Manitoba Organization: Loyal Orange Lodge / Grand Orange Lodge of Manitoba

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A fraternal organization.

Grand Masters (Manitoba)

Year

Grand Master

Lodge

1871-1880

Stewart Mulvey (1834-1908)

Winnipeg

1881-1882

Captain John Niblock

Winnipeg

1883

Isaiah Mawhinney (1830-1913)

Portage la Prairie

1884

Stewart Mulvey (1834-1908)

Winnipeg

1885

David Marshall

Portage la Prairie

1886-1888

John Moore Robinson (1855-1934)

Winnipeg, Brandon

1889-1891

Stewart Mulvey (1834-1908)

Winnipeg

1892

James Morrow

Brandon

1893-1894

W. J. Marshall

Winnipeg

1895

Joseph Young

Winnipeg

1896

D. H. Watson

Winnipeg

1897

John Dilworth

Brandon

1898

J. M. Toombs

Winnipeg

1899

Frank Albert Schultz (1859-1915)

Winnipeg

1900-1903

David Henry McFadden (1856-1935)

Winnipeg

1904-1905

James Argue

Winnipeg

1906-1908

Thomas Sharpe (1866-1929)

Lodge 243

1909

William Ralph Taylor (1863-1913)

Lodge 1351

1910-1911

T. J. Noble

Lodge 1520

1912-1913

James Willoughby

Lodge 1520

1914-1915

William Thomas Edgecombe (1868-?)

Lodge 120

1916-1917

John Easton (1881-1949)

Lodge 1795

1918

Leith Myles

Lodge 1689

1919-1920

Howard Brown

Lodge 1583

1921

A. F. Bateman

Lodge 962

1922

George B. McCready

Lodge 325

1923-1924

Thomas Boyd (1867-1931)

Lodge 120

1925

J. W. McFadden

Lodge 1512

1926

Walter John Southam (1868-?)

Lodge 325

1927-1928

W. J. Swain

Lodge 930

1929-1930

Hugh Wallace

Lodge 2708

1931-1932

J. R. Gervin

Lodge 1567

1933

W. J. Wylie

Lodge 325

1934

William Hooey Spinks (1873-1949)

Lodge 1730

1935

James Black

Lodge 2597

1936-1937

V. W. Gilmer

Lodge 2708

1938-1939

T. W. Pentland

Lodge 1501

1940-1941

Richard Wallace

Lodge 2708

1942-1943

James Irwin

Lodge 1982

1944-1945

Rev. T. R. Pearson

Lodge 1772

1946

George McKay

Lodge 1982

1947-1948

Charles G. Perry

Lodge 2708

1949-1950

Sherman S. Hunt

Lodge 1785

1951-1952

Joseph Boyle

Lodge 2569

1953-1954

Charles R. Wilson

Lodge 2035

1955-1956

Peter Anderson

Lodge 2334

1957-1958

Robert Howie

Lodge 1795

1959

George F. Millar

Lodge 1982

1960

Alexander Wilson

Lodge 2035

1961

Thomas McClure

Lodge 2569

1962-1964

Charles Kennedy Stewart “CKS” Moffatt (1907-1989)

Lodge 1512

1964-1965

Gordon Webb

Lodge 1351

1966-1967

Laurence E. Deering

Lodge 1795

1968

Charles A. Wells

Lodge 2143

1969

?

?

1970-1971

Bernhart A. Buchanan

Lodge 664

1972-1973

William N. Crooks

Lodge 1494

1974-1975

Andrew Maxwell

Lodge 3243

1976-1978

Roy E. Espey

Lodge 2875

1979

Albert M. Simpson

?

1980-1981

Wesley E. Finnen

?

1982

William Knipe

?

1983

George W. Pruner

?

1984-1985

William Ryan

?

1986-1987

William Knipe

?

1988-1989

George J. Humeston

Lodge 1512

Lodges

Location

Lodge

County

Altamont

1741

Dufferin

Angusville

3048

Shoal Lake

Arden

2332

Clarke Wallace

Asheville

1736

Dauphin

Austin

1661

?

Bagot / Beaver

1507

Portage la Prairie

Baldur

962

Argue

Basswood

2193

Minnedosa

Belmont

1517

Argue

Benito

2039

Swan Valley

Bethany

649

Minnedosa

Birch River

3203

?

Birnie

1526

Neepawa

Boissevain

1545

Turtle Mountain

Bowsman

2633

Swan Valley

Brandon

2035

Brandon

Brandon

2312

Brandon

Brandon

2333

Brandon

Brandon [Sons of Ulster]

1512

Brandon

Carberry

1504

Carberry

Carberry

1508

Carberry

Carberry

1511

Carberry

Cardale

2875

Miniota

Carman

1490

Dufferin

Cartwright

1573

Turtle Mountain

Clanwilliam

2194

Minnedosa

Clearwater

1465

Rock Lake

Crandall

1804

Miniota

Cromer

1731

Virden

Cypress River

1630

Norfolk

Darlingford

1872

Rock Lake

Dauphin

1785

Dauphin

Decker

2848

Miniota

Deepdale

2087

Dauphin

Deloraine

1653

Napinka

Douglas

1633

?

Durban

1500

Swan Valley

Durban

2017

?

Ebor

2059

Virden

Edrans

2192

Carberry

Edrans

2415

Clarke Wallace

Elgin

1656

Argue

Elgin

1863

Argue

Elm Creek

1760

Norfolk

Elva

1616

Napinka

Emerson

1456

Franklin

Emerson

1499

?

Eriksdale

2499

Selkirk

Flin Flon

3243

?

Fork River

1765

Dauphin

Foxwarren

1601

Shoal Lake

Gilbert Plains

1515

Dauphin

Gilbert Plains

1772

Dauphin

Gladstone

1637

Clarke Wallace

Gladstone

2008

Clarke Wallace

Glenboro

2803

Norfolk

Glendenning [Pelican Lake]

1639

Turtle Mountain

Glenella

1883

Clarke Wallace

Goodlands

1864

Napinka

Grandview

930

Dauphin

Graysville

1514

Dufferin

Greenway

2605

Rock Lake

Gregg

1510

Carberry

Hamiota

1513

Miniota

Hartney

1613

Argue

Hazelridge

2821

Selkirk

High Bluff

1354

Portage la Prairie

Holland

1355

Norfolk

Holmfield

1541

Turtle Mountain

Indianford

1568

Norfolk

Justice / Aikenside [Elton]

1501

Brandon

Kaleida

2508

Rock Lake

Kemnay

1524

Brandon

Kenville

1897

Swan Valley

Keyes

1755

Clarke Wallace

Killarney

1583

Turtle Mountain

Kirkella

2143

Virden

La Riviere / Wood Bay

1585

Rock Lake

Langruth

2175

Clarke Wallace

Lauder

1806

?

Lavenham

1734

Carberry

Lenore

2267

Virden

Magnet

2579

Dauphin

Manitou

1497

Rock Lake

Manson

2683

Virden

Mather

2009

Rock Lake

McAuley

2083

Virden

McCreary

1818

?

McCreary

1918

Neepawa

McGregor

?

?

Medora

1567

Napinka

Melita

1968

Napinka

Miami

1673

Dufferin

Miniota

1569

?

Minitaki

3014

Kenora

Minitonas

1711

Swan Valley

Minnedosa

1505

Minnedosa

Moore Park

1590

Minnedosa

Morden

1457

Rock Lake

Morris

1466

Franklin

Mowbray

2939

Rock Lake

Napinka

1606

Napinka

Neepawa

1494

Neepawa

Neepawa

1607

?

Nesbitt

1531

Brandon

Newdale

1533

?

Ninga

1522

Turtle Mountain

Norwood (Winnipeg)

1844

Selkirk

Norwood [Fort Garry]

120

Selkirk

Oak River

2299

Miniota

Oakville

2825

Portage la Prairie

Oakville (Kawende)

1443

?

Ochre River

1688

Dauphin

Petersfield

2430

Selkirk

Pilot Mound

664

Rock Lake

Plumas

1506

Clarke Wallace

Poplar Point

3037

Portage la Prairie

Portage la Prairie

1351

Portage la Prairie

Portage la Prairie

1961

?

Purvis

1900

Rock Lake

Rapid City

1523

?

Rathwell

1920

?

Reston

1621

Virden

Ridgeville

2318

Franklin

Riding Mountain

1896

?

Rivers

1944

Miniota

Roblin

2221

Dauphin

Roland

1534

Dufferin

Rosebank

2188

Dufferin

Roseisle

2137

Dufferin

Rossburn

1556

Shoal Lake

Russell

1558

?

Selkirk

1951

Selkirk

Shoal Lake

1732

Shoal Lake

Sidney

1724

?

Snowflake

1502

Rock Lake

Souris

891

Brandon

Souris

2465

Brandon

Souris

2465

Brandon

Sperling

1670

Dufferin

Springhurst

1671

Neepawa

St. James (Winnipeg)

325

Selkirk

St. James (Winnipeg)

2160

Selkirk

St. Vital (Winnipeg)

2933

Selkirk

Stonewall

1464

Selkirk

Strathclair

1803

Shoal Lake

Swan Lake

1814

Dufferin

Swan River

2220

Swan Valley

Tenby

1655

?

Teulon

2409

Selkirk

The Pas

2861

Unattached

Thornhill

1353

Rock Lake

Tilston

2693

Napinka

Transcona (Winnipeg)

2294

Selkirk

Treherne

1730

Norfolk

Tyndall

1733

Selkirk

Union Point / St. Agathe

2334

Franklin

Virden

1519

Virden

Waskada

1922

Napinka

Wawanesa

1503

?

Wellwood

1910

?

Whitemouth

1768

Selkirk

Winnipeg

243

Selkirk

Winnipeg

388

Selkirk

Winnipeg

484

Selkirk

Winnipeg

1520

Selkirk

Winnipeg

1913

Selkirk

Winnipeg

2077

Selkirk

Winnipeg

2258

Selkirk

Winnipeg

2446

Selkirk

Winnipeg

2597

Selkirk

Winnipeg

2708

Selkirk

Winnipeg [Golden West]

2311

Selkirk

Winnipeg [Pioneer]

1307

Selkirk

Winnipeg [Scott Memorial]

1795

Selkirk

Winnipeg [St. James]

2483

Selkirk

Winnipeg [St. Johns]

1982

Selkirk

Winnipeg [Ulster Volunteers]

2569

Selkirk

Woodnorth

2433

Virden

First World War Casualties

Lodge

Name

Occupation

Service

Rank

Birth Date

Death Date

Brandon

William Alexander Adams
[Brandon Armoury]

Carpenter

43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

17 January 1888

22 August 1916

W. E. Armstrong 

?

?

?

?

?

George William Bruce

Barrister at Law

181st Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Lieutenant Colonel

26 January 1862

22 April 1916

David Carle

Mechanic

11th Reserve Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

28 July 1883

31 October 1918

John Henry Dimond

Clerk

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

21 April 1882

3 October 1916

William Dingwall
[Brandon Armoury, Fire Hall]

Fireman

1st Canadian Mounted Rifles

Lance Corporal

9 April 1890

7 April 1917

Alexander Donaldson
[Brandon Armoury]

Teamster

44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Sergeant

3 October 1882

1 January 1919

Norman (Nathaniel) Graham
[St. Andrew's Church Brandon]

Fireman

13th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

18 July 1891

12 February 1919

Arthur David Hosie
[Brandon Armoury, Brandon College]

Fire Insurance Act.

43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Lieutenant

3 May 1893

9 October 1916

John Kennedy
[Brandon Armoury, Codville]

Warehouseman

1st Canadian Mounted Rifles

Private

7 October 1885

6 December 1915

James Clarence Lockwood

Teamster

44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

8 January 1889

10 August 1918

Ritchie Milne

Farmer

27th Battalion Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

13 February 1894

9 December 1915

Adam Petrick
[Brandon Armoury]

Shipper

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

8 September 1886

29 September 1918

Robert McLean Porteous
[Brandon Armoury]

Railroad Man

5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

10 October 1891

23 April 1915

John P. Robertson 

?

?

?

?

?

George Dawson Rodgerson
[Brandon Armoury]

Wood moulder

1st Canadian Mounted Rifles

Private

5 December 1894

1 October 1916

Walter Thorvaldson
[Brandon Armoury]

Locomotive Fireman

5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

13 October 1891

26 September 1916

Robert Wray
[Brandon Armoury, St. Andrew's Church Brandon, Field Ambulance]

Wiper

11th Field Ambulance, Canadian Army Medical Corps

Private

2 May 1891

28 September 1918

See Also

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Scott Memorial Hall (216-218 Princess Street, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Loyal Orange Lodge (Graysville, RM of Dufferin)

Review: Cecil J. Houston and William J. Smyth, The Sasha Canada Wore: A Historical Geography of the Orange Order in Canada by Graham A. MacDonald
Manitoba History, Number 5, Spring 1983

Sources:

“Orangemen to unveil memorial tablet tonight,” Brandon Daily Sun, 29 December 1919, page 1.

“Memorial tablet unveiled in the Orange Lodge,” Brandon Daily Sun, 30 December 1919, page 1.

Loyal Orange Association Fonds, Archives of Manitoba.

We thank Darryl Toews for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 16 December 2023