Former Presidents of Mount Saint Vincent University
- 2022 – Sheila A. Brown, BA, MA, PhD, LLD (President Emerita)
- 2021 to 2022 – Ramona Lumpkin, CM, PhD (President Emerita)
- 2017 to 2021 – Mary Bluechardt, BPHE, MSc, PhD
- 2010 to 2017 – Ramona Lumpkin, CM, PhD (President Emerita)
- 2009 to 2010 – Alexa McDonough, OC, ONS, BA, MSW, DCLD, LLD, DHumL
- 2006 to 2009 – Kathryn Laurin, MMus
- 1996 to 2006 – Sheila A. Brown, BA, MA, PhD, LLD (President Emerita)
- 1991 to 1996 – Elizabeth Parr-Johnston, CM, BA, MA, PhD, D.Litt.
- 1986 to 1991 – Naomi Hersom, BA, BEd, MEd, PhD, DU, LLD
- 1978 to 1986 – E. Margaret Fulton, OC, BA, MA, PhD, LLD, DHumL (President Emerita)
- 1974 to 1978 – Mary Albertus Haggerty, SC, BA, MA, PhD, LLD (Civil), DHumL
- 1965 to 1975 – Catherine Wallace, OC, BA, MA, PhD, LLD, LLD (Civil), DHumL
- 1954 to 1965 – Francis d’Assisi McCarthy, SC, BA, MA, PhD, LLD, DHumL
- 1944 to 1954 – Maria Rosaria Gorman, SC, BA, MA, PhD
- 1925 to 1944 – Mary Evaristus Moran, SC, BA, MA, PhD