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]	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.

Page revised: 3 October 2022