Year | Name | Union[1][2] |
1897 | Duncan Macpherson | Glasgow Trades Council |
1898 | John Keir | Aberdeen Trades Council |
1899 | Thomas McBurney | Dundee Trades Council |
1900 | Thomas Wilson | Operative Bakers' National Federal Union of Scotland |
1901 | J. Kent | Scottish Typographical Association |
1902 | William Muirhead | Associated Ironmoulders of Scotland |
1903 | Robert Smillie | Scottish Miners' Federation |
1904 | George Murdoch | Perth Trades Council |
1905 | Robert Smillie | Scottish Miners' Federation |
1906 | William Johnston | Aberdeen Trades Council |
1907 | John T. Howden | Associated Carpenters and Joiners of Scotland |
1908 | James Gavin | Amalgamated Society of Steel and Iron Workers of Great Britain |
1909 | James Gavin | Amalgamated Society of Steel and Iron Workers of Great Britain |
1910 | John Hendry | Brechin Mill and Factory Operatives Trade Union |
1911 | James Brown | Scottish Miners' Federation |
1912 | David Palmer | Aberdeen Trades Council |
1913 | Alexander R. Turner | Glasgow Trades Council |
1914 | Robert Climie | Ayrshire Trades Council |
1916 | David Gilmour | Scottish Miners' Federation |
1917 | Robert Allan | Edinburgh Trades Council |
1918 | Hugh Lyon | Scottish Horse and Motormen's Association |
1919 | Neil S. Beaton | National Amalgamated Union of Shop Assistants |
1920 | William Shaw | Glasgow Trades Council |
1921 | James Walker | Iron and Steel Trades Confederation |
1922 | Charles Gallie | Railway Clerks' Association |
1923 | James Murdoch | Scottish Miners' Federation |
1924 | Tom Wilson | National Amalgamated Union of Shop Assistants |
1925 | William Leonard | National Amalgamated Furnishing Trades Association |
1926 | Joseph Forbes Duncan | Scottish Farm Servants' Union |
1927 | Peter Webster | Scottish Horse and Motormen's Association |
1928 | John Nairn | Scottish Textile Workers' Union |
1929 | George Kerr | Workers' Union |
1930 | Robert Watson | Scottish Typographical Association |
1931 | Charles Gallie | Railway Clerks' Association |
1932 | William Leonard | National Amalgamated Furnishing Trades Association |
1933 | James Crawford | National Society of Operative Printers' Assistants |
1934 | Thomas Scollan | Glasgow Trades Council |
1935 | Thomas Brown | National Amalgamated Union of Shop Assistants |
1936 | James Young | Association of Engineering and Shipbuilding Draughtsmen |
1937 | Bell Jobson | Scottish Farm Servants' Union |
1938 | Herbert Ellison | National Union of Railwaymen |
1939 | Robert Taylor | Scottish Horse and Motormen's Association |
1940 | William Quin | National Union of General and Municipal Workers |
1941 | James Watson | National Union of Distributive and Allied Workers |
1942 | Charles Murdoch | Scottish Union of Bakers, Confectioners and Bakery Workers |
1943 | Peter Henderson | Scottish Miners' Federation |
1944 | James Crawford | National Society of Operative Printers' Assistants |
1945 | James Young | Association of Engineering and Shipbuilding Draughtsmen |
1946 | Jim Campbell | National Union of Railwaymen |
1947 | James Duncan | Constructional Engineering Union |
1948 | John Sullivan | Transport and General Workers' Union |
1949 | William McGinniss | National Union of General and Municipal Workers |
1950 | William Pearson | National Union of Scottish Mineworkers |
1951 | John Lang | Iron and Steel Trades Confederation |
1952 | John Brannigan | Scottish Horse and Motormen's Association |
1953 | A. D. MacKellar | Association of Engineering and Shipbuilding Draughtsmen |
1954 | John G. Bothwell | Transport Salaried Staffs' Association |
1955 | Thomas B. Meikle | Transport and General Workers' Union |
1956 | David Currie | Clerical and Administrative Workers' Union |
1957 | Frank Donachy | National Union of Railwaymen |
1958 | William Mowbray | Scottish Union of Bakers and Allied Workers |
1959 | Alex Moffat | National Union of Scottish Mineworkers |
1960 | Jimmy Milne | Aberdeen Trades Council |
1961 | Edward W. Craig | Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers |
1962 | Patrick Conner | Amalgamated Engineering Union |
1963 | David Lauder | National Union of Railwaymen |
1964 | Frank H. Stephen | Draughtsmen's and Allied Technicians' Association |
1965 | William Scholes | Transport and General Workers' Union |
1966 | Alec Kitson | Scottish Commercial Motormen's Union |
1967 | Bill McLean | National Union of Scottish Mineworkers |
1968 | John Irvine | Iron and Steel Trades Confederation |
1969 | Enoch Humphries | Fire Brigades Union |
1970 | John A. Matheson | National Union of Railwaymen |
1971 | Alex M. Donnet | National Union of General and Municipal Workers |
1972 | Raymond Macdonald | Transport and General Workers' Union |
1973 | Alexander Day | Association of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staffs |
1974 | Elizabeth McIntyre | National Union of Hosiery and Knitwear Workers |
1975 | James H. Dollan | National Union of Journalists |
1976 | Andrew Forman | Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers |
1977 | Hugh D'Arcy | Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians |
1978 | Arthur Bell | Iron and Steel Trades Confederation |
1979 | Charles Drury | National and Local Government Officers' Association |
1980 | Bill Dougan | Amalgamated Society of Boilermakers |
1981 | Jimmy Morrell | National Union of General and Municipal Workers |
1982 | John D. Pollock | Educational Institute of Scotland |
1983 | Andy Barr | National Union of Railwaymen |
1984 | John Langan | Association of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staffs |
1985 | Tom Dougan | Amalgamated Engineering Union |
1986 | Hugh Wyper | Transport and General Workers Union |
1987 | Ron Curran | National Union of Public Employees |
1988 | Charles Gallagher | National and Local Government Officers Association |
1989 | Ronnie Webster | Aberdeen Trades Council |
1990 | George Bolton | National Union of Mineworkers |
1991 | Clive Lewis | Iron and Steel Trades Confederation |
1992 | Jane McKay | Glasgow Trades Council |
1993 | Chris Binks | Confederation of Health Service Employees |
1994 | Harry McLevy | Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union |
1995 | Willie Queen | Transport and General Workers Union |
1996 | Pat McCormick | Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers |
1997 | Mary Harrison | GMB Union |
1998 | Pat Kelly | National Union of Civil and Public Servants |
1999 | Anne Middleton | Unison |
2000 | Matt Smith | Unison |
2001 | Liz Elkind | Edinburgh Trades Council |
2002 | David Bleiman | Association of University Teachers |
2003 | Pauline Frazer | Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union |
2004 | Sandy Boyle | UNIFI |
2005 | Anne Douglas | Prospect |
2006 | John Keenan | South Lanarkshire and East Kilbride TUC |
2007 | Katrina Purcell | Unison |
2008 | Phil McGarry | National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers |
2009 | Fiona Farmer | Unite |
2010 | | |
2011 | Joy Dunn | Public and Commercial Services Union |
2012 | Mike Kirby | Unison |
2013 | Agnes Tolmie | Unite |
2014 | Harry Frew | Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians |
2015 | Lawrence Wason | Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers |