The Ministry & The Eldership

THE MINISTRY

Rev. William Lockhead, B.A.:  March 1867 – January 1891

Rev. Malcolm McKinnon, B.A.:  1891 – 1899

Rev. R.C. Sinclair:  August 1900 – 1906

Rev. C.S. Lord, B.A.,B.D.:  1907 – October 1919

Rev. W.A. Beecroft, B.A., B.D.:  December 1919 – September 1922

Rev. J.C. Davies:  1932 – 1926

Rev. E.A.K. Grant, LL.B., D.D.:  1927 – 1928

Rev. J.B. Snider:  July 1928 – April 1931

Rev. Agnew H. Johnston:  June 1932 – September 1934

Rev. R. Russell :  1935 – 1938

Rev. L.M. Sharp (stated supply):  April 1939 – March 1940

Rev. M.E. Burch, B.A.:  1941 – September 1944

Rev. Horace Kaye:  1946 – 1948

Rev. M.V. Putnam, B.A.:   May 1951 – Nov 1952

Rev. Walter Jackson, M.A.:   August 1953 – August 1959

Rev. E.G. MacDonald, B.A.:   June 1960 – August 1969

Rev. William Fairley:   November 1969 – September 1988

Rev. Shirley Jeffrey:  February 1989 – 1992

(Note:  Rev. Shirley Jeffrey was the first woman to graduate from Knox College and become an ordained minister.)

Faye Bentley

Rev. Joanne Vines

Rev. Rod Lewis

Rev. Caleb Kim

 

THE ELDERSHIP

The original Session in 1867:

Thomas Torrance

Archibald Mitchell

John Swanton (Clerk)

Succeeding elders with dates of induction, of first mention in records:

Thomas Lockhart:  August 13, 1871

Hugh Henry Sharp:  August 13, 1871

John Moffat:  October 3, 1880

Robert Irwin:  January 4, 1880

John Lockhart:  March 8, 1885

William McKendry:  December 1, 1889

Duncan McDougall:  May 12, 1892

Albert Feir:  May 12, 1892

Andrew Sutherland:  May 12, 1892

Weldon Imrie:  March 4, 1898

John S. Northey:  January 4, 1901

John Lee:  June 15, 1911

Findlay Robson:  June 15, 1911

George Perdue:  February 8, 1915

Thomas Carley:  August 17, 1924

Harvey Copp:  August 17, 1924

Thomas Hetherington:   August 17, 1924

John Elliott:  February 7, 1927

William Hetherington :  February 7, 1927

Joseph Lee:  April 18, 1943

Charles R. McInnes:    April 18, 1943

John Swanton:     November 16, 1952

Ronald Sharman:    November 16, 1952

J. Duncan:    November 16, 1952

William D. Murchison:   November 27, 1956

William Cunningham:    November 27, 1956

William Bain:     November 27, 1956

R. Campbell Kerr:   May 12, 1964

Norman Tyndall:  May 12, 1964

A. Wishart Reid:  March 28, 1976

Lloyd Moore:  March 28, 1976

Marlyn McGee:   March 15, 1981

Laureen Lansfield:    March 15, 1981

William Schley:    March 15, 1981

Eldon Jewell:   March 15, 1981

Charlotte Johnston:  March 6, 1988

Ralph Hyatt:   March 6, 1988

Cecil Wires :    March 6, 1988

Helen Bullick:  May 26, 1991

Arthur Griffith:  June 26, 1994

Lloyd McIntyre:  June 26, 1994

Eric Cosens:  June 26, 1994

Muriel Walker:  October 1998

Stanley Wray:  October 1998

Daniel Schley:  October 1998

Mark Mitchell:  May 4, 2008

Peter Ferguson:  May 4, 2008

Nancy Hunter:  September 23, 2012

Bernie Schofield:  September 23, 2012