Famous Canadian Masons

Famous Canadian Freemasons
Abbott, Sir John Joseph Caldwell	Canadian Prime Minister (1891 - 1892). Initiated St. Paul's, No. 374, E.R., Montreal, 1847.
Badgley, William	Canadian Lawyer, first Dean of the Faculty of Law at McGill University, Montreal. St. Paul's Lodge, No. 374 UGLE, Montreal. Past Provincial Grand Master.
Ballard, Harold	Owner of Toronto Maple Leafs National Hockey League team. Corinthian No. 481, GRC, Toronto, ON.
Bennett, Viscount Richard Bedford	Canadian Prime Minister (1930 - 1935)
Borden, Sir Robert Laird	Canadian Prime Minister (1911 - 1920). St. Andrew's Lodge No. 1, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Bowell, Sir Mackenzie	Canadian Prime Minister (1894 - 1896) (British Born). St. Lawrence Lodge No. 640 E.R. Montreal, PQ. Affiliated with Belleville Lodge No. 123, Belleville, ON.
Brant, Joseph "Thayendanegea"	Principal Chief of the Six Nations Indians. Initiated in Lodge No. 417, 1776. First Master of Lodge No. 11, Mohawk Village (near Brantford) in 1798.
Conacher, Charlie	Toronto Maple Leaf ice hockey legend. Initiated in North Gate Lodge No. 591, Pickering, Ontario, in 1935.
Currie, Sir Authur W.	Commanded the Canadian Corps in 1917 Zetland, No. 326, Toronto, Ontario.
Diefenbaker, John George	Canadian Prime Minister (1957 - 1963) Initiated: September 11, 1922, Wakaw Lodge No. 166, Wakaw, Saskatchewan.
Dunckerly, Thomas	Illegitimate born son of George II, consolidated the Royal Arch and was the first Grand Master of the Masonic Knights Templar. Acted as Grand Master for the warranted lodges in Quebec.
Dunn, Alexander Robert	Canadian soldier who won Canada's first Victoria Cross at the Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava. Ionic Lodge No. 18 (now No. 25), Toronto, Ontario.
Eaton, John David	President of the T. Eaton Company. Assiniboine, No. 114, G.R.M., Winnipeg.
Eddy, E.D.	Founder of the E.B. Eddy Match Company
Fleming, Sir Sanford	Creator of first Canadian stamp. Canadian engineer and surveyor. Suggested the use of time zones. St. Andrew's No. 16, Toronto, Ontario.
Horton, Tim	Canadian ice hockey legend. Founder of the donut chain bearing his name. Initiated in Kroy Lodge No. 676, Toronto, Ontario, in 1962.
Jarvis, William	First Provincial Grand Master (Ancients) for Upper Canada. Provincial Secretary for Upper Canada.
Layton, Athol	Canadian professional wrestler. Initiated in Birch Cliff Lodge No. 612, Scarborough (Toronto), Ontario, in 1959. Potentate Rameses Temple A.A.O.N.M.S. 1968.
MacDonald, Sir John Alexander	The first Prime Minister of the Dominion of Canada (1867 - 1873 and 1878-1891 when he died in office). Began the creation of rail service across Canada. St. John's Lodge No. 758, Kingston, Ontario. Honourary Past Grand Senior Warden.
Maclean, John Bayne	Founder of Maclean's Magazine and President of Maclean's Publishing Co. Ionic Lodge No. 25, Toronto, ON.
Massey, Hart	Massey-Ferguson farm equipment.
McLaughlin, Colonel R. S.	Founder and President of the McLaughlin Carriage Co. which later became General Motors of Canada. Cedar Lodge No. 270, Oshawa, Ontario. Grand Steward in 1945, 75 year member in the Craft. Royal Arch, Knight Templar, President of Oshawa Shrine Club.
Molson, John	Founder of Molson Breweries. St. Paul's Lodge, No. 374 UGLE, Montreal. Past Provincial Grand Master.
Naismith, James	Canadian-born American sports educator who invented the game of basketball.
Owen, Most Rev. Derwyn T.	Archbishop of Toronto and Primate of all Canada. Ionic Lodge No. 25, Toronto, Ontario.
Roman, Charles Lightfoot	Canadian physician, one of the first in the field of industrial medicine, served as Grand Master of the Grand Lodge in Canada and apparently was the first African American to head a 'mainstream' Grand Lodge in North America (1952).
Service, Robert W.	Canadian poet among whose works are "The Cremation of Sam McGee"
Simcoe, Lord John Graves	First Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada - now Ontario. Union Lodge No. 307, E.R. (Moderns), Exeter, England in 1773.
Sinclair, Gordon	Canadian journalist and broadcaster. John Ross Robertson No. 545, Toronto, Ontario.
Smallwood, Joseph	NFLD Premier
Steele, Sir Samuel Benfield	Major-General, commanding Canadian forces in England during WWI.
Tecumseh, Chief	Canadian Native Indian Chief
Watson, "Whipper" Billy	Canadian wrestling legend (1916 - 1990) Initiated in Temple, No 525, in 1944.
Watson, Major-General Sir David	Commander of the Fourth Canadian Division 1916 - 1918
Wilson, William Mercer	First Grand Master of the independent Grand Lodge of Canada, 1855. First Grand First Principal of Royal Arch Masons of Canada.
Winch, Ernie	Canadian Labour Activist & Politician
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Royal Freemasons


Charles XIII	King of Sweden (1748 - 1818)
Edward VII	King of Great Britain. Grand Master of the UGLE (1875 - 1901). Also Provincial Grand Master for Lower Canada.
Edward VIII	(Duke of Windsor) - King of Great Britain and Ireland (1936)
Francis II	Holy Roman Emperor (1768 - 1806)
Frederick the Great	King of Prussia (1740 - 1786)
George I	King of Greece (1863 - 1913)
George VI	King of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1936 - 1952) and Emperor of India (1936 - 1947)
Gustavus VI Adolphus	King of Sweden (1792 - 1809)
Leopold I	King of Belgium (1831 - 1865)
Peter the Great	Emperor of Russia (1689 - 1725)
William I	King of Prussia (1861 - 1888)
William II	King of the Netherlands (1792 - 1849)
William IV	King of England (1830 - 1837)