| Years | President | |
| 2022-Present | Vince MacKenzie, Grand Falls/Windsor, NL | |
| 2019 – 2021 | Owen Collins, Alyesford, NS | |
| 2018 – 2019 | Tory Rushton, Oxford, NS | |
| 2016 – 2018 | Chief Charles Kavanaugh, Grand Falls, NB | |
| 2014 – 2016 | District Chief Greg Shaw, Charlottetown, PE | |
| 2012 – 2014 | Zone Chief Alan Duchesne, Halifax Regional Municipality, NS | |
| 2010 – 2012 | Chief Neville Wheaton, Corner Brook NL | |
| 2008 – 2010 | Chief Bernie Turpin, Halifax Regional Municipality, NS | |
| 2006 – 2008 | Chief Neville Wheaton, Corner Brook NL | |
| 2004 – 2006 | Chief Rob Simonds, St. John, NB | |
| 2002 – 2004 | Chief Robie Carty, Waterville, NS | |
| 2000 – 2002 | Chief Noel Rideout, Gander, NL | |
| 1998 – 2000 | Chief Bert Fusk, Fredericton, NB | |
| 1996 – 1998 | Chief Martin Bell, Conquerall Bank, NS | |
| 1994 – 1996 | Chief Fred Kennedy, Blackville, NB | |
| 1992 – 1994 | Deputy Chief John Robart, Oakhill, NS | |
| 1990 – 1992 | Chief Robert Brake, Corner Brook, NL | |
| 1988 – 1990 | Chief Eugene Jessome, Borden, PEI | |
| 1987 – 1988 | Chief Harmon Illsley, Kentville, NS | |
| 1986 – 1987 | Deputy Chief Herbert Hawkins, Fredericton, NB | |
| 1985 – 1986 | Chief Douglas Moore, Parkdale, PEI | |
| 1984 – 1985 | Chief John Bishop, Moncton, NB | |
| 1983 – 1984 | Chief Earl Watts, New Waterford, NS | |
| 1982 – 1983 | Chief Ronald Horrocks, Halifax, NS | |
| 1981 – 1982 | Chief Donald Johnston, Sydney, NS | |
| 1980 – 1981 | Chief T.L. Powell, Fredericton, NB | |
| 1979 – 1980 | Chief Dave Beck, Lunenburg, NS | |
| 1978 – 1979 | Chief Eugene Clarke, Corner Brook, NL | |
| 1977 – 1978 | Chief Don Garnett, Riverview, NB | |
| 1976 – 1977 | Chief R.W. Gothreau, Amherst, NS | |
| 1975 – 1976 | Chief Vincent Ells, Westmouth, NS | |
| 1974 – 1975 | Chief Ronald Smith, Berwick, NS | |
| 1973 – 1974 | Chief Edgar MacKnight, Bathurst, NB | |
| 1972 – 1973 | Chief Don Bourgoyne, Mahone Bay, NS | |
| 1971 – 1972 | Chief Harold J.H. Parker, Sackville, NS | |
| 1970 – 1971 | Ass’t. D/Chief Paul Cleveland, Yarmouth, NS | |
| 1969 – 1970 | Chief Millard Clifford, Saint John, NB | |
| 1968 – 1969 | Chief William Cadigan, St. John’s, NFLD | |
| 1967 – 1968 | Chief James Spears, New Waterford, NS | |
| 1966 – 1967 | Chief C.W. Estabrooks, Sackville, NB | |
| 1965 – 1966 | Chief Kenneth MacDonald, Baddeck, NS | |
| 1964 – 1965 | Chief Mike Corbett, Woodstock, NB | |
| 1963 – 1964 | Chief Edwin MacKinnon, Sydney River, NS | |
| 1962 – 1963 | Chief Andrew Brown, Dalhousie, NB | |
| 1961 – 1962 | Chief Harold Langille, Bridgewater, NS | |
| 1960 – 1961 | Chief H.S. Knight, Saint John, NB | |
| 1959 – 1960 | Chief Gordon Brewer, Corner Brook, NFLD | |
| 1958 – 1959 | Chief Walter Stephens, Windsor, NS | |
| 1957 – 1958 | Chief Louis Jessome, Sydney Mines, NS | |
| 1956 – 1957 | Chief M. H. Mackie, Moncton, NB | |
| 1955 – 1956 | Chief D. H. MacNeil, New Waterford, NS | |
| 1954 – 1955 | Chief H. H. Jewell, Charlottetown, PEI | |
| 1953 – 1954 | Chief F. C. MacGillivray, Halifax, NS | |
| 1952 – 1953 | Chief Bev Wade, Kentville, NS | |
| 1951 – 1952 | Chief Harold Doherty, Fredericton, NB | |
| 1950 – 1951 | Chief Stanley Scott, Glace Bay, NS | |
| 1949 – 1950 | Chief W.B. MacNeill, Summerside, PEI | |
| 1948 – 1949 | Chief R. L Babcock, Sackville, NB | |
| 1947 – 1948 | Chief J.W. Hunt, (I.P. Co.), Dalhousie, NB | |
| 1946 – 1947 | Chief George Patterson, Dartmouth, NS | |
| 1945 – 1946 | Chief Fred Bert, Reserve Mines, NS | |
| 1944 – 1945 | Chief Wm. J.S. Walsh, Campbellton, NB | |
| 1943 – 1944 | Chief Karl Walker, Fredericton, NS | |
| 1942 – 1943 | Chief A. C. Neal, Amherst, NS | |
| 1941 – 1942 | Chief Godfrey Gibson, Glace Bay, NS | |
| 1940 – 1941 | Chief Angus McEachern, Charlottetown, PEI | |
| 1939 – 1940 | Ass’t Chief G C. Cann, Yarmouth, NS | |
| 1938 – 1939 | Chief F. J. Bateman, Dalhousie, NS | |
| 1937 – 1938 | Chief R.W. Peck, Kentville, NS | |
| 1936 – 1937 | Chief W. J. Christie, Truro, NS | |
| 1935 – 1936 | Chief Walter O’Blenes, Moncton, NB | |
| 1934 – 1935 | Chief Vincent Hall, Sydney Mines, NS | |
| 1933 – 1934 | Chief Ray Rattray, Charlottetown, PEI | |
| 1932 – 1933 | Chief L. McCallum, New Glasgow, NS | |
| 1931 – 1932 | Chief Bert O’Donnell, Campbellton, NB | |
| 1930 – 1931 | Chief A. Clarke, Halifax Shipyards, NS | |
| 1929 – 1930 | Chief Walter Gow, Bridgewater, NS | |
| 1928 – 1929 | Chief Walter Vaughn, Saint John, NB | |
| 1927 – 1928 | Chief L.W. Weatherbee, New Waterford, NS | |
| 1926 – 1927 | Chief George Ryder, St. Stephen, NB | |
| 1925 – 1926 | Chief J.G. Hall, North Devon, NB | |
| 1924 – 1925 | Chief J.W. Churchill, Halifax, NS | |
| 1923 – 1924 | Chief W. A. Skidd, Chatham, NB | |
| 1922 – 1923 | Chief R. A. Lusby, Amherst, NS | |
| 1921 – 1922 | Chief M.D. Welsh, Parrsboro, NS | |
| 1920 – 1921 | Chief George Ackman, Moncton, NB | |
| 1919 – 1920 | Chief Harry Mersereau, Sydney, NS | |
| 1918 – 1919 | Chief J.W. Churchill, Halifax, NS | |
| 1917 – 1918 | Chief N.B. Stewart, Truro, NS | |
| 1915 – 1917 | Chief H. Rutter, Fredericton, NB | |
| 1914 – 1915 | Chief P. Broderick, Halifax, NS | |
