BPW Ontario Past Presidents

 

BPW Ontario History BPW Ontario Current Board

Past-President

Club

Term

Comments

1.     Mary Mount

Hamilton

1931

First BPWO President elected

2.     Dr. Olive Matthews

Kitchener

1932

 

3.     Laura Hyatt

Niagara Falls

1933-1937

2 terms

4.     Mabel Stoakley

Toronto

1937-1939

 

5.     Isabel Cummings

 

1939-1941

 

6.     Margaret Hyndman K.C.

Toronto

1941-1943

1943 Meeting Cancelled (WWII)

7.     Angela Lang

Waterloo

1944-1946

 

8.     Lillian McNab

Hamilton

1946-1948

First Provincial Conference

9.     Lillian McNab

Hamilton

1948-1950

 

10.  Maude Baylay

Toronto

1950-1952

 

11.  Margery Pewtress

Cobourg

1952-1954

 

12.  Margery Pewtress

Cobourg

1954-1956

 

13.  Elsie Gregory MacGill

Toronto

1956-1958

 

14.  Nazla Dane

Toronto

1958-1960

 

15.  Helene Gibson

Sault Ste. Marie

1960-1962

 

16.  Margaret Ashdown

Toronto

1962-1964

 

17.  Joan F. Wilson

Guelph

1964-1966

 

18.  Dorothy Brown

Belleville

1966-1968

 

19.  Kay Score

London

1968-1970

 

20.  Mary Hesser

Fort Erie

1970-1972

 

21.  Barbara Cameron

Cobourg

1972-1974

 

22.  Margaret Jackson

North Toronto

1974-1976

 

23.  Shirley Giles

Toronto

1976-1978

 

24.  Karen Shaw 

Sudbury

1978-1980

 

25.  Ruth Jesshope

Mississauga

1980-1982

 

26.  Fran Donaldson

North Toronto

1982-1984

 

27.  Alwine Franke

Cobourg

1984-1986

 
28.  Liz Neville

Toronto

1986-1988

 

29.  Sharon Selkirk

Sault Ste. Marie

1988-1990

 
30.  Linda Armbrust 

Welland

1990-1992

 
31.  Dora Cook

Sault Ste. Marie

1992-1994

 
32.  Donna Loyal

Windsor

1994-1996

 

33.  Melody Edwards

Mississauga

1996-1998

 

34.  Nancy Bass

North Toronto

1998-2000

 

35.  Doris Hall

London

2000-2002

 

36.  Susan Roback-Lescinsky

Windsor

2002-2004

 

37.  Sheila Crook

London

2004-2006

 

38.  Karin Gorgerat

Trenton & District

2006-2008

 

39.  Carol Kollar

Brampton

2008-2010

 

40.  Teresa Habs

Barrie

2010-2012

 

41.  Linda Davis

London

2012-2014

 

42.  Barbara Wetmore

Barrie

2014-2016

 

43.  Maide Yazar

North Toronto

2016-2018

 

44.  Linda Rice

North Toronto

2018-2020

 

 45. Heather Ellis

Hastings & Prince Edward  2020-2022  
46. Marlene McKinnon Sault Ste. Marie

2022-2024

 

Equal Pay Day ON

#EqualPayDay in Ontario
April 7, 2021

Women are essential to Ontario's economy
#EqualPayON
#CloseTheGap
#AlwaysEssential
#PayTransparency

The close to 30% gender wage gap in Ontario is one of the largest in the world! Pay discrimination is not limited to one career or demographic, it affects women of all ages, races, and education levels – regardless of their family decisions.

0% Gap by 2025

Click here to learn about how you can make the difference and spread the word.