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Organized Freemasonry came to the Red River Valley in November 1864 under the leadership of such noteworthy Manitoba historical figures as John Christian Schultz, Andrew G. B. Bannatyne, and William Inkster. Initially a branch of the Grand Lodge of Minnesota, the group received its own charter from the Grand Lodge of Canada in 1866. In October 1867, the Grand Lodge of Manitoba received its charter with Bannatyne as its Worshipful Master.
The Lodge underwent a series of organizational changes over the years but the mandate of its members remained unchanged: to participate actively in the religious, business, and political life of the communities in which they lived. Through the years, Freemasons have contributed to a large number of public charities and community projects without engaging in public fundraising; all contributions come from the members themselves.
Plaques commemorating Masons who were killed during military service during the First World War are held at the Grand Lodge offices near Confusion Corner in Winnipeg.
An MHS Centennial Organization Award was presented to the Grand Lodge of Manitoba by Gordon Goldsborough on 16 May 2004.
Register
No.Lodge Name
Location
Date Instituted
Comments
1
Prince Rupert’s
Winnipeg
10 December 1870
2
Lisgar
Selkirk
20 February 1871
3
Ancient Landmark
Winnipeg
16 December 1872
4
St. John’s
Winnipeg
14 June 1875
5
Hiram
Kildonan
7 July 1875
6
Emerson
Emerson
20 July 1876
7
Assiniboine
Portage la Prairie
9 February 1878
8
King Solomon
Morris
10 January 1879
9
Oakland
Carman
28 April 1879
10
Northern Light
Winnipeg
9 January 1879
11
Gladstone
Gladstone
31 July 1879
12
Stonewall
Stonewall
22 June 1880
13
Belmont
Nelsonville
13 September 1880
Moved to Morden in 1885
14
Prince of Wales
Minnedosa
17 November 1880
15
Corinthian
Rapid City
21 December 1880
16
Kinistino
Prince Albert, SK
July 1880
17
Saskatchewan
Edmonton, AB
13 February 1882
18
Al Mogreb Al Aska
Tangier, Morocco
1882
Transferred to Gibraltar and works as No. 670 under the Grand Lodge of Scotland
19
Brandon
Brandon
16 January 1882
20
Pembina
Pilot Mound
27 February 1882
21
Marquette
Portage la Prairie
9 March 1882
22
Pequonqa
Rat River
June 1882
23
Wascana
Regina, SK
1883
24
Neepawa
Neepawa
23 March 1883
25
Ionic
Winnipeg
1 June 1883
26
Moose Jaw
Moose Jaw, SK
9 October 1883
27
Glenwood
Souris
4 February 1884
28
Bow River
Calgary, AB
28 January 1884
29
Carberry
Carberry
12 February 1884
30
Manitou
Manitou
6 June 1884
31
Medicine Hat
Medicine Hat, AB
1 September 1885
32
Qu’Appelle Valley
Fort Qu’Appelle, SK
4 May 1886
33
Indian Head
Indian Head, SK
2 June 1886
34
Qu’Appelle
Qu’Appelle Station, SK
28 April 1886
35
Moosomin
Moosomin, SK
5 May 1886
36
Doric
Boissevain
30 June 1886
37
Alberta
Macleod, AB
3 August 1886
38
Battle
Battleford, SK
27 July 1886
Charter surrendered 1901
39
Birtle
Birtle
8 March 1887
40
Deloraine
Deloraine
9 February 1888
Amalgamated with Waskada No. 149, 9 June 1938
41
North Star
Lethbridge, AB
16 April 1888
42
Cascade
Anthracite, AB
25 May 1888
43
Lebanon
Virden
19 February 1889
44
Oak Lake
Oak Lake
17 May 1889
45
Spitzie
Pincher Creek, AB
1 May 1890
46
Wapananung
Broadview, SK
21 April 1890
47
Ashlar
Whitewood, SK
21 October 1890
48
Glenboro
Glenboro
17 August 1890
49
Temple
MacGregor
23 January 1891
50
Killarney
Killarney
23 April 1891
51
Treherne
Treherne
14 April 1891
52
Hartney
Hartney
22 September 1891
53
Edmonton
Edmonton, AB
1892
54
Oriental
Melita
9 March 1893
55
East Star
Gretna
11 August 1893
56
Maple Leaf
Maple Creek, SK
22 July 1893
57
Evening Star
Grenfell, SK
17 October 1893
58
Innisfall
Innisfall, AB
21 June 1894
59
Red Deer
Red Deer, AB
23 June 1894
Charter lapsed
60
Perfection
Calgary, AB
26 June 1894
61
NW Mounted Police
Regina, SK
1 October 1894
62
Russell
Russell
13 August 1895
63
Holland
Holland
27 November 1895
64
Composite
Alexander
5 March 1896
65
Eureka
Lacombe, AB
16 September 1896
66
Acacia
South Edmonton, AB
28 January 1897
67
Wawanesa
Wawanesa
16 July 1897
68
Vermillion
Dauphin
20 December 1898
69
Yorkton
Yorkton, SK
15 February 1899
70
Shiloh
Roland
8 March 1899
71
Crystal
Crystal City
13 April 1899
Amalgamated with Cartwright No. 150, 7 June 1972
72
Duck Lake
Duck Lake, SK
23 August 1899
73
Red Deer
Red Deer, AB
4 September 1899
74
Elkhorn
Elkhorn
18 September 1899
75
Gothic
Austin
24 January 1900
76
Victoria
Fort Saskatchewan, AB
15 October 1900
77
Napinka
Napinka
13 July 1900
78
Jasper
Edmonton, AB
15 October 1900
79
Yukon
Dawson, YT
27 December 1900
80
Sintaluta
Sintaluta, SK
28 February 1902
81
White Horse
Whitehorse, YT
5 May 1902
82
Cypress
Cypress River
13 May 1902
83
Wetaskiwin
Wetaskiwin, AB
4 October 1902
84
Hamiota
Hamiota
25 November 1902
Amalgamated with Woodworth No. 166, 2 June 1971
85
Mountain View
Olds, AB
14 February 1903
86
Elgin
Elgin
29 March 1903
87
Rathwell
Rathwell
5 May 1903
88
Amity
Carnduff, SK
13 May 1903
89
Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, SK
24 February 1904
90
Midlothian
Miami
16 March 1904
91
Carlyle
Carlyle, SK
5 May 1904
92
Shoal Lake
Shoal Lake
9 September 1904
93
King Edward
Winnipeg
21 September 1904
94
Hiram
Grandview
15 November 1904
95
Melfort
Melford, SK
7 February 1905
96
Battle
Battleford, SK
29 November 1904
97
Nanton
Nanton, AB
22 November 1904
98
Britannia
Ponoka, AB
31 December 1904
99
Lauder
Lauder
24 February 1904
100
Robbie Burns
Gilbert Plains
9 March 1905
101
Binscarth
Binscarth
27 April 1905
102
Miniota
Miniota
8 January 1906
103
Crescent
Elm Creek
13 March 1906
104
Reston
Reston
6 July 1906
105
Prince Arthur
Swan River
1 June 1906
106
Strathclair
Strathclair
30 November 1906
107
Lansdowne
Griswold
9 May 1906
108
Union
Brookdale
26 July 1907
109
Swan Lake
Swan Lake
8 January 1908
110
Kilwinning
Minto
5 October 1908
111
Acacia
Elmwood
25 February 1909
112
Ophir
Beausejour
30 March 1909
113
Tweed
Brandon
7 April 1909
114
“The Assiniboine”
Winnipeg
22 May 1909
115
Rivers
Rivers
29 September 1909
116
St. Andrew’s
Wellwood
26 April 1910
117
Strathcona
Belmont
10 May 1910
118
Mound
Pilot Mound
27 August 1910
119
Norwood
Norwood
10 December 1910
120
Penza
Dominion City
7 April 1911
121
St. James
St. James
11 March 1912
122
Roblin
Roblin
16 September 1912
123
Transcona
Transcona
24 April 1914
124
The Pas
The Pas
21 May 1914
125
Patricia
Sperling
6 November 1915
126
Favel
Minitonas
12 January 1917
127
Empire
Winnipeg
26 April 1918
128
Victory
Benito
2 June 1920
129
Shellmouth
Shellmouth
28 October 1920
130
Fort Garry
Winnipeg
6 December 1920
131
Kildonan
Winnipeg
16 December 1920
132
Sprague
Sprague
17 January 1921
133
McCreary
McCreary
31 March 1921
134
Stony Mountain
Stony Mountain
4 August 1921
135
Concord
Myrtle
8 October 1921
136
Capital
Winnipeg
4 November 1921
137
Lord Selkirk
Winnipeg
18 November 1921
138
Windsor
St. Vital
28 March 1922
139
Beaver
Winnipeg
11 May 1922
140
Meridian
Winnipeg
19 October 1922
141
Tuscan
Winnipeg
11 May 1923
142
Harmony
Cardale
8 June 1923
143
Mt. Sinai
Winnipeg
5 July 1923
144
Fort Osborne
Winnipeg
19 December 1923
145
Sturgeon Creek
Sturgeon Creek
7 January 1924
146
Fidelity
Winnipeg
29 February 1924
147
Jubilee
Bowsman
13 February 1925
148
Seven Oaks
Winnipeg
15 May 1925
149
Waskada
Waskada
26 July 1926
Amalgamated with Deloraine No. 40, 9 June 1938
150
Cartwright
Cartwrigh
5 August 1926
Amalgamated with Crystal No. 71, 7 June 1972
151
The Dormer
Winnipeg
15 December 1926
152
Foxwarren
Foxwarren
8 August 1929
153
Flin Flon
Flin Flon
16 August 1929
154
Pine Falls
Pine Falls
20 March 1930
155
Carman
Carman
7 September 1933
156
Manitouwapa
Moosehorn
12 May 1939
157
Rice Lake
Bissett
5 July 1947
Charter surrendered, 1 June 1966
158
Fenwick
Brandon
24 October 1947
159
Newdale
Newdale
4 December 1947
Charter surrendered, 6 June 1974
160
Starbuck
Starbuck
15 August 1950
161
Fort Prince of Wales
Churchill
27 September 1950
162
Ashlar
Norwood
22 September 1950
163
Charleswood
Charleswood
20 September 1950
164
Harry Woods
Lundar
11 January 1952
165
Friendship
Fort Garry
3 April 1952
166
Woodworth
Kenton
6 May 1952
Amalgamated with Hamiota No. 84, 2 June 1971
167
Menorah
Winnipeg
20 January 1954
168
Wheat City
Brandon
7 October 1955
169
Three Pillars
St. Vital
17 April 1956
170
Lynn Lake
Lynn Lake
24 May 1957
171
Gateway
Winnipeg
29 May 1957
172
Red River
Winnipeg
3 November 1958
173
Peter McGregor
Brandon
24 November 1959
174
Mystery
Thompson
10 July 1961
175
Viking
Gimli
24 January 1964
176
William Douglas
Winnipeg
7 October 1964
177
Natlie Lake
Pinawa
20 May 1966
Period
Grand Master
1875
George Black (1847-1919)
1875
William Clarkson Clarke (1834-1883)
1876
William Nassau Kennedy (1839-1885)
1877-1878
George Frederick Newcomb (1840-1907)
1879
Samuel Pritchard Matheson (1852-1942)
1880-1885
John Hedley Bell (1840-1897)
1885
Christopher Fortescue Forrest (1845-1934)
1886
Alfred Pearson (1850-1921)
1887-1888
Thomas Clark
1889
James Dallas O’Meara (1849-1901)
1890
James A. Ovas
1891
William G. Bell
1892
John W. H. Wilson (1832-1892)
1893
David James Goggin (1848-1935)
1894
Thomas Tweed
1895
Charles Napier Bell (1854-1936)
1896
Corbet Locke (1854-1932)
1897
Thomas Robinson (1854-1908)
1898
George B. Murphy (1858-1922)
1899
John Leslie (1852-1915)
1900-1901
Robert Stirton Thornton (1863-1936)
1902
Robert Hill Myers (1856-1921)
1903
E. A. Braithwaite
1904
Rev. A. Chisholm
1905
William George Scott (1852-1933)
1906
John McKechnie (1844-1918)
1907
James Scroggie (1859-1948)
1908
H. J. Pugh
1909
James Duncan Baine (1855-1922)
1910
George William Baker (1854-1917)
1911
John Wemyss (1861-1926)
1912
William Chambers (1858-1933)
1913
E. M. Walker
1914
Lynds Smith Vaughan (1848-1937)
1915
W. Fenwick
1916
Henry Ernest Bletcher (1869-1949)
1917
P. E. Kellett
1918
Edward Thornton Greenway (1877-1956)
1919
Alexander McIntyre (1861-1928)
1920
Albert James Hatcher (1880-1970)
1921
George Nelson Jackson (1861-1944)
1922
Andrew Browning Baird (1855-1940)
1923
William James Major (1881-1953)
1924
J. S. MacEwing
1925
Albert Livingstone Crossin (1868-1956)
1926
John Christie Walker Reid (1871-1942)
1927
J. Miller
1928
M. A. Whimster
1929
William Douglas (1878-1963)
1930
George Hunter (1873-1952)
1931
Norman John Black (1881-1955)
1932
David Scott Woods (1884-1966)
1933
J. Mackie
1934
Henry Lamont Adolph (1862-1940)
1935
Royal Burritt (1876-1962)
1936
H. Woods
1937
John Thomas Boyd (1885-1950)
1938
Robert Hawkins (1879-1962)
1939
W. D. Lawrence
1940
J. J. Henderson
1941
George Reginald Calvert (1900-1976)
1942
Stanley Harrison Fahrni (1889-1975)
1943
Benjamin Cronyn Parker (1886-1951)
1944
Samuel Burland (1880-1972)
1945
P. T. Pilkey
1946
M. S. Donovan
1947
Harry Bingham Donnelly (1888-1980)
1948
Walter Clifton McDonald (1903-1999)
1949
Henry Coddington (1883-1965)
1950
C. E. Cole
1951
F. H. Blythe
1952
Gordon Alexander McMorran (1885-1966)
1953
H. H. Gray
1954
John Robert Charles Evans (1891-1959)
1955
Robert Eric “Bob” Emmett (1895-1996)
1956
J. F. Irwin
1957
David Rothstein (1914-1997)
1958
William Albert Prugh (1891-1971)
1959
W. D. G. Runions
1960
A. J. Sawatzky
1961
Benjamin Stuart Parker (1914-1997)
1962
S. H. Dayton
1963
A. C. Slessor
1964
W. J. McGregor
1965
A. E. Duff
1966
Henry Stewart Perdue (1904-1979)
1967
L. E. Ostrander
1968
W. J. Witherspoon
1969
J. M. Lyons
1970
John Leslie Rankin (1914-2009)
1971
J. L. G. Hay
1972
W. F. L. Hyde
1973
R. W. H. Campbell
1974
H. G. McCrae
1975
F. J. Robertson
1976
C. L. Chamberine
1977
G. M. Davies
1978
N. L. McCleary
1979
Joseph Edward Reesor Bingeman (1919-2011)
1980
H. W. Harris
1981
J. L. Beckstead
1982
F. W. C. Gault
1983-1884
Leslie Harold Iles (1919-2002)
1984-1884
Richard Harold “Doc” Hannah (1916-1990)
1985
R. W. Hart
1986
Kenneth C. Turnbull
1987
A. N. Clarke
1988
W. J. Hodgson
1989
J. A. Fergusson
1990
F. S. Westwood
1991
Arnold E. Packer
1992
Morley J. McKay
1993
Paul W. Drewniak
1994
W. B. Porter
1995
Steve F. Kane
1996
Roy M. McMillan
1997
C. Ray Haldane-Wilsone
1998
Robert A. McMillan
1999
John Michael Reid (1935-2008)
2000
Richard A. Porter
2001
Stuart Allen
2002
Clay C. Muntz
2003
I. Kenneth Thomas
2004
Donald W. Beattie
2005-2006
George Joseph Forzley (1935-2006)
2006-2007
Brian J. Ballie
2007-2008
Kenneth Buchart
2008-2009
E. H. Ted Jones
2009-2010
David George Love (1945-2014)
2010-2011
Kris Goodmanson
2011-2012
Chibu Uson
2012-2013
Allan Hadley
2013-2014
Douglas Webster
2014-2015
Stanislao “Stano” Spina (1943-2016)
2015-2016
Ronald Church
2016-2017
Stanley James “Stan” Barclay (c1953-2024)
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Masonic Temple / Mother Tucker’s Restaurant (335 Donald Street, Winnipeg)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: First Masonic Lodge (191 Lombard Avenue, Winnipeg)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Odd Fellows Hall / Masonic Hall (521 McMillan Avenue, Winnipeg)
Freemasonry in Manitoba: 1864-1925 by William Douglas, Winnipeg, 1925.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Stan Barclay.
Page revised: 26 June 2024
