East District Presidents – Past and Present
Eastern Local Centre
1888 – J Thomson – Lorne SC
1889 – J H Walls – Lorne SC
1890 – M McCourt – Hibernian ASC
1891 – J Lamb – Heart of Midlothian ASC
1892 – Sandilands – ?
1892 – Booth – Rosebery SC
1892 – A B Hunter – Lorne SC
1902/1904 – W G Cubie – Rosebery SC
1904/1907 – J Bennett – Hibernian SC
1907/1910 – P Cameron – St. Bernard’s ASC
Eastern Counties ASA
1913 – J W Budge
1916/1919* (No District Meetings held between 2 Nov.1916 & 7 Aug.1919)
1920/1922 – J Pullar – Leith SC
1923/1924 – D Anderson – Leith SC
1925/1926 – J Brown – Leith SC
1927/1928 – G W Ferguson – Warrender
1929/1930 – R P Haston – Leith SC
1931/1932 – E G P Fox – Hibernian SC
1933/1934 – A Grant – 1930 ASC
1935/1936 – R M Campbell – North Berwick SC
1937/1938 – J Ramsay – 1930 ASC
1939/1946 – W Barnie – Portobello ASC
(No District Meetings held between 1939 & April 1944)
1945/46 – J Kemp Richardson RSW – Hearts
1947/1948 – J (Jim) Grossart – Warrender
SASA Eastern District
1949/1950 – William Brunton – Leith SC
1951/1952 – J Chumley – Grove ASC
1953/1954 – G Donn – Carnegie SC
1955/1956 – Willie Mellors – 1930 ASC
1957/1958 – Charles I Grierson – Portobello
1959/1960 – Andrew C Forsyth – Carnegie
1961/1962 – Alex B Hogg – Hibernian
1963/1964 – John Clephane – Leith SC
1965/1966 – William Cowan – Kirkcaldy ASC
1967/1968 – Jim A Brown – Galashiels ASC
1969/1970 – John (Jack) Snowdon – Portobello
1971/1972 – Peter Heatly – Portobello
1973/1974 – Mae Cochrane – Warrender
1975/1976 – Adam Linton – Heart of Midloth.
1977/1978 – Tom Nicol – 1930 ASC
SASA East District
1979/1980 – Andrew Taylor – Bathgate ASC
1981/1982 – George Philp – Carnegie SC
1983/1984 – J Iain B Macfadyen – Inverleith
1985/1986 – Helen McLeod-Bain – Hearts
1987/1988 – Norman Grierson – Portobello
1989/1990 – George Battison – Grove ASC
1991/1992 – Ron B Taylor – Warrender
1993/1994 – Helen Murray – Edin. Synchro
1995/1996 – Peter H Syer – Cardenden ASC
1996/1998 – Robert J Reekie – Warrender
1999/2000 – Robert C Greenlees – Cardenden
2001/2002 – Tyrie F Sheils – Warrender
2003/2004 – Margaret Somerville – LDD
2005/2006 – T Morrice Pate – Fins CSC
2007/2008 – Colin Kennedy – LDD
2009/2010 – Tony Dane – Aquanauts
2011/2012 Joanna Maguire – Hearts
2013/2014 – Cath Fleming – Edin. Syn/Porto
2015/2016 – Ronald Anderson – Fauldhouse
2017/2018 – Richie Metcalfe – Dunfermline WP
2019/2021 – Les Rodger – Aquanauts
2021/2023 – Duncan McKinnell – Haddington
2023/2025 – Susan Liddle – Scorpions
2025/ – Jeremy Chittleburgh – Warrender
SASA Presidents From East District
1897 – A.B.Hunter – Lorne ASC
1920 – J. Brooks – Grove ASC
1921 – J. Brooks – Grove ASC
1927 – A. Brown – Leith ASC
1930 – G.W. Ferguson – Warrender
1933 – R.P. Haston – Leith ASC
1935 – Edward Fox – Hibernian ASC
1936 – J.N. Wright – Step Rock SC
1946 – W.E. Barnie MM – Portobello
1950 – J.A. Grossart – Warrender
1952 – James Ramsay – 1930 ASC
1955 – Archibald Grant – 1930 ASC
1958 – G.R.S. Donn – Carnegie
1962 – W. Mellors – Carnegie
1968 – W. Cowan – Kirkcaldy ASC
1972 – J.W. Williamson – Portobello
1975 – Peter Heatly – Portobello
1981 – Mae Cochrane – Warrender
1984 – J.A. Snowden – Portobello
1987 – Andrew Taylor – Bathgate ASC
1988 – Peter Heatly – Portobello
1991 – George Philp – Cardenden
1996 – Norman Grierson – Portobello
2000 – Ron Taylor – Warrender
2004 – Helen Murray – City of Edinburgh
2009 – Robert J. Reekie – Warrender
2013 – Gina Logan – Cupar & District
2017 – Margaret Somerville – LDD
2021 – Colin Kennedy – LDD
East District Hon. Presidents
Eastern Counties ASA
1927/1931 – Captain Wedgewood-Benn MP
1927/1931 – Right Hon. William Graham MP
1927/1931 – Sir Pat J Ford MP
1932/1934 – Sir Pat J Ford MP
1932/1934 – Earnest Brown MP
1932/1934 – Sir Samuel Chapman
1935 – Sir Samuel Chapman
1935 – Lord Provost Sir William J Thomson
1935 – Earnest Brown MP
1935 – Sir Pat J Ford MP
1936/1939 – Sir Pat J Ford MP
1936/1939 – Earnest Brown MP
1936/1939 – Sir Samuel Chapman
1936/1939 – Lord Provost Sir W J Thomson
No District Meetings held between 1939 & April 1944
1947/1948 – Lord Provost A H Murray OBE
1947/1948 – George Ferguson
SASA Eastern District
1949/1951 – Lord Provost A H Murray OBE
1949/1951 – George Ferguson
1952 – George Ferguson
1952 – Sir A H Murray OBE
1953/1976 – Sir A H Murray OBE
SASA East District
1977 – Peter Heatly
1978/1989 – Peter Heatly CBE
1990/2014 – Sir Peter Heatly CBE DL
2015/2022 – John (Jack) A Snowdon MBE
2023/ – Helen Murray MBE
Past and Present East District Secretaries
Eastern Local Centre
1888 – A B Hunter – Lorne SC
1889/1890 – Sandilands – Rosebery SC
1891 – Joseph Thomson – Lorne SC
1892 – M McCourt – Hibernian ASC
1892 – J Lamb – Heart of Midlothian
1893 – George Gordon – Lorne SC
1894 – G M Paterson – Hibernian ASC
1895/1896 – George Gordon – Lorne SC
1902/1903 – John Philip – St. Bernard’s ASC
1904/1905 – Peter Cameron – St. Bernard’s
Eastern Counties ASA
1920 – G Mowat – Postal SC
1921 – F Lemmon – Warrender
1922/1929 – J Sutherland – Edin. City Police
1930/1932 – Archie Grant – 1930 ASC
1933/1934 – R M Campbell – North Berwick SC
1937/1939 – G Graham – Warrender
No District Meetings held between 1939 & April 1944
1945/1946 – G Graham – Warrender
1947/1950 – Charles Moir – Un School Boys
SASA Eastern District
1951/1964 – R F G Amos – Portobello ASC
1965/1969 – Peter Heatly – Portobello ASC
1970/1971 – Peter Boyd – Portobello ASC
1972/1974 – William Law – Warrender
1975/1976 – Jack Snowdon – Portobello
1977/1984 – J Iain B Macfadyen – Portobello
SASA East District
1985 – John (Jack) Snowdon – Portobello
1986/1989 – Alex McLeod-Bain – Hearts
1990/1993 – Ruby Brockie – Leith SC
1994 – Hugh J Stevens – Carnegie SC
1995/1997 – Anne Thow – Carnegie SC
1998/2000 – Peter Lee – Fins CSC
2001/2004 – Colin Kennedy – LDD
2005/2007 – Eileen Kane – Carnegie SC
2008/2010 – Gina Logan – Cupar & District
2011/2024 – Anthony (Tony) Dane – Aquanauts
2024/2025 – William (Bill) Brash – Warrender
East District Treasurers
Eastern Local Centre
1888 – Napier – Postal SC
1889 – Morrison – Forth SC
1890 – J H Walls – Lorne SC
1891- J M Scott – Postal SC
1892 – A B Hunter – Lorne SC
1892 – McCutcheon – Forth SC
1893 – Mitchell – Brandon SC
1894 – Bennett – Hibernian ASC
1895/1896 – W G Cubie – Rosebery SC
1902/1903 – W Halcrow – Lorne SC
1904 – R Muir – Leith SC
1905/1909 – R S Jenkins – Wynman SC
Eastern Counties ASA
1910/1920 – Sidney H Morton – Warrender
1921/1930 – Edward G P Fox – Hibernian ASC
1931/1936 – A S Cameron Lees – Hawick SC
1937/1938 – J G Grossart – Warrender
1939 – Mouat – 1930 ASC
No District Meetings held between 1939 & April 1944
1945/1948 – A S Cameron Lees – Hawick SC
SASA Eastern District
1949/1964 – J W Williamson – Portobello ASC
1965/1969 – Peter Boyd – Portobello ASC
1970/1976 – Malcolm D Taylor – Warrender
1977/1996 – W Donaldson – Dunfermline
SASA East District
1977/1996 – W Donaldson – Dunfermline
1997/2002 – W (Bill) McCulloch – InCas
2003/2005 – Eileen Thomson – Aquanauts
2005/2012 – John Sluman – Musselburgh
2013/2023 – James Laird – Carnegie SC
2023/ – Duncan McKinnell – Haddington