 1990-91 |
Lois B. Douglas | 1992-93 |
Linda Fisher | 1994-95 |
Karen Douglas | 1996-97 |
Peggy Beckerson | 1998-99 |
Marjorie Yule | 2000-01 |
Matie Paul | 2002-03 |
Marie Peart | 2004-05 |
Sandra Stirling | 2006-07 |
Sharon Soules | 2008-09 |
Jayne Townson | 2010-11 |
Matie Paul | 2012-13 |
Diane Peart | 2014-15 |
Betsy McBurney | 2016-17 |
Renee Hedley | 2018-21 |
Lisa Liegler | 2022-23 |
Beth Wise | 2024-26 |
Secretaries & General Managers
We are indebted to the following who have served the Society as Secretary, Secretary Treasurer, Secretary-Manager, and General Manager.
Name | Year |
|---|---|
Robert Shirra | 1873-1874 |
James Old, Jr. | 1874-1875 |
Matthew Howard | 1875 |
Alex. Wilson, Jr. | 1876-1877 |
Matthew Howard | 1878-1894 |
J.W. Richardson | 1895-1902 |
Henry B. Sawle | 1903-1922 |
Bruce E. French | 1923-1937 |
Weylie S. Hudsepth | 1938-1945 |
Reginald M. Hudspeth | 1946-1976 |
Emerson W. Peart | 1977-1985 |
Victoria A. Peart | 1986-2019 |
Ian D. Thompson | 2020-Present |
Fair Queens & Ambassadors
The Caledonia Agricultural Society participated in the Fair Queen program from 1986 until 1998, and the CNE Ambassador of the Fairs Program beginning in 2023. The following young people have been honoured with the title of Caledonia Fair Queen or Caledonia Fair Ambassador.
Title | Year |
|---|---|
Wanda Overend (Zynomirski) | 1986-87 |
Jodie Wodskou (Easson) | 1987-88 |
Sara Berry (Nakamoto) | 1988-89 |
Cheryl Passmore | 1989-90 |
Karen Douglas (Barkey) | 1990-91 |
Paula Brenzil | 1991-92 |
Allison McAlpine (Sladin) | 1992-93 |
Catherine Paul | 1993-94 |
Rachel Rae | 1994-95 |
Jennifer Fraser | 1995-96 |
Jennifer Adams (Armstrong) | 1996-97 |
Ella Wilson | 1997-98 |
Joyce Fox | 2023-24 |
Jada Dawson | 2024-25 |
Zoë Tjepkema | 2025-26 |