Manitoba Organization: Independent Order of Odd Fellows

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A fraternal organization.

Manitoba Grand Masters

Period	Manitoba Grand Master
1893-1894	William James Roche (1859-1937)
1894-?	?
?-?	Thomas Neville (c1869-1963)
?-?	John Miller
?-?	Frederick Charles Hamilton (1871-1949)
?-1911	?
1911-1912	John Wemyss (1861-1926)
1912-1913	Edward Hartley Dewart (1861-1926)
1913-1914	Hyles Egbert Turner (1855-1936)
1914-1917	?
1917-1918	George Thomas Armstrong (1881-1941)
1918-1919
1919-1921	?
1921-1922	C. M. Brown
1922-1923	Chris R. Lock
1923-1924	?
1924-1925	Mark A. Woods
1923-1936	?
1936-1937	Charles Hickson
1937-1938	?
1938-1939	Fred Hawkins
1939-1947	?
1947-1948	F. W. Edwards
1948-1970	?
1970	Edward James Gray (1927-2002)
?	Augustus James Christie (1885-1970)
?	Arthur Thomas Ballingall (1920-1993)
?	Robert Love (1878-1956)

Manitoba Lodges

Lodge	Address	Period	Status
Carberry	20 Main Street	1905-?	Demolished (1930s)
Melita	111 Main Street	1907-?
Miami	431 Norton Avenue	?-?
Neepawa	376 Mountain Avenue	1903-?
Shoal Lake	South Railway Avenue	1945-?
Virden	237 Nelson Street West	?-?
Virden	230 Nelson Street	1981-?
Wawanesa	Fourth Street	1901-?
Winnipeg	72 Princess Street	1883-?
Winnipeg	521 McMillan Avenue	1913-?

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Odd Fellows Temple (78 The Promenade, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Odd Fellows Home (4025 Roblin Boulevard, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Green Ridge IOOF Hall Monument (Municipality of Emerson-Franklin)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitou Community Cemetery / Archibald Cemetery / Manitou Odd Fellow War Memorial (Municipality of Pembina)

Sources:

“Neville named on Oddfellows’ committee,” Winnipeg Tribune, 22 November 1916, page 5.

“Name Armstrong Grand Master of Manitoba I.O.O.F.,” Winnipeg Tribune, 8 March 1917, page 5.

“Andrews elected Grand Master of Manitoba I.O.O.F.,” Winnipeg Tribune, 7 March 1918, page 2.

“Chris. R. Lock, of Winnipeg, is elected Grand Master by Manitoba Odd Fellows,” Winnipeg Tribune, 9 March 1922, page 1.

“Mark A. Woods Grand Master of Odd Fellows,” Winnipeg Tribune, 13 March 1924, page 2.

“New I.O.O.F. and Rebekah heads,” Winnipeg Tribune, 12 March 1936, page 2.

“Banquet honors Grand Master of Odd Fellows,” Winnipeg Tribune, 16 September 1947, page 11.

We thank Darryl Toews and Jordan Makichuk for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 3 August 2024