Presidents of the MCOBA
Presidents of the MCOBA
The following have held the position of President of the MCOBA since its inception in 1897:
| Sir Henry Bale | 1897 -1920 |
| EW Barns | 1903,1920 - 1921 |
| RD Clark | 1904 - 1911 |
| EW Barns | 1920 - 1921 |
| JM Hershensohn | 1922 - 1926 |
| Dr R Strapp | 1927 - 1928 |
| Judge WE Thrash | 1929 - 1936 |
| COC Pearse | 1937 |
| JD Stalker | 1938 -1939 |
| SH Porritt | 1940 - 1944 |
| SF Bush | 1945- 1946 |
| CA Filday | 1947 - 1948 |
| JM Mooney | 1949 - 1950 |
| SE Lamond | 1951 - 1952 |
| WSG McEwen | 1953 - 1954 |
| VC Harrison | 1955 - 1956 |
| E Kean | 1957 - 1958 |
| RW Kent | 1959 - 1961 |
| J Witney | 1962 - 1963 |
| GI Maxwell | 1964 |
| PEG Nicholls | 1965 |
| A Blyth | 1966 |
| JA Nel | 1967 - 1968 |
| AJ McEwen | 1969 - 1970 |
| OD Hart | 1971 - 1972 |
| GI Maxwell | 1973 - 1974 |
| B Bateman | 1975 - 1976 |
| SW Laidlaw | 1977 - 1978 |
| HD Spencer | 1979 - 1980 |
| BV Edwards | 1981 - 1982 |
| CM Poole | 1983 - 1984 |
| HLG Howard-Browne | 1985 - 1988, 1992 |
| DE Reed | 1989 - 1991 |
| DE Bernhard | 1993 - 1994 |
| DJ Randles | 1995 - 1997 |
| DW Hornbuckle | 1998 - 2000 |
| DGE Wimble | 2001- 2002 |
| PG Rodseth | 2003 - 2004 |
| MM Marwick | 2005 - 2006 |
| DJ Randles | 2007 |
| MC Hellberg | 2008-2009 |
