Board History

1937-1948

A.C. Bender – First Honorary president

  • 1937

A.K. Cressman  

  • 1938-1939

WM. F. Hessenaur

  • 1940

George Whitney

  • 1941

Alfred J. Bender

  • 1942-1945

M.B. Shantz

  • 1946

Clare Snider

  • 1947-1948

1949-1959

Harvey Bacher

  • 1949

Garfield Cressman  

  • 1950

Wilfrid L. Bitzer

  • 1951

R.A. Breithaupt 

  • 1952

Anne Schmalz

  • 1953

Harry Henrich 

  • 1954

C.R. Whitney

  • 1955

Wesley Callander

  • 1956

Abe Wiebe  

  • 1957

Max Lauer

  • 1958

WM. G. Caton

  • 1958 -1959

1960-1970

Margaret Meindl   

  • 1960

Lester Brox 

  • 1961-1962

Claude E. Dubrick  

  • 1963-1964

Harvey Bacher

  • 1965-1966

Lloyd Ellacott 

  • 1967

Dalton Howell 

  • 1968

John A. Lauer     

  • 1969

Lee Hoppe  

  • 1970

1971-1981

Gus Ulmer  

  • 1971

David Putnam       

  • 1972

Denny Juma     

  • 1973

I Skovsgaard

  • 1974

Leon P. Killen

  • 1975

Jack K.Bieman  

  • 1976

K.E. Gore

  • 1977

Marianne Lang 

  • 1978

Robert C. Mair (4mos)

  • 1979

Kenneth M. Pearce   

  • 1979

Brian H.  Gould

  • 1980

Jacqueline Morin

  • 1981

1982-1992

Mike Schout   

  • 1982

Richard Putnam      

  • 1983

Shirley Lohmer

  • 1984

Stuart Burkholder 

  • 1985

Bruce Nicholson

  • 1986-1987

Nick Lang 

  • 1988

Gary Schnarr   

  • 1989

Stuart Burkholder   

  • 1990

Jeannie Miklos 

  • 1991

Daniel Erb     

  • 1991-1992

1993-2003

Ken Cameron

  • 1993

Jeremiah Peats 

  • 1994

Murray Diegel         

  • 1995

John Ordiway   

  • 1996

David Talarico

  • 1997

Peter Kalbfleisch

  • 1998

Rob Strickler   

  • 1999

Bruce Nicholson  

  • 2000

Blaine Connolly   

  • 2001

Janet Valentine

  • 2002

Diane Hawrylenko 

  • 2003

2004-2014

Barry Lowry

  • 2004

George Lavallee   

  • 2005

Mario Musso

  • 2006

Tania Benninger

  • 2007

Karen Shartun 

  • 2008-2009

Ted Scharf   

  • 2010

George Patton

  • 2011

Sara Hill

  • 2012

Dietmar Sommerfeld

  • 2013

Lynn Bebenek

  • 2014

2015-present

Mark Wolle

  • 2015

Charlotte Zawada

  • 2016

James Craig

  • 2017

Tony Schmidt

  • 2018

Brian Santos 

  • 2019

FORMATION

On April 24th, 1937 in a small meeting room at the local YMCA 12 local real estate professionals met and formed the Kitchener-Waterloo Real Estate Board which would eventually become the Kitchener-Waterloo Association of REALTORS® (KWAR). The first president lead sixteen brokers and salespeople to “serve the better interests of all people engaged or interested in matters pertaining to real estate``.

75TH ANNIVERSARY

In 2012, the Kitchener - Waterloo Association of REALTORS® celebrated a milestone anniversary. KWAR is proud of the role REALTORS® have had in contributing to and supporting the Region. Leading into the next 75 years, KWAR and its members are committed to continuing to enhance the Quality of Life in Waterloo Region.

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