Freemasonry in Canada
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(Found with or without the letter G)
Freemasonry is a fraternal organisation that arose from the loose organization of medieval masons (i.e. stone workers) working in the medieval building industry.[1]
History
[edit]Freemasonry in Canada traces its origins to the United Grand Lodge of England, the Grand Lodge of Scotland and the Grand Lodge of Ireland, as a result of Canada's history as a dominion within the British Empire. Freemasonry in the United States, including Prince Hall Freemasonry, also influenced the formation of Freemasonry in Canada. Erasmus James Philipps became a Freemason while working on a commission to resolve boundaries in New England and, in 1739, became provincial grand master for Nova Scotia; Philipps founded the first Masonic lodge in Canada at Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia.[2] The Castle Island Virtual Lodge No. 190 is an example of an internet lodge whereby meetings are conducted online rather than in person.
Masonic Fathers of Confederation
[edit]At the time of confederation in 1867, eleven men of the 37 Fathers of Confederation were Freemasons.[3]
- Hewitt Bernard – Lawyer, Recording Secretary at the Charlottetown Conference
- Alexander Campbell – Senator (1867–1887), Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (1897–1892)
- Frederick Carter – First Premier of Newfoundland
- Edward Barron Chandler – Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick (1878–1880)
- Alexander Tilloch Galt – Minister of Finance (1867), Founder of the North Western Coal and Navigation Company and Lethbridge, AB
- John Hamilton Gray – Premier of New Brunswick (1856–1857)
- Thomas Heath Haviland – Senator (1873–1879), Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island (1879–1884)
- William Alexander Henry – Mayor of Halifax (1870–1871), Supreme Court Justice (1875–1888)
- John A. Macdonald[4] – First Prime Minister (1867–1873, 1878–1891)
- William Henry Pope – Lawyer, Newspaper Editor, Colonial Secretary
- Samuel Leonard Tilley – Pharmacist, Premier of New Brunswick (1861–1865), Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick (1885–1893 and 1873–1878), Originator of "Dominion" in Canada's name
Other Notable Canadian Masons
[edit]Governors
[edit]- Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis – Governor General of Canada (1946–1952)
- Lord Frederick Arthur Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby – Governor General of Canada (1888–1893), Namesake for the Stanley Cup
- John Graves Simcoe – British Army general, Founder of York (Toronto), Introduced English common law, First Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada (1791–1796)
- Henry Cockshutt – Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (1921–1927)
- William Mulock – (Acting) Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (1931–1932), Postmaster General (1896–1905)
- John Keiller MacKay – 19th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (1957-1963)
Politicians
[edit]- John Abbott – Prime Minister (1891–1892)
- Richard Bedford Bennett – Prime Minister (1930–1935)
- Robert Laird Borden – Prime Minister (1911–1920)
- Sir MacKenzie Bowell – Prime Minister (1894–1896)
- John Diefenbaker – Prime Minister (1957–1963)[5]
- Thomas C. Douglas – Premier of Saskatchewan (1944–1961), Leader of New Democratic Party (1961–1971), father of Universal Healthcare, voted as The Greatest Canadian
- George Alexander Drew – Premier of Ontario (1943–1948)
- George Howard Ferguson – Premier of Ontario (1923–1930)
- Donald Methuen Fleming – Minister of Finance (1957–1962), Minister of Justice and Attorney General (1962–1963)
- Ezra Butler Eddy – Businessman, Mayor of Hull, Quebec, Member of Legislative Assembly of Quebec
- Leslie Miscampbell Frost – Premier of Ontario (1949–1961)
- Mitchell Frederick Hepburn – Youngest Premier of Ontario (1934–1942) at age 37
- Alexander Keith – Mayor of Halifax (1853–1853), President of Legislative Council of Nova Scotia (1867–1873), Founder of Alexander Keith's Brewery
- James Kirkpatrick Kerr – Lawyer, Senator (1903–1916), Speaker of the Senate (1909–1911)
- John Ross Matheson – Lawyer, Judge, MP for Leeds (1961–1968), Helped develop the maple leaf flag and the Order of Canada.
- Nathan Phillips – Mayor of Toronto (1955–1962)
- Erasmus James Philipps – Member of the Nova Scotia Council (1730-1760)
Erasmus James Philipps, Old Burying Ground (Halifax, Nova Scotia) - Alexander Cameron Rutherford – First Premier of Alberta (1905–1910)
- Allen Bristol Aylesworth – Senator, MP for York North, Postmaster General of Canada
- George Ryerson – MPP for Toronto
- Joey Smallwood – First Premier of Newfoundland, self-dubbed "The Last Father of Confederation"
- William Grenville "Bill" Davis – 18th Premier of Ontario
- Bob Bailey – MPP for Sarnia-Lambton
- John Babington Macaulay Baxter - 19th Premier of New Brunswick
- John Keiller MacKay – 19th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (1957)
- Colin Thatcher – Minister of Energy Saskatchewan, (1975-1984), convicted of murdering his wife, St. George's Lodge No. 136, Moose Jaw, SK
Businessmen
[edit]- Harold Ballard – Businessman and Sportsman
- Samuel Bronfman – Businessman and Philanthropist
- John David Eaton – Businessman, Member of the Eaton family
- John Bayne Maclean[6] – Publisher, Founder of Maclean's magazine, the Financial Post and the Maclean Publishing Company
- Colonel Samuel McLaughlin – Businessman, Philanthropist, Founder of the McLaughlin Motor Car Company
- John Molson – Businessman, Founder of Molson Brewery
- Joseph Seagram – Founder of Seagram Distilleries
- Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet – Newspaper Proprietor, Fleet Street Mogul, Namesake for Roy Thomson Hall, Appointed Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
Military
[edit]- Arthur William Currie – Inspector-General of the Canadian Army and vice-chancellor of McGill University
- Alexander Roberts Dunn[7] – Soldier, awarded the Victoria Cross
- John MacGregor – (1889–1952) Born in Scotland, lived in Powell River B.C., fought in 2 world wars, awarded the Victoria Cross
- Sam Steele – Head of the RCMP Yukon detachment during the Klondike Gold Rush
- General James Wolfe – Victor in 1759 over the French at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in Quebec
- Joseph Brant (Thayendanegea) – Six Nations Reserve Mohawk leader
- Captain Arthur Roy Brown – WWI flying ace
- Wilfrid Reid "Wop" May – WWI flying ace, final pursuit of Manfred von Richthofen
- Sir William Dillon Otter – First Canadian-born Chief of the General Staff
Science and Engineering
[edit]- Sandford Fleming – Engineer, Inventor, Founding member of the Royal Society of Canada, Founder of the Canadian Institute, Inventor of Worldwide Time Zones
- Kivas Tully – Chief Provincial Architect for Ontario (1868–1896), Imperial Service Order Recipient
- Henry Asbjørn Larsen – Arctic explorer
- William George Storm - Architect of St. Andrew's Church (Toronto) and parts of the University of Toronto
Sports
[edit]- Francis Michael “King” Clancy – NHL hockey player
- Charles William "The Big Bomber" Conacher, Sr. – NHL hockey player
- Norman Dawe – ice hockey and sports executive[8]
- Hanson Dowell – ice hockey administrator and politician, Master at Ionic Lodge No. 73[9]
- George Dudley – ice hockey administrator and lawyer[10]
- W. A. Fry – sports administrator and newspaper publisher[11]
- Jake Gaudaur, Jr. – CFL football player and 4th Commissioner
- W. B. George – sports administrator and agriculturalist[12]
- Doug Grimston – ice hockey administrator[13]
- Tim Horton[14] – Hockey Player, Co-founder of Tim Hortons
- Atholl Layton – Professional wrestler
- Dr. James Naismith – Inventor of Basketball
- Art Potter – ice hockey administrator[15]
- Frank Sargent – executive in ice hockey and curling[16]
- Frederick Wellington "Cyclone" Taylor – Hockey Player
- W. F. Taylor – ice hockey administrator and dentist[17]
- Angus James Walters – Captain of the Bluenose
- William "Whipper" John Potts – World champion professional wrestler
Clergy
[edit]- Frederick Kingston – Bishop of Diocese of Algoma (1939–1944), Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada (1947–1949)
- Most Rev. Derwyn Trevor Owen[18] – Bishop of Niagara (1925–1932), Bishop of Toronto (1932–1934), Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada (1934–1947)
- Clarendon Worrell[19] – Bishop of Nova Scotia (1904–1915), Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada (1932–1934)
Arts
[edit]- Glenn Ford – Actor from Classical Hollywood cinema including Superman (1978)
- Watson Kirkconnell - Canadian poet, literary translator, and father of multiculturalism in Canada.
- Robert William Service – Writer, Author of Poems The Shooting of Dan McGrew and The Cremation of Sam McGee
- Gordon Sinclair – Journalist, Writer, Commentator, Known for The Americans
Others
[edit]- Herbert Allan Borden Leal – Civil servant and academic
- Hon. Dana H. Porter – Chief Justice of the Court of Appeal for Ontario
Notable Masonic buildings in Canada
[edit]
- Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario, King Street West, Hamilton, Ontario
- Toronto Masonic Temple, 888 Yonge Street. No longer affiliated with Freemasonry
- Masonic Temple (St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador)
- Montreal Masonic Memorial Temple, Montreal, QC
- Saint John Masonic Temple, Saint John, New Brunswick
- St. Mark's Masonic Lodge, Baddeck, NS
Governing bodies
[edit]There is a number of various organisations (Grand Lodges, National Lodges, Grand Orients, and Federations) active in Canada representing a number of regularity / amity networks along with a number of independent lodges.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "What is Freemasonry?". freemason.com. Retrieved 2017-06-10.
- ↑ History of Freemasons in Nova Scotia
- ↑ Michael Jenkyns (July 2017). "Canada's Sesquicentennial – Freemasonry and Confederation". Grand Lodge A.F. & A.M. of Canada in the Province of Ontario. Archived from the original on 5 December 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
- ↑ McKeown, Trevor W. "Canadian Masonic Prime Ministers". freemasonry.bcy.ca. Retrieved 2017-06-10.
- ↑ Developers)905-785-9906, Gouda Inc. (Web. "Famous Masons". www.torontomasons.com. Retrieved 2017-06-10.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ "Famous Masons". www.highland762.com. Retrieved 2017-06-10.
- ↑ Yumpu.com. "Bro Alexander Roberts Dunn, VC – Grand Masonic Lodge of Alberta". yumpu.com. Retrieved 2017-06-10.
- ↑ "Elgin Lodge No. 7 A. F. & A. M." The Gazette. Montreal, Quebec. January 6, 1948. p. 15.
- ↑ "Dowell, Hanson T. (The Honourable, QC) — 94". The Chronicle Herald. Halifax, Nova Scotia. September 25, 2000. p. 37. Archived from the original on October 4, 2021. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
- ↑ "Court, hockey officials, MPP pay tribute to G. S. Dudley". Midland Free Press. Midland, Ontario. May 11, 1960. p. 7.
- ↑ Cheryl MacDonald, ed. (1992). Grand Heritage. Dunnville, Ontario: Dunnville District Heritage Association. p. 315. ISBN 1-55056-084-0.
- ↑ "Install New Officers at Kemptville Lodge". Ottawa Citizen. Ottawa, Ontario. December 30, 1933. p. 21.
- ↑ "CAHA Official Doug Grimston Passes at 55". Lethbridge Herald. Lethbridge, Alberta. September 15, 1955. p. 7.; "Hockey Official Dies in Hospital". Medicine Hat News. Medicine Hat, Alberta. September 15, 1955. p. 4.
- ↑ "Today in Masonic History – Miles Gilbert "Tim" Horton is Born". masonrytoday.com. Retrieved 2017-06-10.
- ↑ "Potter, Arthur (Art)". Edmonton Journal. Edmonton, Alberta. January 21, 1998. p. 16.
- ↑ "Deaths: Sargent". The Chronicle-Journal. Thunder Bay, Ontario. September 29, 1988. p. 31.
- ↑ "Dentist Dies Suddenly At Home". Winnipeg Tribune. Winnipeg, Manitoba. April 13, 1945. p. 43.
- ↑ "Today in Masonic History – Derwyn Trevor Owen is Born". masonrytoday.com. Retrieved 2017-06-10.
- ↑ "Today in Masonic History – Clarendon Lamb Worrell is Born". masonrytoday.com. Retrieved 2017-06-10.
Bibliography
[edit]- Gould, Robert Freke (1887). Gould's History of Freemasonry Throughout the World, Volume IV. Charles Scribner's Sons.
External links
[edit]- Prince Hall Grand Lodge Free and Accepted Masons Province of Ontario and Jurisdiction
- Grande Loge du Québec
- Grand Lodge of Nova Scotia
- Grand Lodge of New Brunswick
- Grand Lodge of Saskatchewan
- Grand Lodge of British Columbia and Yukon
- Grand Lodge of Alberta
- Grande Loge ANI du Canada
- Fédération canadienne du Droit Humain
- Grand Orient du Québec
- Grande Loge Nationale du Canada
- Gran Logia de Lengua Española de Canada
- Grand Orient de France Amerique du Nord
- Obédience Mixte Nord-Américaine : George Washington Union
- Grand Orient du Canada
- Grande Loge Autonome du Québec
- Grande Loge Mixte du Québec
