The Halifax Club Founding Fathers:   

• William Cunard, son of Samuel Cunard, founder of the Cunard Steamship Company;  
• Henry Pryor, a Halifax attorney who later became the Mayor of Halifax and served as the Club’s second president;  
• William A. Black, merchant and a banker who was later elected to the Nova Scotia General Assembly and became the   Federal Minister of Railways and Canals;  
• Mathers Byles Almon, Halifax banker and broker who served as Club president from 1867-1871;  
• Edward Binney, customs duties collector for the Port of Halifax and issuer of fishing licenses;  
• Captain W.W. Lyttleton, a commissioned captain in the Royal Newfoundland Company;  
• Colonel W.J. Myers, first president of the Club, serving from 1862 to 1867;  
• Edward Kenny, member of the Legislative Council of Nova Scotia and later became the Receiver General of the first Canadian Cabinet;  
• Samuel A. White, successful Halifax Merchant;  
• James C. Cogswell, Halifax lawyer and frequent writer for the Halifax Press;  
• Robie Uniacke, Halifax lawyer who served as Club President from 1884 to 1904;  
• John Tobin, successful businessman who was appointed health warden for Halifax City and later, Justice of the Peace for King’s County;  
• Robert Morrow, Principal manager of Cunard operations in Miramichi, NB ;  
• Alfred G. Jones, a Merchant who later became Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia;  
• M.B. Almon Jr., Halifax banker;  

 
        Famous Visitors:   

• Prince Arthur, son of Queen Victoria stayed in Halifax for six days and on the Saturday before his departure he was the guest of honour at dinner held in the Club.  
• Prince George , second son of Edward Prince of Wales and grandson of Queen Victoria visited at least twice in the 1890s while commanding H.M.S. Thrush, a small warship.  
• Edward VIII, Prince of Wales visited the Club during the last stop on his cross-Canada tour in 1919.  A farewell dinner was held in his honour.  
• Sir John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir of Elsfield (Governor General: 1935 – 1940): Lord Tweedsmuir was a prolific author, writing two or three books a year – his suspense novel Thirty-Nine Steps later became famous when Alfred Hitchcock made it into a movie.  
• Sir George-Étienne Cartier, first elected as a member of the Province of Canada 's Assembly in 1848 and later became leader of the Parti Bleu that joined with the Conservative Party of Upper Canada, led by Sir John A. Macdonald.  Together they were co-prime ministers of the Province of Canada .  He took part in the Charlottetown , Québec and London conferences, and was among the most ardent supporters of Confederation. As one of the primary architects of Canadian Confederation, he is known as a Father of Confederation.  
• Lord Beaverbrook, born William Maxwell Aitken, was a stockbroker, author, Conservative MP, and Minister of Information during the First World War.  He later became 's leading newspaper magnate by establishing the Sunday Express and acquiring the Evening Standard, and in 1931 commissioned the impressive Daily Express Building in Fleet Street. By 1936 the Daily Express had the largest circulation in the world (2.25 million). Lord Beaverbank presented the self-portrait of Benjamin West to the Club.  

     
        Famous and Notable Members:   

• Judy Steele, the first female president of the Club. (2003)  
• Noella Fisher, the first female Club Member. (1985)  
• Sir Robert Borden, Prime Minister of Canada throughout the First World War.  
• Thomas H. Raddall, Canadian writer and winner of the Governor General’s Awards for three of his books and an Officer of the Order of (1971).  
• Alexander Murray MacKay, chairman of the Halifax-Dartmouth Bridge Commission from 1951-1971 and past chief executive officer of MT&T. MacKay was instrumental in having both the Angus L. Macdonald Bridge and his namesake structure built during his tenure at the commission.  The MacKay bridge opened on July 10, 1970.
• Honourable Alexander Keith, served as mayor of Halifax for three terms and founded the Alexander Keith’s brewery in 1820 which still produces his namesake beer today.
• Sir. Dr. Charles Tupper, Physician, author and Premier of Nova Scotia in 1864-1867.  He later became Prime Minister of Canada from 1896-1901.  He took part in the Charlottetown , Québec and London conferences and is known as a Father of Confederation. 

      
      Original Halifax Club Members: 

Thomas Abbott  Edward Albro  Hon. M.B. Almon  Mathers B Almon, Jr.  Dr. William J. Almon  Hon. John H. Anderson  Hon. T.P. Archibauld  Thomas Belt  Edward Binney  S. Newton Binney  Hon. W.A. Black  Martin P. Black  C.H.M. Black  John Bailey Bland  J. Marcus Bland  Hon. Justice Bliss  Robert Boak, Jr.  John Bourinot  John Brown  Adam Burns  John B. Campbell  Capt. W. Chearnley  H.Y. Clarke  Nepean M. Clarke  James Cochran  James C. Cogswell  Brenton H. Collins  Archbishop Connoly  William H. Creighton  Daniel Cronan	William Cunard  Samuel W. DeBlois  Hon. R.B. Dickey  James Donaldson  John Doull  John Duffus  J.B. Duffus  William Duffus  James Forman  Charles Francklyn  John Gibson  William Myers Gray  R.G. Haliburton  John C. Haliburton  Levi Hart  G. Cockburn Harvey  P. Carteret Hill  William H. Hill   Roderick Hugonin  Dr. C.C. Hume  Dr. Edward Jennings  Dr. C.W. Johnston  George Johnston  Alfred G. Jones  Hon. Alexander Keith  Hon. Edward Kenny	Thomas Kenny T.E. Kenny  Edward J. Kenny  T.C. Kinnear  Henry Lawton  John Locke  Peter Lynch  Capt. W. Lyttleton  John S. MacLean  James W. Merkel  Andrew D. Merkel  George P. Mitchell  J.A. Moren  J.A. Moren, Jr.  D. Arthur Moren  Robert Morrow  William A.D. Morse  Lemuel J. Morton  John P. Mott  Col. W.J. Myers  Dr. D. McN. Parker  Henry Pryor  Henry Pool  Caleb Rand  John W. Ritchie  Hon. S.L. Shannon  Charles S. Silver	Col. R.B. Sinclair  John Stairs  William J. Stairs  John Starr  D. Henry Starr  William S. Sterling  Hon. Alex. C.B. Stewart  John Taylor Cathcart Thomson  James Thomson  John Tobin  J. Henry Tobin  Stephen G. Tobin  William H. Townsend  Hon. Dr. Charles Tupper  Henry C.D. Twining  William Twining  Robie Uniacke  Samuel A. White  James Whitman  Benjamin Wier  John Willis  Arthur Woodgate  John T. Wylde  Henry Yeomans  Hon. Chief Justice Young
Past Club Presidents:
W. J. Myers  P. C. Hill  Henry Pryor   M. B. Almon   W. J. Almon  Robie Uniacke  Geoffrey Morrow  Alfred E. Jones  H. M. Wylde  B. A. Weston  H. M. Wylde  Walter A. Black  A. N. Jones  W. H. Covert  C. B. Smith   A. T. O’Leary   A. C. Wiswell   F. H. M. Jones  Michael Dwyer   R. J. R. Nelson   W. N. Wickwire   C. F. Mackenzie  E. L. Miller  J. I. Maclaren   G. MacG. Mitchell  A. G. Cooper   G. E. Hayman   J. N. Foster   D. A. Kerr   Elliott Spafford  W. J. MacInnes  David MacNab   Hal P. Connor	1862-1867  1871-1875   1867         1867-1871   1875-1884   1884-1904  1904-1905  1905-1932  1932-1933  1933-1935  1935-1936   1936          1936-1939   1939-1941   1941-1942  1942-1946  1946-1947  1947-1949   1949-1951   1951-1953  1953-1955  1955-1956  1956-1958   1958-1960  1960-1962   1962-1964   1964-1965   1965-1966   1966-1967   1967-1968  1968-1969  1969-1970   1970-1971	Harry I. Mathers  Ronald G. Smith  Grover N. Cleveland  Williams E. Schwartz  Dean W. Salsman  J. H. Haylock  Doane Hallett  A. G. Archibald  L.F. Kirkpatrick  C. W. Gurnham   J. K. Lawton  J. M. Davison   John D. Moore  C. W. Hayward  G. J. Rainnie  R. J. Downie  John R. Craig   Robert A. Robertson  E. J. Flinn   J. W. E. Mingo  John G. Keith   Don Snyder  J. Patrick O’Neil  Stewart McInnes   C. Craig Burrows   George Waye   John A. Young  Clayton J. Coveyduck Donald A. MacLeod  Mark Furlotte   Judy Steele   Alan Parish	1971-1972  1972- 1973  1973-1974  1974-1975  1975-1976  1976-1977  1977-1978  1978-1979  1979-1980  1980-1981   1981-1982  1982-1983   1983-1984  1984-1985   1985-1986  1986-1987  1987-1988   1988-1989  1989-1990   1990-1991   1991-1992   1992-1993  1993-1994  1994-1995  1995-1996   1996-1997  1997-1999  1999-2001   2001-2002   2002-2003   2003-2005   2005-present