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Trevor W. McKeown

A few famous freemasons
Canada

Arts
Palmer Cox, creator of The Brownie stories
Henry Josiah DeForest, artist
Glenn Ford, actor
Charles Mair, poet
Oscar Peterson, musician
Gordon Sinclair, broadcaster Civics
William Ogilvie, Yukon Commissioner. Civil Service Lodge No. 148, Ottawa
Commerce and industry
Samuel Bronfman, businessman. i.: Covenant Lodge No. 108, Quebec, 27th April 1931
John D. Eaton, President T. Eaton Co.. Assinibone Lodge No. 114, Winnipeg
E. B. Eddy, E.B. Eddy Match Company. Worshipful Master, Eddy Lodge No. 41, Hull : 1873
John B. Maclean, founder Macleans magazine. Ionic Lodge No. 25, Toronto [?]
Hart Massey, Massey-Ferguson farm equipment
John Molson, founder Molson Breweries. Master: St. Paul’s Lodge, Montreal; PGM, Lower Canada 1826
Joseph Seagram, founder of the Seagram Distillery: Grand River Lodge No. 151, Ontario
Roy Thomson of Fleet, North Bay Lodge No. 617 Education
James A. Naismith, inventor of basketball
Joseph-François Perrault Military
Roy Brown WW I flying ace
Basil Deacon Hobbs DSO, OBE, DSC
Henry A. Larsen, RCMP. Mount Newton Lodge No. 89, Saanichton, BC [5]
Coulson Norman Mitchell, Victoria Cross (1919)
Sam Steele, NWMP.
W.R. "Wop" May, bush pilot
General James Wolfe
Provincial Premiers
Alberta
Alexander Cameron Rutherford (1857-1941), first Premier, 1905-1910; Acacia No. 11, WM: 1897 [27]
John Edward Brownlee, Premier (1884-1961), 1925-34 [27]
Edger Peter Lougheed (b. 1928)
Manitoba
Douglas Campbell: P.M. Assiniboine Lodge No. 7, Portage La Prairie.
Newfoundland
Joseph Smallwood Lodge Northcliffe No. 1886
British Columbia
Noted on a separate page.
Manitoba
Duff Roblin
Ontario
Noted below.
Nova Scotia
John Buchanan [G.L. Nova Scotia records]
Saskatchewan [17]
James Thomas Milton Anderson: (C) September 9, 1929- June 19, 1934 [b. July 23, 1878- d. 1946] i. March 26, 1921 - Banner Lodge No. 154, Regina.
Thomas Clement Douglas: (CCF) July 10, 1944 - 1961 [b. October 20, 1904, d. March 7, 1995] i. April 1, 1935, Wayburn Lodge No, 20 GRS, Wayburn.
William Melville Martin: (L} October 20, 1916 - April 22, 1922 [b. August 23, 1876, d. June 21, 1970] i. 1900, Harriston Lodge No. 262, Harriston, Ontario. Grand Master: 1927.
William John Patterson: (L) November 1, 1937 - July 10, 1944 [b. May 13, 1886, d. June 10, 1976] i. February 9, 1909, Evening Star Lodge No. 10, Grenfell.
Wilbert Ross Thatcher: (L) May 22, 1964 - June 30, 1971 [b. May 24, 1917, d. August 23, 1971] i. April 6, 1956, St. George’s Lodge No. 136, Moose Jaw. Prime Ministers
John A. Macdonald
John Abbott
MacKenzie Bowell
Robert Borden
Richard B. Bennett
John G. Diefenbaker Sciences
Sir Sandford Fleming (1827-1915), creator of first Canadian stamp and standard time. Sports
Harold Ballard, owner Toronto Maple Leafs hockey team. Corinthian No. 481, GRC
George Brent, Saskatchewan Huskies hockey team captain, 1940.
J.G. 'Jake' Gaudaur, CFL Commissioner
Tim Horton, hockey star, i. 1962: Kroy Lodge No. 676, Thornhill, ON
Fred "Cyclone" Taylor, Civil Service Lodge No. 148, Ottawa
"Whipper" Billy Watson (1916-1990) Canadian wrestling legend
Angus Walters, Bluenose captain Statecraft
Chief Joseph Brant [22]
Chief Tecumseh, Shawnee Leader [22]
George Robinson, 3rd Earl de Grey and 2nd Earl of Ripon, GM, UGLE
Sir Frederick Arthur, Lord Stanley, Governor General Victoria Cross recipients
Alexander R. Dunn, Ionic Lodge No. 18, Toronto, Ontario
Sir Richard Turner
Cyrus W. Peck
Robert Shankland
Robert McBeath †
Robert Hanna
A list of 130 Victoria Cross recipients has been researched but, at the compilers' request, is not available at this time.
British Columbia
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  1. Abbott, G. Blizard. Masonic Portraits: Sketches of Distinguished Freemasons. London, W. W. Morgan: 1879.
  2. Baird, George W.. Memorials. Little Masonic Library.
  3. Carter, S. Maurice. Who’s Who in British Columbia. Vancouver, S. Maurice Carter: 1945
  4. Coil, Henry Wilson. Coil’s Masonic Encyclopedia. Macoy Publishing, Richmond, Virginia: 1995 [0-88053-054-5]
  5. Denslow, William R.. 10,000 Famous Freemasons. Missouri Lodge of Research, Trenton, Missouri:1957-1961 (4 Vol.)
  6. Harrison, Jim. Biographical Journal of Freemasons: British Columbia and the World. Gavel Historical Society of British Columbia, Vancouver: n.d..
  7. Harrison, Jim. Freemasons Who Made a Difference. Gavel Historical Society of British Columbia, Vancouver, :1993.
  8. Haywood, H. L. Famous Masons. Macoy Publishing and Masonic Supply Company, Inc., Richmond, Virginia:1968.
  9. J.G. Masonic Portraits: Sketches of Distinguished Freemasons. W. W. Morgan, London: 1876.
  10. Lennhoff, Eugen. "The Freemasons". Oxford University Press. New York: 1934.
  11. Mackey, Albert G., Encyclopaedia of Freemasonry, An. The Chicago Masonic History Company, Chicago: 1966.
  12. Scottish Rite Journal. Washington, D.C.. [published monthly].
  13. Waite, Arthur Edward. New Encyclopedia of Freemasonry, A. University Books, New York: 1984"
  14. American Mason. Andrew Boracci, ed.. Sag Harbor, NY. 1997- <aboracci@optonline.net>.
  15. Hamill, John et al.. Freemasonry : A Celebration of the Craft. JG Press 1998. ISBN:1572152672.
  16. Livingston Masonic Library. [14].
  17. Saskatchewan: Laying the Corner Stone, Our Masonic Builders Barry W. Dixon, ed.. n.d. [pp. 1-12.]
  18. Masonic Service Association of North America, Short Talk Bulletin series.
  19. Philatelic Freemason, May-June 2001. http://www.msana.com/emarchives/emjun01.htm.
  20. <internet.lodge.org.uk/masonic/UGLE/history/famous.html >.
  21. The Phylaxis Society Public Affairs Office and Masonic Information Center.
  22. William R. Denslow, Freemasonry and the American Indian, Missouri Lodge of Research, St. Louis: 1956.
  23. Masonic Americana, Paul C. Rodenhauser, Chicago, Knights Templar Magazine: 1975.
  24. Grand Lodge of British Columbia & Yukon. Membership records.
  25. Texas Freemason, March, 1974.
  26. Paul C. Graham, "The Masonic Moroni" <geocities.com/masonicmoroni/> ; cf."Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society," Spring 1971, p. 81.
  27. Alberta Government website <http://www.assembly.ab.ca/lao/library/premiers/>
  28. Who’s Who in British Columbia (Registered) 1944-45-46. S. Maurice Carter, ed. & publisher, Vancouver.
  29. "The Year 1922 in English Masonry," Dudley Wright. The Builder National Masonic Research Society. March, 1923. p. 90.
  30. The Phylaxis. Boston : The Phylaxis Society, 1981. Third Quarter p. 58.
  31. Herbert G. Gardiner, P.G.S. Grand Historian, Grand Lodge of Hawaii (March 15, 2002), Northern California Research Lodge.
For further information, visit:
Famous Scottish Masons grandlodgescotland.com/website/famous.html
Grand Lodge of Louisiana la-mason.com/famous.htm
Grand Lodge of Kentucky grandlodgekentucky.com/famous_mason_s.html
Toledo Lodge, Ohio toledoaasr.com/famous.htm
Continental Lodge members.tripod.com/Edward_Weigert/masonsin.htm
Famous Freemasons links www.bessel.org/famemas.htm