List of Presidents of Co-operative Congress
- List of Presidents of Co-operative Congress
The President of Co-operative Congress has been a prominent position in the British co-operative movement. Co-operative Congress is the national conference for the movement.
Beginning with the first modern Congress in 1869, a Congress President was elected to preside over the event: to begin with, a President was elected for each day of Congress [Citation | title =Co-operative Congress| date = 2005| year =2005| url =http://archive.co-op.ac.uk/congress.htm| accessdate =2007-10-18] , but from 1896 a single President was elected for the whole event[Citation | title = Congress Presidents 1869-2002| url =http://archive.co-op.ac.uk/downloadFiles/congressPresidentstable.pdf|date=February 2002| accessdate =2007-10-18] . Being president was considered the highest honour in the UK Co-operative Movement [Citation | title = Alan Middleton| url =http://www.co-op.ac.uk/alanmiddleton.htm|date=February 2007| accessdate =2007-10-18] , with societies nominating individuals for the position in recognition of their contribution to the movement [Citation | title =Congress President’s Speech| date = 22 May 2006| year =2006| url =http://www.megmunnmp.org.uk/datapages/views/viewsviewentry.asp?id=155| accessdate =2007-10-18] [Citation | title =Co-operative Congress| date = 2005| year =2005| url =http://archive.co-op.ac.uk/congress.htm| accessdate =2007-10-18] . The President was presented with a commemorative medal, and gave a keynote address to the conference [Citation | title =Congress President’s Speech| date = 22 May 2006| year =2006| url =http://www.megmunnmp.org.uk/datapages/views/viewsviewentry.asp?id=155| accessdate =2007-10-18] .]The Congress voted to abolish the position of President in 2007, with Alan Gill (former Chief Executive of Leeds Co-operative Society) being the last to serve in the position [Citation | title =It's not really news| date = 27 July 2007| year =2007| url =http://withington-cooperative.blogspot.com/2007/07/its-not-really-news.html| accessdate =2007-10-18] .
Congress Presidents 1869-1895
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