TRUE AND FASCINATING CANADIAN HISTORY
1873 - 2013
THE 140TH ANNIVERSARY OF CANADA'S NATIONAL POLICE FORCE
1873 - 2013
THE 140TH ANNIVERSARY OF CANADA'S NATIONAL POLICE FORCE
ALL RCMP/GRC COMMISSIONERS
| # |
DATES OF OFFICE |
COMMISSIONER |
| 1 | Sept. 25, 1873 - Oct. 17, 1873 | Lieutenant-Colonel W. Osborne Smith |
| 2 | Oct. 18, 1873 - July 21, 1876 | George Arthur French |
| 3 | July 22, 1876 - Oct. 31, 1880 | James Farquharson Macleod, C.M.G. |
| 4 | Nov. 1, 1880 - Mar 31, 1886 | Acheson Gosford Irvine |
| 5 | Apr. 1, 1886 - July 31, 1900 | Lawrence William Herchmer |
| 6 | Aug. 1, 1900 - Mar. 31, 1923 | Aylesworth Bowen Perry, C.M.G. |
| 7 | Apr. 1, 1923 - July 31, 1931 | Cortlandt Starnes |
| 8 | Aug. 1, 1931 - Mar. 5, 1938 | Sir James Howden MacBrien, K.C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O. |
| 9 | Mar. 6, 1938 - Apr. 30, 1951 | Stuart Taylor Wood, C.M.G. |
| 10 | May 1, 1951 - Mar. 31, 1959 | Leonard Hanson Nicholson, M.B.E. |
| 11 | Apr. 1, 1959 - Mar 31, 1960 | Charles Edward Rivett-Carnac |
| 12 | Apr. 1, 1960 - Oct. 31, 1963 | Clifford Walter Harvison |
| 13 | Nov. 1, 1963 - Aug. 14, 1967 | George Brinton McClellan |
| 14 | Aug. 15, 1967 - Sept. 30, 1969 | Malcolm Francis Aylesworth Lindsay |
| 15 | Oct. 1, 1969 - Dec. 28, 1973 | William Leonard Higgitt |
| 16 | Dec. 29, 1973 - Aug. 31, 1977 | Maurice Jean Nadon |
| 17 | Sept. 1, 1977 - Aug. 31, 1987 | Robert Henry Simmonds, O.C. |
| 18 | Sept. 1, 1987 - June 24, 1994 | Norman Inkster, O.C. |
| 19 | June 25, 1994 - Sept. 1, 2000 | Philip Murray |
| 20 | Sept. 1, 2000 - Dec. 15, 2006 | Giuliano (Zack) Zaccardelli |
| 21 | Dec. 15, 2006 - July 16, 2007 | Bev Busson, C.O.M., O.B.C. |
| 22 | July 16, 2007 - Nov. 15, 2011 | William J. Elliott, Civilian Appointment |
| 23 | Nov. 15, 2011 - | Robert W. Paulson, O.M. | SOURCE: ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE |
