Fleury was recognized for his contributions to sport with the Canadian Centennial Medal in 1967, and was inducted into the inaugural class of the Hockey Québec Hall of Fame in 1991.

Fleury gained the QAHA's approval to seek a similar rule for all of Canada, and to welcome teams of servicemen in the Canadian Armed Forces into the Quebec's leagues without requiring registration fees.

[7] The registration of minor hockey players in Quebec City was criticized by alderman Gaston Flibotte in January 1955, who felt that municipally funded recreational facilities and programs should not be regimented by the QAHA.

Fleury was chairman of the city's parks and playgrounds association at the time, and felt that the QAHA was giving children a place to play recreational hockey and denied any intentions to produce professional athletes.

[8] Fleury was elected president of the QAHA to succeed Robert Lebel in June 1955,[9] and was the first person to live outside of Greater Montreal to hold the position.

The QAHA contended those teams were operating on a semi-professional basis since they paid a weekly stipend to their players and were too strong of competition in the Memorial Cup playoffs for the Canadian junior championship.

[7] The CAHA voted instead to allow its weaker branches to strengthen their championship teams by adding up to six players in the Memorial Cup playoffs.

[11] The Confederation of Recreation in Quebec City chose to operate independently and leave the jurisdiction of the QAHA in 1959, due to continued disputes on the registration and release of players in minor hockey.

[19] The CAHA general meeting in 1962 debated alternate methods of selecting the Canadian national team instead of sending the reigning Allan Cup champion to international events.

[23] He accompanied the 1963 Allan Cup champion Windsor Bulldogs on a European exhibition tour, and based on the results he felt that the Soviet national team would be the strongest in ice hockey at the 1964 Winter Olympics.

The CAHA was criticized at the time for neglecting minor hockey concerns, and responded by instructing its branches to begin overseeing tournaments for players under age 10 by implementing standard conditions which included limits on travel distance and the number of games per day.

The CAHA felt that the current system concentrated talent on a small number of teams and sought for the NHL to spread out that money it invested equally among the junior leagues and branches in Canada.

He also explained that the decision not to host the B-division was not made due to its perceived lack of profitability, but rather it was political since the CAHA sought to restrict which countries participated in the A-division.

[43] The CAHA continued the national team program based in Winnipeg, and Fleury expected to begin assembling players in September and keep them together for the winter to prepare for the 1966 World Championships.

Fleury felt that talking to juniors was acceptable, that no regulations had been broken, and did not blame any player for wanting to represent his country while continuing a university education.

[48] The Canadian players wanted to withdraw from the World Championships in protest of the officiating; but reconsidered after a meeting with David Bauer and Fleury, and to avoid a national embarrassment and sanctions against the team.

Fleury felt that an end to sponsorship would interest more people in operating a junior team, and asked the NHL to terminate the existing professional-agreement rather than letting it in expire in 1968.

The CAHA voted to accept the draft proposal as he missed the remainder of the meetings confined to his hotel room to rest and recuperate.

The CAHA wanted to have more players with international experience in advance of the 1968 Winter Olympics, and named Fleury chairman of the committee to oversee the Ottawa-based national team.

They reached an agreement that saw changes made to the QAHA constitution to unite the organizations and give a greater voice to all age groups.

[62] He served three two-years terms on the provincial association,[63] and was chairman of the annual tournament for the Duke of Kent Trophy at the Royal Quebec Golf Club.

[61][66] Fleury was a lifetime member of the Province of Quebec Golf Association, and received the Laval Sportsmanship Award and the Canadian Centennial Medal in 1967.