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This fraternal organization was established in Manitoba in 1883.
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 (1868-1940)
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
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
1514
Dufferin
Greenway
2605
Rock Lake
Gregg
1510
Carberry
Hamiota
1513
Miniota
Hartney
1613
Argue
2821
Selkirk
High Bluff
1354
Portage la Prairie
Holland
1355
Norfolk
Holmfield
1541
Turtle Mountain
Indianford
1568
Norfolk
Justice / Aikenside [Elton]
1501
Brandon
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
1795
Selkirk
Winnipeg [St. James]
2483
Selkirk
Winnipeg [St. Johns]
1982
Selkirk
Winnipeg [Ulster Volunteers]
2569
Selkirk
Woodnorth
2433
Virden
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
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
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
“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: 6 November 2024
