Present and Past District Deputy Grand Masters
Hamilton B District As It Has Progressed Over The Years
* Present District Deputy Grand Master
+ Died while in Office. See accompanying note regarding his replacement.
During the early years of Hamilton District, there was obviously no rotation and some District Deputy Grand Masters served for two years. Today District B continues to hold an election for the office of District Deputy Grand Master, and seldom does a lodge miss a turn to provide one. It is important to note that in the early years the District Secretary was not necessarily from the lodge of the D.D.G.M., and did not always receive Grand Honours the next year. Many of the early reports are unclear as to which lodge the D.D.G.M or District Secretary came from. In some cases an educated guess was made using registration and attendance records. If your lodge has further information, it will be greatly appreciated.
| D.D.G.M. | Year | Secretary | Lodge |
|---|---|---|---|
| * Sean A. Straughan | 2021-22 | Mathew Milne | Union Lodge No. 7 |
| Michael R. Martin | 2019-21 | Douglas J. Bennie | The Harmony Lodge. No. 57 |
| Les R. Vass | 2018-19 | Mark O’Donnell | Wentworth Lodge No. 166 |
| Glenn T. Jarvie | 2017-18 | Matthew Burke | Enniskillen Lodge No. 185 |
| Ray A. Young | 2016-17 | David Haslip | Hillcrest Lodge No. 594 |
| Graham Tait | 2015-16 | Alan Campbell | Battlefield Lodge No. 714 |
| Thomas R. Young | 2014-15 | Randy Haining | Lincoln Lodge No. 544 |
| D. Kenneth Laliberte | 2013-14 | G. Wyatt Lowry | Lodge of Strict Observance No. 27 |
| Lindsay Reiach | 2012-13 | Wayne Lanigan | St. Andrew’s Lodge No. 62 |
| Louis M. Domjan | 2011-12 | Michael R. Martin | Harmony Lodge No. 57 |
| Victor J. Abraham | 2010-11 | Ralph J. Button | Acacia Lodge No. 61 |
| Terence J. Brown | 2009-10 | Timothy Corrin | St. Andrew’s Lodge No. 593 |
| Robert A. Forbes | 2008-09 | Robert McCormick | Enniskillen Lodge No. 185 |
| Robert J. Brooks | 2007-08 | David A. Kemp | Union Lodge No. 7 |
| David Gibson Sr. | 2006-07 | Brett Allan | Wentworth Lodge No. 166 |
| Aaron Orr | 2005-06 | Ian Pirie | Composite Lodge No. 667 |
| William W. Wheeler | 2004-05 | Monroe Murphy | Lincoln Lodge No. 544 |
| James Kinnear | 2003-04 | William C. Roberts | Hillcrest Lodge No. 594 |
| Marvin C. Smith | 2002-03 | Louis M. Domjan | Harmony Lodge No. 57 |
| Lanny R. Salmon | 2001-02 | Ron Edwards | St. Andrew’s Lodge No. 62 |
| Robert E. Kerr | 2000-01 | Brian Muir | T. H. Simpson Lodge No. 692 |
| Norman McCarthy | 1999-00 | David Ward | Doric Lodge No. 382 |
| H. Edward Standish | 1998-99 | Vic Abraham | Acacia Lodge No. 61 |
| Bev Alexander | 1997-98 | Terry Brown | St. Andrew’s Lodge No. 593 |
| Don Wilson | 1996-97 | Tom Forbes | Enniskillen Lodge No. 185 |
| Paul Reeve | 1995-96 | John Chivers | Union Lodge No. 7 |
| James McArthur | 1994-95 | D. Paterson | Battlefield Lodge No. 714 |
| Ray Murphy | 1993-94 | Tom Kott | Lincoln Lodge No. 544 |
| Brian Schweitzer | 1992-93 | B. Kitchen | Hillcrest Lodge No. 594 |
| Robert Faulds | 1991-92 | Thomas Pocock | Composite Lodge No. 667 |
| Joe Whitfield | 1990-91 | D. Warneke | Wentworth Lodge No. 166 |
| Keith Cosier | 1989-90 | Morley Teskey | St. Andrew’s Lodge No. 62 |
| Robert McKinnell | 1988-89 | Andrew Lowden | Harmony Lodge No. 57 |
| Bill Hawkins | 1987-88 | K. Marshall | T. H. Simpson Lodge No. 692 |
| John Webster | 1986-87 | David Warrington | Lodge of Strict Observance No. 27 |
| Robert Wands | 1985-86 | E. McCarthy | Doric Lodge No. 382 |
| Ken McLeod | 1984-85 | L. Hoskin | Acacia Lodge No. 61 |
| Larry Crawford | 1983-84 | J. Raby | St. Andrew’s Lodge No. 593 |
| Charles Fox | 1982-83 | K. Anderson | Enniskillen Lodge No. 185 |
| Clark Brooks | 1981-82 | Howard F. Walters | Union Lodge No. 7 |
| Roy Henderson | 1980-81 | Harold Prowse | Battlefield Lodge No. 714 |
| Victor Lepp | 1979-80 | George Deavu | Lincoln Lodge No. 544 |
| Ray Cowie | 1978-79 | Allison Murphy | St. Andrew’s Lodge No. 62 |
| George Buckler | 1977-78 | Chas. Watson | Composite Lodge No. 667 |
| Dave Felker | 1976-77 | A. Beck | Hillcrest Lodge No. 594 |
| Reginald Coniam | 1975-76 | J. Pell | Wentworth Lodge No. 166 |
| Eric Wm. Nancekivell | 1975-77 | Grand Master | Composite Lodge No. 667 |
| Orvil Bell | 1974-75 | A. Harris | Harmony Lodge No. 57 |
| Arthur Tinson | 1973-74 | Gordon Skinner | Lodge of Strict Observance No. 27 |
| In 1974 Hamilton District A & B was split into Districts A, B & C | |||
| Roy Middleton | 1972-73 | J. Benedict | Acacia Lodge No. 61 |
| Marshall Capel | 1971-72 | J. Burke | T. H. Simpson Lodge No. 692 |
| James Hamilton | 1970-71 | Wm. G. Birnie | Electric Lodge No. 495 |
| Arthur Jenner | 1969-70 | W. MacIntosh | Doric Lodge No. 382 |
| Robert Bourne | 1968-69 | Armand Hummel | Union Lodge No. 7 |
| James Curtis | 1967-68 | S. Griffen | Westmount Lodge No. 671 |
| Allen Senn | 1966-67 | G. Hewitt | Enniskillen Lodge No. 185 |
| Fordham Hyder | 1965-66 | J. Carrick | St. Andrew’s Lodge No. 593 |
| Ashton Turner | 1964-65 | J. Roberts | Wardrope Lodge No. 555 |
| Leonard J. Hewitt | 1963-64 | John D. Taylor | Lodge Ancient Landmarks No. 654 |
| H. Grant Jackson | 1962-63 | R. W. Davies | Lincoln Lodge No. 544 |
| Robert Truscott | 1961-62 | A. Cook | Lodge of Strict Observance No. 27 |
| Russ. Wm. Treleaven | 1961-63 | Grand Master | Acacia Lodge No. 61 |
| Eric William Nancekivell | 1960-61 | Thos. Bacon | Composite Lodge No. 667 |
| Harrison Martindale | 1959-60 | Wm. Williamson | St. Andrew’s Lodge No. 62 |
| Stephen G. K. Kemp | 1958-59 | David Felker | Hillcrest Lodge No. 594 |
| Samuel H. Dolman | 1957-58 | K. F. Warwick | Buchanan Lodge No. 550 |
| Walter T Francis | 1956-57 | Earl Waterbury | Beach Lodge No. 639 |
| George J. Patterson | 1955-56 | Lordly W. Jones | Acacia Lodge No. 61 |
| George J. McQueen | 1954-55 | George Cooke | Doric Lodge No. 382 |
| Leighton McDermid | 1953-54 | Clifford Freel | Wentworth Lodge No. 166 |
| E. C. Krebs | 1952-53 | Albert Marshall | Ionic Lodge No. 549 |
| Herbert F Fuller | 1951-52 | Harry C. Smith | Electric Lodge No. 495 |
| E. Gilbert Gawley | 1950-51 | Angus Dalgleish | Harmony Lodge No. 57 |
| Stewart Davidson | 1949-50 | Acacia Lodge No. 61 | |
| George C. Gage | 1948-49 | Martin E. Smith | Wardrope Lodge No. 555 |
| Thomas H. Simpson | 1947-49 | Grand Master | Acacia Lodge No. 61 |
| Harry H. Hewitt | 1947-48 | Harry Young | Enniskillen Lodge No. 185 |
| George T. Inch | 1946-47 | Lavell E. Rouse | Lodge Ancient Landmarks No. 654 |
| W. F. Newman | 1945-46 | Thomas McCann | Lodge of Strict Observance No. 27 |
| Clarence W. Lewis | 1944-45 | James L. Dunham | Union Lodge No. 7 |
| G. A. Sweatman | 1943-44 | John Geddes | Hillcrest Lodge No. 594 |
| Russ. Wm. Treleaven | 1942-43 | J. Frank Walker | Acacia Lodge No. 61 |
| H. S. Marshall | 1941-42 | E. K. Buckingham | Beach Lodge No. 639 |
| Arthur E. McArthur | 1940-41 | Wm. J. McQueen | Doric Lodge No. 382 |
| William Davies | 1939-40 | Harry S. Stears | Buchannan No. 550 |
| W. S. Milmine | 1938-39 | Harold G. Parrott | Wentworth Lodge No. 166 |
| William A. Laidlaw | 1937-38 | James Rosie | Ionic lodge No. 549 |
| Beamer H. Hopkins | 1936-37 | John Paton Mills | Wardrope Lodge No. 555 |
| Thomas J. Hicks | 1935-36 | H. K. Marshall | St. Andrew’s Lodge No. 62 |
| James Baird | 1934-35 | Robert W. Turner | Corinthian Lodge No. 513 |
| Thomas H. Simpson | 1933-34 | Roland F. Hill | Acacia Lodge No. 61 |
| G. L. Bell | 1932-33 | David Young | Harmony Lodge No. 57 |
| J. A. Henderson | 1931-32 | C. M. Dent | Lodge of Strict Observance No. 27 |
| Orton J. Newell | 1930-31 | Geo. A. Grassie | Hillcrest Lodge No. 594 |
| G. B. McConachie | 1929-30 | Chas. H. Walker | Union Lodge No. 7 |
| Robert Clark | 1928-29 | Gordon H McCulloch | Doric Lodge No. 382 |
| F. W. Davidson | 1927-28 | Hilton Wallace | St. Andrew’s Lodge No. 593 |
| Mark C. Senn | 1926-27 | R. L. Murdock | Enniskillen Lodge No. 185 |
| + C. J. Martindale | 1926-27 | R. L. Murdock | Enniskillen Lodge No. 185 |
| + Died in Office Oct. 3, 1926. W.Bro. Mark C. Senn appointed by the Grand Master M.W. Bro. John A. Roland. Both received the rank of Past District Deputy Grand Master on a recommendation by G.M. | |||
| Smith A. Wait | 1925-26 | Edward J. McMartin | Ionic lodge No. 549 |
| John Forth | 1924-25 | Arthur Lavis | Wardrope Lodge No. 555 |
| Wm. John Drope M.A. | 1923-25 | Grand Master | Union Lodge No. 7 |
| Erland Lee | 1923-24 | J. T. Chittick | Wentworth Lodge No. 166 |
| On a motion June 20, 1923 Hamilton District 8 was split into Hamilton District’s A & B | |||
| Frank Mills | 1922-23 | David Hawkins | Lodge of Strict Observance No. 27 |
| Charles E. Kelly | 1921-22 | Herbert W. Temple | Acacia Lodge No. 61 |
| H. A. Graham | 1920-21 | S. M. Sinclair | Burlington Lodge No. 165 |
| R. H. Foster | 1919-20 | Ralph C. Ripley | Temple Lodge No. 324 |
| John G. Gauld | 1918-19 | Barton Lodge No. 6 | |
| Joseph F. Senn | 1917-18 | James Muir | Harmony Lodge No. 57 |
| W. H. Wardrope K.C. | 1917-18 | Grand Master | Acacia Lodge No. 61 |
| George H. Lanigan | 1916-17 | Dundurn Lodge No. 475 | |
| Franklin Hanna | 1915-16 | W. A. Robinson | Brant Lodge No. 45 |
| James McGregor | 1914-15 | John Renwick | St. Andrew’s Lodge No. 62 |
| Charles Kilgour | 1913-14 | George B. Perry | Doric Lodge No. 382 |
| W. H. Wardrope K.C. | 1912-13 | Ernest E. Linger | Acacia Lodge No. 61 |
| B. E. Thompson | 1911-12 | J. H. McNeilly | Wentworth Lodge No. 166 |
| G. R. Lloyd | 1910-11 | A. W. Peene | Lodge of Strict Observance No. 27 |
| W. M. Logan | 1909-10 | G. R. Lloyd | St. John’s No. 40 |
| Edward Finlay | 1908-09 | Major L. Grant | Credit Lodge No. 219 |
| Herbert S. Griffin | 1907-08 | W. Bro. Logan | Barton Lodge No. 6 |
| W. H. Robinson | 1906-07 | A. S. Forster | Oakville Lodge No. 400 |
| J. O. McGregor M. D. | 1905-06 | Waterdown Lodge No. 357 | |
| Fredrick Walter | 1904-05 | J. Jardine | Doric Lodge No. 382 |
| R. A. Hutchinson | 1903-04 | W.F. McGiverin | Lodge of Strict Observance No. 27 |
| W. H. Robinson | 1902-03 | Oakville Lodge No. 400 | |
| A. M. Cunningham | 1901-02 | A. T. Neil | Temple Lodge No. 324 |
| William Birrell | 1900-01 | D. Waterous | Doric Lodge No. 121 Brantford |
| John James Mason | 1900 | Hon. P.G.M. | Lodge of Strict Observance No. 27 |
| F. A. Latshaw | 1899-00 | A. E. Terryberry | Valley Lodge No. 100 |
| A. T. Freed | 1898-99 | Barton Lodge No. 6 | |
| C. Van Norman Emory | 1897-98 | Doric Lodge No. 382 | |
| J. O. Liddell | 1896-97 | Doric Lodge No. 121 Brantford | |
| George C. Holden | 1895-96 | F. J. Howell | Acacia Lodge No. 61 |
| Thomas McCallum | 1894-95 | St. John’s No. 40 | |
| F. C. Heath | 1893-94 | James G. Liddell | Doric Lodge No. 121- Brantford |
| Ralph L. Gunn | 1892-93 | H. N. Kittson | Lodge of Strict Observance No. 27 |
| J. M. Gibson Q.C. | 1892-94 | Grand Master | Lodge of Strict Observance No. 27 |
| John Hoodless | 1891-92 | R. L. Gunn | Barton Lodge No. 6 |
| C. W. Mulligan | 1890-91 | John Hoodless | Temple Lodge No. 324 |
| John Malloy | 1889-90 | C. W. Mulligan | St. John’s No. 40 |
| Wm. Freeman M. D. | 1888-89 | John Hoodless | Credit Lodge No. 219 |
| George Russell | 1887-88 | S. G. Treble | Barton Lodge No. 6 |
| William Kerns | 1886-87 | Burlington Lodge No. 165 | |
| Donald McPhie | 1885-86 | St. John’s No. 40 | |
| Gavin Stewart | 1884-85 | Lodge of Strict Observance No. 27 | |
| Hugh Murray | 1884-85 | Grand Master | Acacia Lodge No. 61 |
| J. M. Gibson | 1883-84 | Lodge of Strict Observance No. 27 | |
| Thomas Clark | 1882-83 | Valley Lodge No. 100 | |
| W. G. Reid | 1881-82 | St. John’s No. 40 | |
| + J. M. Meakins | 1880-81 | Lodge of Strict Observance No. 27 | |
| J. M. Meakins | 1879-80 | Lodge of Strict Observance No. 27 | |
| Hugh Murray | 1878-79 | Acacia Lodge No. 61 | |
| Hugh Murray | 1877-78 | Acacia Lodge No. 61 | |
| Richard Brierly | 1876-77 | Barton Lodge No. 6 | |
| Richard Brierly | 1875-76 | Barton Lodge No. 6 | |
| John James Mason | 1874-75 | Lodge of Strict Observance No. 27 | |
| John James Mason | 1873-74 | Lodge of Strict Observance No. 27 | |
| Edward Mitchell | 1872-73 | Acacia Lodge No. 61 | |
| Edward Mitchell | 1871-72 | Acacia Lodge No. 61 | |
| Edward Mitchell | 1870-71 | Acacia Lodge No. 61 | |
| July 11, 1870 the original Hamilton District 8 was split into Hamilton District and Niagara District. Hamilton District was to consist of the city of Hamilton and the Counties of Wentworth and Halton. Niagara was to consist of the Counties of Lincoln, Haldimand and Welland. | |||
| Isaac P. Willson | 1869-70 | Welland Lodge No. 36 – Fonthill | |
| John Parry | 1868-69 | Amity Lodge No. 32 | |
| James Seymour | 1867-68 | Niagara Lodge No. 2 | |
| James Seymour | 1866-67 | Niagara Lodge No. 2 | |
| In July 1866, on a recommendation of the B. of G. P. to G. L. in 1865, each District was to provide suitable D.D.G.M.’s Regalia to be worn on all Official occasions, and transferred to their successors on retiring from office. R. W. Bro. Thomas Bird Harris, Grand Secretary, and P.M. of St. John’s Lodge No. 40 Hamilton, took the matter in hand and purchased the handsome and costly Apron, Collar, Gauntlets and Jewel worn for the first time by R. W. Bro. James Seymour. | |||
| Harcourt B. Bull | 1865-66 | Barton Lodge No. 6 | |
| Harcourt B. Bull | 1864-65 | Barton Lodge No. 6 | |
| Wm. Bellhouse | 1863-64 | Lodge of Strict Observance No. 27 | |
| William Fitch | 1862-63 | Union Lodge No. 7 | |
| Charles McGill | 1861-62 | Barton Lodge No. 6 | |
| Charles McGill | 1860-61 | Barton Lodge No. 6 | |
| Richard Bull | 1859-60 | Lodge of Strict Observance No. 27 | |
| Richard Bull | 1858-59 | Lodge of Strict Observance No. 17 | |
| Charles McGill | 1857-58 | Barton Lodge No. 3 | |
| W. C. Stephens | 1856-57 | Acacia Lodge No. 30 | |