=====High Council=====
The High Council is an international group of Salvation Army officers composed of active Commissioners and Territorial Commanders with the rank of full Colonel who have held the rank for at least two years, who elect the General. 
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It was established in 1904 by [[William Booth|General William Booth]] as a safeguard to allow the removal from office of an incumbent General who had become, for whatever reason, unfit to continue to exercise oversight, direction and control of The Salvation Army. He intended that the normal method of succession would be for the General in office to select his successor. [[Bramwell Booth|General Bramwell Booth]] was the only General ever selected this way in 1912.
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By November 1928, Bramwell Booth had been absent from [[International Headquarters]] for seven months on account of illness, and a High Council was called. The 63 members, being all the commissioners on active service and certain territorial commanders, gathered at Sunbury Court near London on January 8, 1929 and eventually voted that the General, then aged 73, was 'unfit on the ground of ill-health' to continue in office. On February 13, 1929, the High Council elected [[Edward Higgins|Commissioner Edward J. Higgins]] as the Army's third General.

====1929====
The first High Council occurred from January 8 until February 13. General-Elect [[Edward Higgins]] was announced.

====1934====
General-Elect [[Evangeline Booth]] was elected on September 3.

===Candidates===
  * [[Evangeline Booth]]

====1939====
General-Elect [[George Carpenter]] was elected on August 24.

===Candidates===
  * [[George Carpenter]]

====1946====
General-Elect [[Albert Orsborn]] was elected on May 9.

===Candidates===
  * [[Albert Orsborn]]

====1954====
General-Elect [[Wilfred Kitching]] was elected May 11.

===Candidates===
  * Commissioner [[William Wycliffe Booth|Wycliffe Booth]]
  * [[Wilfred Kitching]]

====1963====
General-Elect [[Frederick Coutts]] was elected on October 1.

===Candidates===
  * [[Frederick Coutts]]

====1969====
General-Elect [[Erik Wickberg]] was elected on July 23.

===Candidates===
  * [[Erik Wickberg]]

====1974====
General-Elect [[Clarence Wiseman]] was elected on May 13.

===Candidates===
  * [[Clarence Wiseman]]

====1977====
General-Elect [[Arnold Brown]] was elected on May 5.

===Candidates===
  * [[Arnold Brown]]

====1981====
General-Elect [[Jarl Wahlström]] was elected on October 23.

===Candidates===
  * [[Jarl Wahlström]]

====1986====
General-Elect [[Eva Burrows]] was elected on May 2.

===Candidates===
  * [[Eva Burrows]]
  * Colonel [[Wesley Harris]]

====1993====
Commissioner [[James Osborne]] was elected President to oversee this committee. General-Elect [[Bramwell Tillsley]] was elected on April 28.

===Candidates===
  * [[Bramwell Tillsley]]
  * Commissioner [[Paul Rader]]

====1994====
General-Elect [[Paul Rader]] was elected on July 23.

===Candidates===
  * Commissioner [[Paul Rader]]

====1999====
General-Elect [[John Gowans]] was elected on May 15.

===Candidates===
  * [[John Gowans]]

====2002====
General-Elect [[John Larsson]] was elected on September 6.

===Candidates===
  * [[John Larsson]]

====2006====
General-Elect [[Shaw Clifton]] was elected on January 28.

===Candidates===
  * [[Shaw Clifton]]

====2011====
The 17th High Council convened on Friday, January 21, 2011, at Sunbury Court, United Kingdom. On January 31, General-Elect [[Linda Bond]] was announced.

===Candidates===
  * Commissioner [[Linda Bond]]
  * Commissioner [[Max Feener]]
  * Commissioner [[William Francis]]
  * Commissioner [[Dick Krommenhoek]]
  * Commissioner [[M. Christine MacMillan]]
  * Commissioner [[John Matear]]
  * Commissioner [[William Roberts]]
  * Commissioner [[Robert Street]]
  * Commissioner [[Barry Swanson]]

====2013====
The 18th High Council convened on Monday, July 29, 2013, at the Renaissance Hotel, London Heathrow, United Kingdom. 
On August 3, General-Elect [[André Cox]] was announced with immediate effect.

===Candidates===
  * Commissioner [[André Cox]]
  * Commissioner [[Kenneth G Hodder]]
  * Commissioner [[James Knaggs]]
  * Commissioner [[Dick Krommenhoek]]
  * Commissioner [[Barry Swanson]]

====2018====
The 19th High Council convened on May 17, 2018. On May 24, General-Elect [[Brian Peddle]] was announced.

===Candidates===
  * Commissioner [[Brad Bailey]]
  * Commissioner [[William Cochrane]]
  * Commissioner [[Kenneth G Hodder]]
  * Commissioner [[E. Jane Paone]]
  * Commissioner [[Brian Peddle]]
  * Commissioner [[Dick Krommenhoek]] (Nominated but declined)
  * Commissioner [[Benjamin Mnyampi]] (Nominated but declined)
  * Commissioner [[Floyd Tidd]] (Nominated but declined)
  * Commissioner [[Mark Tillsley]] (Nominated but declined)

====2023====
The 20th High Council was convened on May 24, 2023. General-Elect [[Lyndon Buckingham]] was announced.

===Candidates===
  * Commissioner [[Lyndon Buckingham]]
  * Commissioner [[Merle Heatwole]]
  * Commissioner [[Kenneth G Hodder]]
  * Colonel [[Diana MacDonald]]
  * Commissioner [[Keith Conrad]] (Nominated but declined)

====External====
  * [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160419135654/http://www.salvationarmy.org/ihq/highcouncil2011;jsessionid=05B2E1E4BAC909C4B1F8608CBC4F9140|High Council 2011]]
  * [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160316104857/http://www.salvationarmy.org/ihq/HighCouncil2013|Hich Council 2013]]
  * [[https://web.archive.org/web/20180803074018/https://www.salvationarmy.org/ihq/highcouncil2018|2018 High Council]]
  * [[https://web.archive.org/web/20190321200808/https://www.salvationarmy.org/ihq/news/hc2018profiles|2018 High Council: Candidate Profiles]]
  * [[https://salvationarmy.org/ihq/news/240523-high-council-nominations|2023 High Council Nominations Received]]
  * [[https://salvationist.ca/archives-and-museum/people/wycliffe-booth/|Commissioners Wycliffe and Renee Booth]]
  * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Council_of_The_Salvation_Army|Wikipedia]]
  * The Salvation Army Yearbook - 2024
  * [[http://pa.salvationarmy.org/lehigh-valley/29BE8B1202D4532C8525779A00500DD3|Chronology]]