The EPA President is a position elected by the membership at large. From its inception in 1919 to 2005, the President’s position was occupied by a member of the EPS on a part time basis in conjunction with that member’s full time duties as a sworn member of the Edmonton Police Service. In 2005, the EPA membership installed its first full time President, seconded from their full time duties in the Edmonton Police Service.
1919: Andrew Irvine
1920 – 1928: George O’Leary
1923 – 1929: M.A. Kelley
1930 – 1931: N/A
1932: Wm. Souter
1933 – 1934: N/A
1935: M.A. Kelley
1936: N/A
1937: A. Riddell
1938 – 1941: N/A
1942: Ken. Murray
1943 – 1946: N/A
1947 – 1951: Fred Sloane
1952: G. Tomlinson
1953: J.H. Cookson
1954 – 1959: George Mitchell
1960: Walter Longstreet
1961 – 1966: Stan Stevens
1967: Norm Koch
1968: Jack McDougal
1969 – 1982: Norm Koch
1983 – 1986: Dick Bevan
1987 – 1988: Cliff Tetzlaff
1989 – 1991: Hugh Richards
1992 – 1993: Jim Breckenridge
1994 – 1999: Phil Vogan
2000: Al Bohachyk
2001 – 2008: Peter Ratcliff (Full Time effective 2005)
2009 – 2014: Tony Simioni
2015 – 2016: Maurice Brodeur
The EPA Executive Director – Business Manager Position, was created in 1983 upon the retirement from the EPS of long time President, Norm Koch, to assist the EPA Board in running the affairs of the EPA. Norm Koch was the first person to occupy this position given his long standing tenure as President and established knowledge and experience in the Police Association universe in Edmonton, Alberta and Canada.
Upon Norm Koch’s retirement from that position in 1998, the position was posted for retired, former EPS members with and extensive background in Police Labour Relations, with a focus on Association experience and knowledge.
1983- 1998: Norm Koch
1999 – 2004: Robert Claney
2005 – 2014: Chuck McCann
2015 – 2016: Tony Simioni
The EPA Vice-President is a position elected by the membership at large. From its inception in 1919 to 2016, the Vice-President’s position was occupied by a member of the EPS on a part time basis in conjunction with that member’s full time duties as a sworn member of the Edmonton Police Service. In 2016 the EPA membership installed its first full time Vice-President, seconded from their full time duties in the Edmonton Police Service.
1919 – 1961: N/A
1962: Norm Koch
1963 – 1968: N/A
1969: N/A
1970 – 1974: Frank Topp
1982: N/A
1983 – 1986: Cliff Tetzlaff
1987 – 1991: N/A
1992 – 1993: Brian Jones
1994 – 1995: Daryl DaCosta
1996 – 1997: Greg Novak
1998 – 1999: Gerry Gunn
2000 – 2001: Peter Ratcliff
2001 – 2006: Glen Dennis
2006 – 2009: Tony Simioni
2009: Scott Jones
2010 – 2016: Bob Walsh
Secretaries
1919: J.P. Meehan
1920 – 1921: John Leslie
1922 – 1923: C.R. Shaw
1924: George O’Leary
1925 – 1926: R. Jennings
1927 – 1929: George Edwards
1930: George O’Leary
1931: George Edwards
1932 – 1935: George O’Leary
1936 – 1939: Ken Murray
1940 – 1945: J.H. Cookson
1946 – 1951: L.B. Nicholson
1952 – 1953: A. Edwardson
1954 – 1959: George Mitchell
1960 – 1961: Wm. Stewart
1962: Wm. Huley
1963 – 1965: N/A
1966: Norm Koch
1967 – 1970: Bill Fox
1971 – 1972: N/A
1973 – 1974: Jim Weisner
1975 – 1976: N/A
1977: Ted Marianix
1978: Cliff Tetzlaff
1979 – 1982: N/A
2010 – 2011: Bill Newton
2011 – 2016: Sam Najmeddine
1919 – 1923: N/A
1924: C.R. Shaw
1925: N/A
1926 – 1932: George Rait
1933 – 1959: N/A
1960: Stan Stevens
1961 – 1966: Brendan Burke
1967 – 1970: Cliff Tetzlaff
1971 – 1982: N/A
2010 – 2016: Bill Clark
The Secretary and Treasurer positions were combined in 1983 and remained so until 2010 where they were split once again into separate portfolios.
1983 – 1990: N/A
1991: Brian Jones
1992 – 1993: N/A
1994: Greg Novak
1995 – 1998: Kerry Nisbet
1999 – 2004: Peter Kawalilak
2004 – 2006: Tony Simioni
2007 – 2008: Scott Jones
2009: Bob Walsh
1994 – 1999: Nick Perry
2000: Scott McMorran
2001 – 2006: Glen Dennis
2006 – 2009: Tony Simioni
2009 – 2010: Scott Jones
2010 – 2016: Bob Walsh