He was elected to the presidency on July 13, 2010 at its 64th regular convention held in Houston, Texas.

The president is elected by student delegates from around the country every July at the group's national convention.

Later, he was elected deputy chairman of the national Progress Party at its 1984 national convention.

He was elected to the post of secretary general at the party's first convention in May 1961.

Apart from the leader, the party officers are elected at the party's biennial convention.

Murray was elected second vice president of the CIO at its first formal convention in November 1938.

He was elected President on June 30, 2009, at the Union's first constitutional convention.

He was elected national chairman at the party's 2008 national convention in Dallas, Texas.

Because of this Theo Koritzinsky was elected the party's new chairman at its 1983 national convention.

He was elected to the position at the union's first quadrennial convention in July 2009.