Past Grand Masters

Grand Master's Name:Location of Home Lodge:Year in
Office:		Date of Death:Grand Master's Programme
1.Thomas ReynoldsBrockville1856 - 1859September 14, 1859View Programme
2.Chauncey YaleSt. Catharines1859 - 1860April 15, 1866View Programme
3.Samuel Goodfellow DolsonSt. Catharines1860 - 1861October 12, 1911View Programme
4.William BisselLondon1861 - 1862November 12, 1905View Programme
5.Hiram BinghamBrantford1862 - 1863November 26, 1890View Programme
6.James WoodyattBrantford1863 - 1864August 20, 1894View Programme
7.James SmithLondon1864 - 1865November 26, 1890View Programme
8.James Davidson TaitSt. Catharines1865 - 1866August 31, 1907View Programme
9.Richard WigmoreLondon1866 -1867March 1, 1890View Programme
10.Henry McAfeeWindsor1867 - 1868November 16, 1892View Programme
11.John BarrHamilton1868 - 1869January 25, 1883View Programme
12.Thomas PartridgeLondon1869 - 1870January 26, 1907View Programme
13.William N FordSt. Marys1870 - 1871May 15, 1910View Programme
14.John GibsonPort Huron1871 - 1872December 20, 1916View Programme
15.John MurrayNiagara Falls1872 - 1873July 27, 1920View Programme
16.George WrightToronto1873 - 1874March 10, 1895View Programme
17.William FitzsimmonsBrockville1874 - 1875July 13, 1894View Programme
18.Henry Edwin ButteryLondon1875 - 1876November 27, 1876View Programme
19.John Ham PerryWhitby1876 - 1877March 25, 1896View Programme
20.Clarence Thomas Campbell
(Past Grand Sire)		Stratford1877 -1878February 2, 1922View Programme
21.John Thomas HornibrookToronto1878 - 1879October 6, 1929View Programme
22.Fife FowlerKingston1879 - 1880August 3, 1903View Programme
23.Wilmot Howard ColeBrockville1880 - 1881December 13, 1915View Programme
24.John Brewer McIntyreSt. Catharines1881 - 1882January 7, 1927View Programme
25.Henry RobertsonCollingwood1882 -1883September 19, 1923View Programme
26.William MacDiarmidLucan1883 -1884July 31, 1929View Programme
27.Amzi Lewis MordenNapanee1884 - 1885July 21, 1895View Programme
28.Nicholas Henry MartinChatham1885 - 1886February 11, 1907View Programme
29.John Rromsbt DonoghToronto1886 -1887November 28, 1919View Programme
30.John Rogers ReidBrockville1887 - 1888February 23, 1930View Programme
31.Egerton Ryerson RobinsonLondon1888 - 1889May 6, 1928View Programme
32.Robert William BellPeterborough1889 - 1890June 8, 1923View Programme
33.John OrmistonGananoque1890 - 1891January 25, 1903View Programme
34.Peter Edward John FitzpatrickHamilton1891 - 1892October 18, 1912View Programme
35.Thomas Walton JolliffeeColborne1892 - 1893January 22, 1914View Programme
36.Joseph Oliver
(Past Grand Sire)		Toronto1893 - 1894January 8, 1922View Programme
37.William Henry HoyleToronto1894 - 1895October 27, 1918View Programme
38.Thomas WoodyattBrantford1895 - 1896October 13, 1915View Programme
39.Henry WhitePort Hope1896 -1897September 30, 1921View Programme
40.John Alfred YoungHamilton1897 - 1898May ??, 1927View Programme
41.John Edwin FarewellHamilton1898 -1899December 28, 1923View Programme
42.James McLurgSault Ste. Marie1899 - 1900June 7, 1926View Programme
43.Osric Leander LewisChatham1900 - 1901April 20, 1923View Programme
44.Charles Clifford LymanBrockville1901 - 1902November 24, 1936View Programme
45.Robert Kinross CowanLondon1902 - 1903June 26, 1913View Programme
46.John Burgess TurnerHamilton1903 - 1904March 7, 1922View Programme
47.Enoch Bruce ButterworthOttawa1904 - 1905April 28, 1928View Programme
48.Frances Richard BlewettStratford1905 - 1906May 10, 1917View Programme
49.Wesley Sandfield JohnstonToronto1906 - 1907February 4, 1928View Programme
50.Richard Ruddy BrettEssex1907 - 1908October 5, 1937View Programme
51.Arthur Byron McBrideWaterloo1908 - 1909August 8, 1931View Programme
52.Daniel DerbyshireBrockville1909 - 1910June 18, 1916View Programme
53.Joseph Powley
(Past Grand Sire)		Toronto1910 - 1911November 12, 1958View Programme
54.Samuel Alexander PoplestoneBlyth1911 - 1912October 29, 1936View Programme
55.Frederick Stapleton EvansonPrescott1912 - 1913September 29, 1925View Programme
56.Percy Thayer CouplandSt. Marys1913 - 1914October 9, 1952View Programme
57.Donald Marcolm McIntyreKingston1914 - 1915September 1, 1931View Programme
58.Luke Bourbon CooperBelleville1915 - 1916November 18, 1936View Programme
59.Samuel Charles ParksToronto1916 - 1917September 17, 1965View Programme
60.Charles Henry MannHamilton1917 - 1918January 26, 1931View Programme
61.Walter CoxGananoque1918 - 1919March 2, 1934View Programme
62.George Marshall HermistonToronto1919 - 1920September 29, 1927View Programme
63.Herbert Green RobertsonBarrie1920 - 1921January 23, 1965View Programme
64.William John HamiltonFort William1921 - 1922May 13, 1923View Programme
65.Thomas Andrew SharpMidland1922 - 1923February 10, 1965View Programme
66.William George Robert BartramLondon1923 - 1924January 26, 1931View Programme
67.John Ernest AndersonLindsay1924 - 1925March 11, 1948View Programme
68.Arthur Edward RossKingston1925 - 1926November 15, 1952View Programme
69.Guy Oliver LukeHamilton1926 - 1927October 15, 1935View Programme
70.Charles Alston ByamNew Liskeard1927 - 1928August 10, 1966View Programme
71.Almon Secord RennieTillsonburg1928 - 1929October 27, 1949View Programme
72.Arthur George CorscaddenToronto1929 - 1930February 16, 1940View Programme
73.Norman James MacDonald LockhartSt. Catharines1930 - 1931August 30, 1974View Programme
74.Duncan Robert HarrisonPort Arthur1931 - 1932October 14, 1956View Programme
75.Arthur Charles CummerLondon1932 - 1933May 28, 1958View Programme
76.Andrew Wellington GrayBrockville1933 - 1934February 18, 1933View Programme
77.Walter A BlackRenfrew1934 - 1935November 25, 1934View Programme
78.James Patterson Franklin WilliamsToronto1935 - 1936February 7, 1954View Programme
79.Walter Thomas KingstonCardinal1936 - 1937March 12, 1937View Programme
80.Albert Leonard BrunerRuthven1937 - 1938February 7, 1977View Programme
81.George Cleland Reginald HallLittle Britain1938 - 1939January 25, 1983View Programme
82.James Malcolm ParkerSt. Catharines1939 - 1940June 23, 1951View Programme
83.Charles Morton IredalePreston1940 - 1941September 16, 1966View Programme
84.Percy Victor Ibbetson
(Past Sovereign Grand Master)		Thunder Bay1941 - 1942July 2, 1973View Programme
85.Cecil John StilsonLondon1942 - 1943November 11, 1957View Programme
86.Byron Elmer DundasLondon1943 - 1944January 19, 1983View Programme
87.John Augustus Ellis CowleyOttawa1944 - 1945July 24, 1979View Programme
88.William John MarkHanover1945 - 1946August 29, 1956View Programme
89.Wilfred Rudolph DeanThornhill1946 - 1947September 26, 1963View Programme
90.John William McCarthySt. Catharines1947 - 1948November 14, 1966View Programme
91.William Eric KnoxOttawa1948 - 1949January 23, 1976View Programme
92.Reginald ThrushChapleau1949 - 1950February 12, 1976View Programme
93.Charles AlexanderLondon1950 - 1951November 21, 1990View Programme
94.John H. McKinneyBrooklin1951 - 1952June 12, 1998View Programme
95.Thomas Reginald McFaddenDurham1952 - 1953April 15, 1973View Programme
96.Robert K. WilliamsonLondon1953 - 1954October 20, 1996View Programme
97.Newton Alexander FosterKingston1954 - 1955February 4, 1962View Programme
98.George Edward HarrisonWalkerton1955 - 1956November 9, 1995View Programme
99.William Orr JeffreyKitchener1956 - 1957December 3, 2000View Programme
100.John Grant ChambersKemptville1957 - 1958April 14, 2006View Programme
101.John Herbert DawsonSault Ste. Marie1958 - 1959August 5, 1985View Programme
102.William George McNeilToronto1959 - 1960December 29, 1985View Programme
103.Ralph E. YagerFenwick1960 - 1961May 2, 1986View Programme
104.Harold Ross ChiswellCambridge1961 - 1962October 20, 1985View Programme
105.Carl Clifford DresserWindsor1962 - 1963December 16, 1979View Programme
106.Robert Earl FoxStirling1963 - 1964August 26, 1984View Programme
107.Leslie Arthur BurchSt. Catharines1964 - 1965October 3, 1981View Programme
108.Lea F. DawsonKemptville1965 - 1966CHECK DATEView Programme
109.Max SingerWillowdale1966 - 1967CHECK DATEView Programme
110.Bruno MongrainBrampton1967 - 1968January 18, 2008View Programme
111.John A. CalvertStratford1968 - 1969April 12, 1982View Programme
112.Charles R. BowenBrantford1969 - 1970May 17, 1992View Programme
113.William Charles YaxleySt. Catharines1970 - 1971October 28, 1982View Programme
114.George Henry VanstoneSt. Marys1971 - 1972March 8, 1991View Programme
115.Glenn Albert WanamakerPort Perry1972 - 1973April 26, 1995View Programme
116.Christopher Gordon GroseWaterloo1973 - 1974April 18, 1993View Programme
117.Harry Lulo WadeNewcastle1974 - 1975September 15, 1998View Programme
118.Emery HathawayCourtwright1975 - 1976April 2, 1991View Programme
119.Elmer Clarence MatthewsFergus1976 - 1977May 25, 1997View Programme
120.John Alexander BroadfootBrucefield1977 - 1978August 30, 2015View Programme
121.Harry James Phineas NoelsLucan1978 - 1979September 11, 1998View Programme
122.Donald Alvin MurdockManotick1979 - 1980View Programme
123.William James Clifford SeeleyPrescott1980 - 1981August 27, 2000View Programme
124.William James Clifford SeeleyPrescott1981 - 1982August 27, 2000View Programme
125.William Joseph Carl ClarkNapanee1982 - 1983February 25, 1994View Programme
126.Orville Alexander ChristieSt. Catharines1983 - 1984November 25, 1992View Programme
127.John Lorenzo SavageIngersoll1984 - 1985October 1, 1999View Programme
128.Clifford Francis ReedOakville1985 - 1986December 27, 1992View Programme
129.Harold Edward NewmanKingville1986 - 1987December 25, 2010View Programme
130.Lloyd John BrownChatham1987 - 1988May 25, 2008View Programme
131.Gerald Morris WagnerLively1988 - 1989View Programme
132.Thomas Gordon SmithGlanworth1989 - 1990December 21, 2008View Programme
133.Cecil Sidney BrownOttawa1990 - 1991View Programme
134.Harold Ferman EyreBrockville1991 - 1992August 19, 1995View Programme
135.Leo Dennis BurnsToronto1992 - 1993View Programme
136.Harris Everett McKeenCobourg1993 - 1994February 28, 2021View Programme
137.Donald Earl HoweLyn1994 - 1995February 22, 2011View Programme
138.John David SavagePetawawa1995 - 1996March 23, 2018View Programme
139.Ronald Lloyd WanamakerOshawa1996 - 1997View Programme
140.Harvey Frederick MurrayHarrietsville1997 - 1998July 5, 2008View Programme
141.Robert George FoxSarnia / Barrie1998 - 1999December 19, 2014View Programme
142.Harold John FarrellBrantford1999 - 2000May 31, 2016View Programme
143.Robert George SchwalmStratford2000 - 2001View Programme
144.Allan Ross McBrideTillsonburg2001 - 2002April 14, 2017View Programme
145.Terrence Arthur SwitzerCobourg2002 - 2003View Programme
146.Herbert John RitchieElmvale2003 - 2004January 7, 2022View Programme
147.Donald A. Swan
Died while in Office		St. Marys2004 - 2005December 26, 2004View Programme
148.David Nelson LongfieldLondon2005 - 2006May 21, 2018View Programme
149.William Frederick ThompsonCobourg2006 - 2007View Programme
150.Ian Alvin McWhirterBurk's Falls2007 - 2008December 8, 2015View Programme
151.Charles Wesley BensonBelleville2008 - 2009View Programme
152.Don Irving BeachBrooklin2009 - 2010View Programme
153.James Edward EdwardsOrillia2010 - 2011View Programme
154.Ralph Arthur DufresneNorth Bay2011 - 2012View Programme
155.Wayne Louis Jozeph GeurtsBowmanville2012 - 2013View Programme
156.Thomas Stewart RobinsonCobourg2013 - 2014View Programme
157.Sandra Lu McWhirterOrillia2014 - 2015View Programme
158.Wayne Hollis GardHarrowsmith2015 - 2016View Programme
159.Duncan Daniel McMillanBelmont2016 - 2017February 18, 2021View Programme
160.Mark Franklin BlakeyKingston2017 - 2018View Programme
161.Eugene Thomas DoppOrangeville2018 - 2019View Programme
162.James Douglas BroadfootBrucefield2019 - 2020View Programme
163.Mark Franklin Blakey2020 - 2021View Programme
164.Robert Carl McMahon2021 - 2022View Programme
165.Kathryn Elizabeth Bellmore2022 - 2023View Programme
166.Shirley Marie BlakeyPrescott2023 - 2024
167.Eugene Thomas DoppOrangeville2024 - 2025
168.Jason WaltTrenton2025 - 2026

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