number of lower-level officers and the union's accounting firm likewise pleaded guilty to related embezzlement and disclosure charges. Fitch described West's guilty plea as part of a pattern of corruption in the Ironworkers, as he was one of "nine top officials" investigated or indicted for crimes between 1999 and 2002. Composition According to the union's Department of Labor records since 2005, the union has reported several types of membership classifications, with the majority eligible to vote in the union, and (overall average for the period) 12% ineligible to vote. Throughout the period, "journeymen" have been the largest category (period average of 56%), followed by "lifetime honorary" members (period average 16%), followed by "apprentices" and "shopmen" (period average 9% each). As of 2014 the number of members in each of these categories are about 21,000 "lifetime honorary" members (17% of total), 12,000 "apprentices" (9%), 11,000 "shopmen" (9%), 8,000 "honorary" members (6%), 2,000 "probationary" members (2%), 1,000 "retired shopmen" (1%), 1,000 "trainees" (1%), 322 "riggers" (<1%), 120 "military" members (<1%) and 15 "navy retirees" (<1%), plus 3 non-members paying agency fees, compared to about 67,000 "journeymen" (54%). Members classified as "apprentices," "probationary," "trainees," "retired shopmen" and "navy retirees" are ineligible to vote in the union. District Councils Canada Ontario Eastern Canada Western Canada United States Chicago and Vicinity Mid-Atlantic States New England States New York State North Central States Northern Ohio, Western Pennsylvania and Northern West Virginia Southern Ohio and Vicinity Pacific Northwest Philadelphia and Vicinity Regional (Florida) Rocky Mountain Area Southeastern States St. Louis and Vicinity Tennessee Valley and Vicinity Texas and the Mid-South States State of California and Vicinity Presidents 1896: Edward Ryan 1899: John Butler 1901: Frank Buchanan 1905: Frank Ryan 1914: James McClory 1918: Paddy Morrin 1948: John H. Lyons 1961: John H. Lyons, Jr. 1987: Juel Drake 1991: Jake West 2001: Joseph J. Hunt 2010: Walter Wise 2015: Eric Dea Local unions Canada Alberta Local 720 – Edmonton Local 725 – Calgary Local 805 – Calgary British Columbia Local 97 – Burnaby Local 643 – Victoria Local 712 – Vancouver Manitoba Local 728 – Winnipeg New Brunswick Local 809 – St. John Local 842 – St. John Newfoundland Local 764 – St. Johns Nova Scotia Local 752 – Halifax Ontario Local 700 – Windsor Local 721 – Toronto Local 736 – Hamilton Local 759 – Thunder Bay Local 765 – Ottawa Local 786 – Sudbury Local 834