MHS Centennial Organization: Grand Lodge of Manitoba

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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.

Constituent Lodges

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

Grand Masters

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 J. Barclay

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)

Grand Lodge of Manitoba

Sources:

Freemasonry in Manitoba: 1864-1925 by William Douglas, Winnipeg, 1925.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Stan Barclay.

Page revised: 11 June 2023