Past Presidents
A number of distinguished political journalists have headed up the Press Gallery beginning sometime around the year 1914, although it appears from records that the formality of the early Press Gallery committees varied from time to time up until the early 1920’s.
Although not an exhaustive list, past presidents have included:
Victorian Parliament House, Melbourne
H.W. Peters
W.A. Brennan
Old Parliament House, Canberra
Toney Innes
William Farmer Whyte
Otto Olsen
R.B. Leonard
Allan Fraser
Ray Maley
L.F. McDonnell
Norman Kearsley
S.W. Stephens
K. Schapel
John Bennetts
Jonathan Gaul
Stan Hutchinson
Gay Davidson – 1st female president
David Solomon
Barrie Cassidy
Ken Randall
Ken Begg
Peter Costigan
Anne Summers
David Barnett
Gary O’Neal
Parliament House, Canberra
Tom Burton
Paul Kelly
Michelle Grattan
Don Woolford
Graham World
Julie Flynn
Paul Bongiorno
Malcolm Farr
Karen Middleton
Phillip Hudson
David Speers
Andrew Meares – 1st non-reporter president
David Crowe