| Year Served | Name of Individual | Title and Municipality |
| 2017-2018 | STEWART, Geoff | Councillor, County of Colchester |
| 2016-2017 | MURLEY, Laurie | Deputy Mayor, Town of Windsor |
| Jan. 2016-Nov 2016 | CLARKE, Cecil P. | Mayor, Cape Breton Regional Municipality |
| 2015-Jan. 2016 | DETHERIDGE, Clarie | Councillor, Cape Breton Regional Municipality |
| 2014-2015 | HUNTER, Keith | Warden, County of Cumberland |
| 2013-2014 | CORKUM, David | Mayor, Town of Kentville |
| 2012-2013 | WALKER, Russell | Councillor, Halifax Regional Municipality |
| 2012 | SMITH, Jim | Councillor, Halifax Regional Municipality |
| 2011-2012 | MACALPINE, Jimmy | Warden, District of Digby |
| 2010-2011 | MACLEAN, Billy Joe | Mayor, Town of Port Hawkesbury |
| 2008-2009 | HINES, Llyod | Warden, District of Guysborough |
| 2007-2008 | WRYE, Robert | Deputy Mayor, Town of Wolfville |
| 2006-2007 | WALKER, Russell | Councillor, Halifax Regional Municipality |
| 2005-2006 | COTTON, Richard | Councillor, County of Richmond |
| 2004-2005 | CROSBY, Charles | Mayor, Town of Yarmouth |
| 2003-2004 | MORGAN, John | Mayor, Cape Breton Regional Municipality |
| 2002-2003 | ZWICKER, Donald M. | Councillor, District of Lunenburg |
| 2001-2002 | BLUMENTHAL, Jerry | Councillor, Halifax Regional Municipality |
| 2000-2001 | ALLEN, Anna | Mayor, Town of Windsor |
| 1999-2000 | MacAULAY, Duart | Deputy Warden, County of Inverness |
| 1998-1999 | BOLIVAR, Ernie | Mayor, Town of Bridgewater |
| 1997-1998 | FITZGERALD, Walter R. | Mayor, Halifax Regional Municipality |
| 1996-1997 | STODDART, Steven | Warden, District of Barrington |
| 1995-1996 | MacLEAN, Ann | Mayor, Town of New Glasgow |
| 1994-1995 | LIBBUS, Madaline | Warden, County of Richmond |
| 1994 | DUCHARME, Moira | Mayor, City of Halifax |
| 1994 | COADY, John | Warden, County of Cape Breton |
| Apr.92-1993 | ATKINSON, Sylvester | Mayor, Town of Middleton |
| 1991-Apr. 92 | SAVAGE, John | Mayor, City of Dartmouth |
| 1990-1991 | WILKINSON, Ken | Deputy Warden, County of Queens |
| 1990 | MACWHINNEY, Laurence | Mayor, Town of Lunenburg |
| 1988-1989 | PALMER, Charles | Alderman, City of Sydney |
| 1987-1988 | NASON, Laurence | Warden, County of Colchester |
| 1986-1987 | HOOD, Earle | Mayor, Town of Windsor |
| 1985-1986 | MURPHY, Patrick | Warden, District of Argyle |
| 1984-1985 | WADDEN, Joseph | Warden, County of Cape Breton |
| 1983-1984 | CARTER, Douglas | Mayor, Town of Truro |
| 1982-1983 | COOK, Harry | Mayor, Town of Bridgewater |
| 1982 | HART, Barbara | Deputy Mayor, City of Dartmouth |
| 1981-1982 | KYTE, Edward | Warden, County of Cape Breton |
| 1980-1981 | MUNROE, R. J. | Mayor, Stellarton |
| 1979-1980 | PHINNEY, R. Wendell | Mayor, Kentville |
| 1978-1979 | MONT, William | Mayor, Springhill |
| 1977-1978 | ZWICKER, Sherman | Mayor, Lunenburg |
| 1976-1977 | SETTLE, Ira S. | Warden, City of Halifax |
| 1975-1976 | DUGGAN, Walter | Mayor, Town of Westville |
| 1973-1975 | MUNROE, D. A. | Mayor, Glace Bay |
| 1972-1973 | ATHERTON, R.C. | Councillor, Kings |
| 1971-1972 | EMIN, Frederick J. | Mayor, Yarmouth |
| 1970-1971 | O'BRIEN, Allan | Mayor, Halifax |
| 1969-1970 | BALCOM, M.C. | Warden, Annapolis |
| 1968-1969 | TINGLEY, D.W. | Mayor, Amherst |
| 1966-1968 | ORAM, Sydney | Town Clerk, Sydney Mines |
| 1964-1966 | SMOFSKY, Harry H. | Mayor, Bridgetown |
| 1963-1964 | WALTERS, Charles E. | Warden, Lunenburg |
| 1962-1963 | AKERLEY, I. W. | Mayor, Dartmouth |
| 1961-1962 | SULLIVAN, M.T. | Warden, Cape Breton |
| 1960-1961 | GILROY, Ralph F. | Mayor, Sydney |
| 1959-1960 | LEVERMAN, F.G.H | Warden, Halifax |
| 1958-1959 | MacDONALD, Dan A. | Mayor, Glace Bay |
| 1957-1958 | PINK, Irving C. Q.C | Municipal Solicitor, Yarmouth |
| 1956-1957 | HILL, Hector | Deputy Mayor, Truro |
| 1955-1956 | SEAMAN, Merton O. | Councillor, Cumberland |
| 1954-1955 | HARTIGAN, D.Owen | Mayor, Sydney Mines |
| 1953-1954 | SHAW, Judson F. | Warden, West Hants |
| 1952-1953 | MUISE, P.G. | Mayor, New Waterford |
| 1951-1952 | CHISHOLM, H.E. | Warden, Digby |
| 1950-1951 | McMANUS, J.F., Q.C. | City Assessor, Halifax |
| 1949-1950 | CONRAD, C.B. | Warden Lunenburg |
| 1948-1949 | MacLEAN, D.J. | Mayor, Sydney |
| 1947-1948 | :LEVY, R. Clifford | L.L.B |
| 1946-1947 | MacGREGOR, John A. | Mayor, Westville |
| 1945-1946 | DOWELL, W.J. | Warden, Halifax |
| 1944-1945 | MORRISON, D.W. | Mayor, Glace Bay |
| 1943-1944 | BOWER, Donald M. | Municipal Clerk, Shelburne |
| 1942-1943 | SPINNEY, Eric H. | Mayor, Yarmouth |
| 1941-1942 | FIELDING, R.M. Q.C | Municipal Solicitor, Halifax |
| 1940-1941 | ROSCOE, B.W. Q.C. | Mayor, Kentville |
| 1939-1940 | MACKINNON, R.A. | Warden, Cape Breton |
| 1938-1939 | BUTLER, A.M. C.A | City Auditor, Halifax |
| 1937-1938 | SPERRY, A.H. | Municipal Clerk, Lunenburg |
| 1936-1937 | MUGGAH, S.E. | Mayor, Sydney |
| 1935-1936 | ANDREWS, J. Vian | Warden, Digby |
| 1934-1935 | CRAWFORD, F.D. | Town Clerk, Amherst |
| 1933-1934 | JOHNSTON, H.W. C.E. | City Engineer, Halifax |
| 1932-1933 | MUNRO, E.M. | Warden, Kings |
| 1931-1932 | HARRIS, Fred. W. | Town Clerk, Amherst |
| 1930-1931 | MacKAY R.S., Q.C. | Solicitor, Municipality of Yarmouth |
| 1929-1930 | LISCOMBE, J.S. | Town Clerk, Dominion |
| 1928-1929 | ROMKEY, G.E. | Warden, Lunenburg |
| 1927-1928 | MacKAY, D.W. M.L.A | Mayor, Liverpool |
| 1926-1927 | MacNEIL, James | Municipal Clerk, Cape Breton |
| 1925-1926 | WHITMAN, F.C. | Councillor, Annapolis Royal |
| 1924-1925 | DIMOCK, W. Ker | Municipal Clerk, West Hants |
| 1923-1924 | RICE, H.A. | Mayor, Canso |
| 1922-1923 | ARCHIBALD, Parker | Municipal Clerk, Halifax |
| 1921-1922 | PARKER, John S. | Mayor, Halifax |
| 1920-1921 | McCORMICK, A.C. | Mayor, Sydney Mines |
| 1919-1920 | BANNERMAN, A.J. | Councillor, Pictou |
| 1918-1919 | GOUDY, Hiram | Town Clerk, Yarmouth |
| 1917-1918 | FERGUSON, W.M. | Municipal Clerk, Colchester |
| 1916-1917 | CAMERON, Daniel M.L.A | Mayor, Glace Bay |
| 1915-1916 | McLEOD, D.J. | Municipal Clerk, Cumberland |
| 1914-1915 | MacKay, J.W., Q.C. | Warden, Pictou |
| 1913-1914 | DOANE, F.W.W., C.E. | City Engineer, Halifax |
| 1913 | GUNN A.D. Q.C | Mayor, Sydney |
| 1912 | MacMILLAN, A.S. | Warden, Antigonish |
| 1910-1911 | CHISHOLM, J.A. | Mayor, Halifax |
| 1909-1910 | McMAHONE, A.E. | Warden, Kings |
| 1908-1909 | HOOD, S.C. | Mayor, Yarmouth |
| 1906-1908 | MacILREITH, R.H., Q.C. | Mayor, Halifax |