Past Grand Superintendents of District No.12


2010-2011
R.Ex.Comp. Stewart Evans
Prince of Wales Chapter No.133 - Perth

2009-2010
R.Ex.Comp. Ralph Harold Miller
Sussex-St,Lawrence Chapter No.59 - Brockville

2008-2009
R.Ex.Comp. David Bertram Lyon
Dochert Chapter No.248 - Arnprior

2007-2008
R.Ex.Comp. David John Andrews
Maple-Granite Chapter No.61 - Carleton Place

2006-2007
R.Ex.Comp. Michael W Channing
Maple-Granite Chapter No.61 - Carleton Place

2005-2006
R.Ex.Comp. Joseph C Dove
Sussex-St.Lawrence Chapter No.59 - Brockville

2003-2004 & 2004-2005
R.Ex.Comp. Maurice (Ted) Jenkins
Grenville Chapter No.22 - Prescott


In April 2003 Grand Chapter renamed several districts and re-aligned Chapters;
  • St. Lawrence District No.12 was renamed District No.12
  • Ottawa District No.13 was renamed District No.13
  • Ancient Frontenac and Cataraqui Chapter No.1 (Kingston) moved from District No.12 to District No.11
  • Maple-Granite Chapter No.61 (Carleton Place) moved from District No.13 to District No.12
  • Maitland Chapter No.68 (Kemptville) moved from District No.12 to District N0.13
  • Covenant-St.John's Chapter No. 113 (Cornwall) moved from District No.12 to District No.13
  • Sanhedrin Chapter No.114 (Renfrew) moved from District No.13 to District No.12
  • Dochert Chapter No.248 (Arnprior) moved from District No.13 to District No.12


  • St. Lawrence District No.12 Grand Superintendents

    2002-2003
    R.Ex.Comp. Douglas Alfred Dale
    Chapter No.

    2001-2002
    R.Ex.Comp. Thomas Alexander Smith
    Chapter No.

    2000-2001
    R.Ex.Comp. Garry Harper
    Maitland Chapter No.68

    1999-2000
    R.Ex.Comp. Robert W Eyre
    Sussex-St.Lawerence Chapter No.59

    1998-1999
    R.Ex.Comp. Walter T Bulbeck
    Grenville Chapter No.22

    1997-1998
    R.Ex.Comp. Roland A Paddle
    Ancient Frotenac and Cataraqui Chapter No.1

    1996-1997
    R.Ex.Comp. Walter T Bulbeck
    Grenville Chapter No.22

    1995-1996
    R.Ex.Comp. Winston Kinnard
    Maitland Chapter No.68

    1994-1995 & 1993-1994
    R.Ex.Comp. Herman Snider
    Sussex-St.Lawrence Chapter No.59

    1992-1993
    R.Ex.Comp. Richard Suppes
    Chapter No.

    1991-1992
    R.Ex.Comp. William Holton
    Ancient Frontenac & Cataraqui Chapter No.1

    1990-1991
    R.Ex.Comp. Graydon Abbott
    Maitland Chapter No.68

    1989-1990
    R.Ex.Comp. S. P. Brunt
    St.Johns Chapter No.112

    1988-1989
    R.Ex.Comp. Thomas Bouret
    Sussex-St.Lawrence Chapter No.59

    1987-1988
    R.Ex.Comp. Charles E. Houghton
    Chapter No.

    1986-1987
    R.Ex.Comp. Raymond Pickell
    Acient Frontenac & Cataraqui Chapter No.1

    1985-1986
    R.Ex.Comp. Winston Kinnaird
    Maitland Chapter No.68

    1984-1985
    R.Ex.Comp. Fredrick Devaul
    Chapter No.

    1983-1984
    R.Ex.Comp. Howard Warren
    Sussex-St.Lawrence Chapter No.59

    1982-1983
    R.Ex.Comp. Lawrence O. Walker
    Grenville Chapter No.22

    1981-1982
    R.Ex.Comp. Claude Scilley
    Grenville Chapter No.22

    1980-1981
    R.Ex.Comp. Stanley Arthur Price
    Maitland Chapter No.68

    1979-1980
    R.Ex.Comp. Orval Howard Francis
    Sussex-St.Lawrence Chapter No.59

    1978-1979
    R.Ex.Comp. George Russell Drummond
    Grenville Chapter No.22

    1977-1978
    R.Ex.Comp. Thomas Albert Irwin
    Maitland Chapter No.68

    1976-1977
    R.Ex.Comp. Ralph L. Glostlin
    Ancient Frontenac & Cataraqui Chapter No.1

    1975-1976
    R.Ex.Comp. Gordon A. Forbes
    Maitland Chapter No.68

    1974-1975
    R.Ex.Comp. Theodore A. Parkin
    Sussex-St.Lawrence Chapter No.59

    1973-1974
    R.Ex.Comp. Robert Keith Laushway
    Grenville Chapter No.22

    1972-1973
    R.Ex.Comp. Douglas Ralph Hough
    St.Johns Chapter No.112

    1971-1972
    R.Ex.Comp. Arthur Leslie Farnsworth
    Covenant Chapter No.113

    1970-1971
    R.Ex.Comp. Robert H. Seymour
    Ancient Frontenac & Cataraqui Chapter No.1

    1969-1970
    R.Ex.Comp. Harry Truman
    Leeds Chapter No.1326

    1968-1969
    R.Ex.Comp. Ernest B. Dangerfield
    Maitland Chapter No.68

    1967-1968
    R.Ex.Comp. Alfred Regan
    Sussex-St.Lawrence Chapter No.59

    1966-1967
    R.Ex.Comp. Alexander Barnard
    Grenville Chapter No.22

    1965-1966
    R.Ex.Comp. George William Gorrell
    St.Johns Chapter No.112

    1964-1965
    R.Ex.Comp. Norman Gordon M. Tuck
    Covenant Chapter No.113

    1963-1964
    R.Ex.Comp. William H. Gummer
    Ancient Frontenac & Cataraqui Chapter No.1

    1962-1963
    R.Ex.Comp.James A Greer
    Sussex-St.Lawrence Chapter No.59

    1961-1962
    R.Ex.Comp. Keith Forbes
    Maitland Chapter No.68

    1960-1961
    R.Ex.Comp. Gideon Purcell
    Maitland Chapter No.68

    1959-1960
    R.Ex.Comp. John C. Sim
    Grenville Chapter No.22

    1958-1959
    R.Ex.Comp. Donald H. Robertson
    St.Johns Chapter No.112

    1957-1958
    R. Ex. Comp. R. M. Armstrong
    Covenant Chapter No.113

    1956-1957
    R. Ex. Comp. Charles Harold Stall
    Ancient Frontenac & Cataraqui Chapter No.1@

    1955-1956
    R. Ex. Comp. Hugh Donald Hyndman
    Maitland Chapter No.68

    1954-1955
    R. Ex. Comp. John Harold Kingston
    Sussex-St.Lawrence Chapter No.59

    1953-1954
    R. Ex. Comp. George C. Gibbins
    Leeds Chapter No.132

    1952-1953
    R. Ex. Comp. Rev. J. A. Payton
    Grenville Chapter No.22

    1951-1952
    R. Ex. Comp. Lawrence Noble Armstrong
    Ancient Frontenac & Cataraqui Chapter No.1

    1950-1951
    R. Ex. Comp. Clinton A. Markell
    Covenant Chapter No.113

    1949-1950
    R. Ex. Comp. Cecil D. Beckett
    Maitland Chapter No.68

    1948-1949
    R. Ex. Comp. James Neil MacMillan
    Leeds Chapter No.132

    1947-1948
    R. Ex. Comp. Thomas Young
    Sussex-St.Lawrence Chapter No.59

    1946-1947
    R. Ex. Comp. Andrew Ivan Lane
    Grenville Chapter No.22

    1945-1946
    R. Ex. Comp. Thos. Nelson Clarke
    Ancient Frontenac & Cataraqui Chapter No.1



    1944-1945
    R. Ex. Comp. Curtis James Lazerte
    St.Johns Chapter No.112l

  • Maitland Chapter No.68 (North Augusta) moves to Kemptville


  • 1943-1944
    R. Ex. Comp. Alexander Mitchell
    Covenant Chapter No.113

    1942-1943
    R. Ex. Comp. Alfred Edward Seamark
    Sussex-St.Lawrence Chapter No.59

    1941-1942
    R. Ex. Comp. Edwin Adams Cook
    Grenville Chapter No.22
  • Formation of Sussex-St.Lawrence Chapter No.59 (Brockville)


  • 1940-1941
    R. Ex. Comp. Herbert F. Thomson
    Ancient Frontenac & Cataraqui Chapter No.16

    1939-1940
    R. Ex. Comp. D. A. Currie
    St.Johns Chapter No.112

    1938-1939
    R. Ex. Comp. H. E. Gardiner
    Sussex Chapter No.59

    1937-1938
    R. Ex. Comp. Howard Elliott Meadd
    Covenant Chapter No.113

    1936-1937
    R. Ex. Comp. William Root
    Sussex Chapter No.59

    1935-1936
    R. Ex. Comp. Albert Harris
    Leeds Chapter No.132

    1934-1935
    R. Ex. Comp. Robert Cavanagh
    Maitland Chapter No.68

    1933-1934
    R. Ex. Comp. J. W. Ault
    Grenville Chapter No.22

    1932-1833
    R. Ex. Comp. Wm. H. Gimblett
    Ancient Frontenac & Cararqui Chapter No.1

    1931-1932
    R. Ex. Comp. H. M. Borthwick
    St.Lawrence Chapter No.100

    1930-1931
    R. Ex. Comp. John Sugden
    Covenant Chapter No.113

    1929-1930
    R. Ex. Comp. D. Fink
    St.Johns Chapter No.112

    1928-1929
    R. Ex. Comp. Charles Wyatt McLean
    Sussex Chapter No.59 (TBC)

    1927-1928
    R. Ex. Comp. Herbert F. Ward
    Leeds Chapter No.132

    1926-1927
    R. Ex. Comp. Frederick W. Elliott
    Grenville Chapter No.22

    1925-1926
    R. Ex. Comp. Harvey J. Milne
    Ancient Frontenac & Cataraqui Chapter No.1

    1924-1925
    R. Ex. Comp. Charles William Marclh
    St.Johns Chapter No.112

    1923-1924
    R. Ex. Comp. Maurice Brown
    Sussex Chapter No.59

    1922-1923
    R. Ex. Comp. Chas. T. Wilkinson
    St.Lawrence Chapter No.100

    1921-1922
    R. Ex. Comp. John J. Davis
    Leeds Chapter No.132

    1920-1921
    R. Ex. Comp. William W. Sheets
    Covenant Chapter No.113

    1919-1920
    R. Ex. Comp. John A. Fleming
    Grenville Chapter No.22

    1918-1919
    R. Ex. Comp. W. Y. Mills
    Ancient Frontenac & Cataraqui Chapter No.1

    1917-1918
    R. Ex. Comp. George M. Gorrell
    St.Johns Chapter No.112

    1916-1917
    R. Ex. Comp. A. L. Stein
    Sussex Chapter No.59

    1915-1916
    R. Ex. Comp. W. H. Waddell, M.D.
    Chapter No.

    1914-1915
    R. Ex. Comp. J. W. Forbes
    Sussex Chapter No.59

    1913-1914
    R. Ex. Comp. Chas. J. Hamilton
    Covenant Chapter No.113

    1912-1913
    R. Ex. Comp. A. B. Munro
    Leeds Chapter No.132

    1911-1912
    R. Ex. Comp. W. T. Connell
    Ancient Frontenac & Cararaqui Chapter No.1

    1910-1911
    R. Ex. Comp. Will C. Davy
    St.Johns Chapter No.112

    1909-1910
    R. Ex. Comp. A. S. Knapp
    Sussex Chapter No.59

    1908-1909
    R. Ex. Comp. Geo. B. Magee
    Chapter No.

    1907-1908
    R. Ex. Comp. Francis Bisset
    Maitland Chapter No.68

    1906-1907
    R. Ex. Comp. Thos. Dowell
    Sussex Chapter No.59

    1905-1906
    R. Ex. Comp. Wm. Allison Logan
    Grenville Chapter No.22

    1904-1905
    Ex. Comp. W. K. Farlinger (never installed)
    St.Johns Chapter No.112

    1903-1904
    R. Ex. Comp. W. H. Mowat
    St.Lawrence Chapter No.100

    1902-1903
    R. Ex. Comp. W. S. R. March
    Covenant Chapter No.113

    1901-1902
    R. Ex. Comp. N. J. Fraid
    Sussex Chapter No.59

    1900-1901
    R. Ex. Comp. Jonathan Greene
    Sussex Chapter No.59

    1899-1900
    R. Ex. Comp. Wm. Thomson
    Ancient Frontenac & Cataraqui Chapter No.1

    1898-1899
    R. Ex. Comp. Wm. Thomson
    Ancient Frontenac & Cataraqui Chapter No.1

    1897-1898
    R. Ex. Comp. J. F. Graham
    Grenville Chapter No.22

    1896-1897
    R. Ex. Comp. C. H. Fitzsimmons
    Sussex Chapter No.59

    1895-1896
    R. Ex. Comp. J. F. Graham
    Grenville Chapter No.22


    In 1896 Grand Chapter split Central District No.12 into two new districts
    St. Lawrence District No.12 and Ottawa District No.13.
    The newly formed St. Lawrence District No.12 includes 7 chapters:
  • Ancient Frontenac and Cataraqui Chapter No.1 (Kingston)
  • Grenville Chapter No.22 (Prescott)
  • Sussex Chapter No.59 (Brockville)
  • Maitland Chapter No.68 (North Augusta)
  • St.Lawrence Chapter No.100 (Brockville)
  • St.John's Chapter No.112 (Morrisburg)
  • Covenant Chapter No.113 (Cornwall)


  • Central District No.12 Grand Superintendents

    1894-1895
    R. Ex. Comp. James Adams
    Ancient Frontenac and Cataraqui Chapter No.1
  • Covenant Chapter No.113 (Aultsville) moves to Cornwall



  • 1893-1894
    R. Ex. Comp. Enoch Bruce Butterworth
    Carleton Chapter No.16
  • Formation of St.John's Chapter No.112 (Morrisburg)

  • Formation of Covenant Chapter No.113 (Aultsville)

  • Formation of Bonechere Chapter No.114 (Renfrew)

  • Formation of Maple Chapter No.116 (Carleton Place)

  • Pembroke Chapter No.58 (Pembroke) moves to Mattawa


  • 1892-1893
    R. Ex. Comp. James Reynolds
    St.Lawrence Chapter No.100

    1891-1892
    R. Ex. Comp. Richard Thomas Walkem
    Ancient Frontenac and Cataraqui Chapter No.1

    1890-1891
    R. Ex. Comp. Abraham Shaw
    Cataraqui Chapter No.12
  • Pembroke Chapter No.58 (Pembroke) reopens


  • 1889-1890
    R. Ex. Comp. David Taylor
    Carleton Chapter No.16

    1888-1889
    R. Ex. Comp. George Gale
    Sussex Chapter No.59
  • Formation of St.Lawrence Chapter No.100 (Brockville)


  • 1887-1888
    R. Ex. Comp. George Gale
    Sussex Chapter No.59
  • Maitland Chapter No.68 (Maitland) moves to North Augusta


  • 1886-1887
    R. Ex. Comp. Edwin Plant
    Carleton Chapter No.16


    In 1866 Grand Chapter enacted the following changes
  • Central District No.10 renamed Central District No.11


  • 1885-1886
    R. Ex. Comp. Edwin Plant
    Carleton Chapter No.16
  • Formation of Ancient Frontenac Chapter and Cataraqui Chapter No.1 (Kingston)


  • 1884-1885
    R. Ex. Comp. Edwin Plant
    Carleton Chapter No.16

    1883-1884
    R. Ex. Comp. W D Gordon(replaced by)
    R. Ex. Comp. George M Wilkinson
    Ancient Frontenac Chapter No.1

    1882-1883
    R. Ex. Comp. George M Wilkinson
    Ancient Frontenac Chapter No.1
  • Granite Chapter No.61 (Perth) moves to Almonte June 11th 1883


  • 1881-1882
    R. Ex. Comp. John Moore
    Carleton Chapter No.16
  • Sussex Chapter No.59 (Brockville) reported as dormant


  • 1880-1881
    R. Ex. Comp. John Moore
    Carleton Chapter No.16

    1879-1880
    R. Ex. Comp. Thomas Gordon
    Ancient Frontenac Chapter No.1
  • Pembroke Chapter No.58 (Pembroke) destroyed by fire December 25th 1880


  • 1878-1879
    R. Ex. Comp. Dr. R V Moore MD
    Sussex Chapter No.59

    1877-1878
    R. Ex. Comp. Dr. R V Moore MD
    Sussex Chapter No.59


    In 1866 Grand Chapter enacted the following changes
  • Central District No.9 renamed Central District No.10


  • 1876-1877
    R. Ex. Comp. William Morrison Somerville
    Carleton Chapter No.16

    1875-1876
    R. Ex. Comp. William Morrison Somerville
    Carleton Chapter No.16

    1874-1875
    R. Ex. Comp. James Stephenson
    Grenville Chapter No.22
  • Formation of Maitland Chapter No.68 (Maitland)



  • In 1866 Grand Chapter enacted the following changes
  • Central District No.8 renamed Central District No.9


  • 1873-1874
    R. Ex. Comp. Robert Hendry Jr.
    Cataraqui Chapter No.12
  • Formation of Sussex Chapter No.59 (Brockville)

  • Formation of Granite Chapter No.61 (Perth)


  • 1872-1873
    R. Ex. Comp. John James Gemmell
    Carleton Chapter No.16
  • Formation of Pembroke Chapter No.58 (Pembroke)


  • 1871-1872
    R. Ex. Comp. George M Wilkinson
    Ancient Frontenac and Cataraqui Chapter No.1

    1870-1871
    R. Ex. Comp. (Rev) Charles Forest
    Grenville Chapter No.22

    1869-1870
    R. Ex. Comp. George M Wilkinson
    Ancient Frontenac Chapter No.1


    In 1866 Grand Chapter enacted the following changes
  • Central District No.7 renamed Central District No.8


  • 1868-1869
    R. Ex. Comp. Micheal John May
    Carleton Chapter No.16


    In 1866 Grand Chapter enacted the following changes
  • Central District No.6 renamed Central District No.7


  • 1867-1868
    R. Ex. Comp. Alexander S Kirkpatrick
    Ancient Frontenac Chapter No.1


    In 1866 Grand Chapter enacted the following changes
  • Central District No.5 renamed Central District No.6
  • Moria Chapter No.7 (Napanee) moves to the newly created Prince Edward District No.11
  • St.Mark's Chapter No.26 (Trenton) moves to the newly created Prince Edward District No.11


  • Central District No.11 Grand Superintendents

    1866-1867
    R. Ex. Comp. E H Parker
    Ancient Frontenac Chapter No.1

    1865-1866
    R. Ex. Comp. Samuel D Fowler
    Ancient Frontenac Chapter No.1

    1864-1865
    R. Ex. Comp. Edward J Barker
    Cataraqui Chapter No.12
  • Formation of St.Mark's Chapter No.26 (Trenton)


  • 1863-1864
    R. Ex. Comp. John Kerr
    Ancient Frontenac Chapter No.1

    1862-1863
    R. Ex. Comp. James Alexander Henderson
    Ancient Frontenac Chapter No.1


    In 1866 Grand Chapter enacted the following changes
  • Central District No.4 renamed Central District No.5


  • 1861-1862
    R. Ex. Comp. George F La Serre
    Ancient Frontenac Chapter No.1
  • Formation of Grenville Chapter No.22 (Prescott)


  • 1860-1861
    R. Ex. Comp. John Charles Franck
    Moria Chapter No.7
  • Formation of Cataraqui Chapter No.12 (Kingston)

  • Formation of Carleton Chapter No.16 (Ottawa)


  • 1859-1860
    R. Ex. Comp. John Charles Franck
    Moria Chapter No.7

    1858-1859
    R. Ex. Comp. William Benjamin Simpson
    Ancient Frontenac Chapter No.1


    In 1858 Grand Chapter adopted a Constituion creating Districts.
    Central District No.4 in 1858 included two chapters:
  • Ancient Frontenac Chapter No.1 (Kingston)
  • Moria Chapter No.7 (Napanee)