REID, LOFTUS HENRY - b. Enniskillen, Ireland, 1889; Member of Ontario LOL 142, Toronto; Chairman of the Toronto Board of Education in 1927; Grand Secretary of the GOL of Canada

RICHARDSON, GEORGE, V.C. - b. Killeshandra, County Cavan, Ireland, August 1, 1831; Came to Canada in 1862; Member of Stratton LOL 351; Joined the Prince of Wales Rifles in 1865 and held the rank of sergeant; He was the first Orangeman to be awarded the Victoria Cross: his citation read "At Kewanie, Trans-Gogra, on the 27th April, 1859, for determined courage in having, although severely wounded, one arm being disable, closed with and secured a rebel Sepoy armed with a loaded revolver."

ROBERTS, WILLIAM FRANCIS, M.D., M.P.P. - b. Saint John New Brunswick, 1869; President of the N.B. Medical Association in 1920; President of Kiwanis International, 1930-1931; M.P.P. - Saint John - 1917, 1920; Minister of Public Health, 1918-1925

ROBERTSON, JOHN ROSS, M.P. - b. Toronto, December 28, 1841; Founder and publisher of 'The Toronto Telegram'; Initiated into Temperance LOL 301;M.P. -Toronto East - 1896

ROBINSON, JOHN MOORE, M.P.P. - b. Hustonville, Ontario, 1855; Moved to Manitoba in 1879; Publisher of 'The Brandon Times'; Grand Master of the GOL of Manitoba - 1886; M.P.P. - Woodlands, Manitoba, 1886-1888

ROWE, WILLIAM EARL, M.P., M.P.P. - b. Hull, Iowa, May 13, 1894; Member of Newton Robinson, Ontario, LOL 269; M.P.P. for Dufferin-Simcoe - 1925, 1926, 1930, 1935. Elected leader of the Ontario Conservative Party in 1936. He was defeated in the general election of 1937,; M.P. - 1937, 1940, 1945, 1949, 1953, 1957, 1958; Lieutenant Governor of Ontario

ROWLAND, REVEREND DAVID - b. Dublin, Ireland, September 23, 1908; Ordained a Presbyterian minister in 1935; Chaplain of the Irish Regiment of Canada during W.W. 2; Grand Master of the GOL of Ontario West, 1958-1959

SAUNDERS, LESLIE HOWARD - b. Essex, England, September 12, 1899; Came to Canada in 1906; North Bay, Ontario alderman, 1923-1928; Initiated into LOL 876 on July 11, 1918; County Master of East Nipissing - 1924; Grand Master of the GOL of Ontario West, 1929-1931; Grand Master of the GOL of Canada, 1957 -1960, 1964 - 1967; President of the Imperial Grand Orange Council of the World, 1967-1970; Mayor of Toronto - 1954; Mayor of East York, 1976-1978; Served in the 159th Battalion during W.W. 1 - wounded in action

SCOTT, DAVID LYNCH - b. Brampton, Ontario, August 21, 1845; Called to the Ontario bar in 1870; Mayor of Orangeville, Ontario, 1879-1880. Moved to Regina in 1882; First mayor of Regina, Saskatchewan

SCOTT, LIEUTENANT-COLONEL JAMES HENDERSON, K.C. - b. Simcoe County, Ontario, August 6, 1858; Reeve of Kincardine; Warden of Bruce County; Commanding Officer of the 32nd Regiment, 1891-1899; Grand Master of the GOL of Canada, 1911-1914

SCOTT, LIEUTENANT-COLONEL THOMAS, M.P., M.P.P. - b. Lanark County, Ontario, February 16, 1841; Editor and Publisher of 'The Perth Expositor', 1861-1873; He was a member of the 1st Ontario Rifles in 1870 during the Riel Rebellion; He organized the 95th Battalion in 1885; Mayor of Winnipeg, 1877-1878; Member of LOL 1307; M.P.P. - Winnipeg, 1878-1880;M.P. - Selkirk, Manitoba - 1880, 1882-1887

SCOTT, THOMAS - b. Clandeboye, Ireland, 1843; He came to Canada in 1863 and was a farm labourer in Hastings County, Ontario; Member of the Stirling Rifles; Executed by firing squad on March4, 1870, on orders of Louis Riel; his death caused the first Riel Rebellion

SENN, MARK CECIL, M.P. - b. Oneida, Haldimand County, Ontario, June 1, 1878; Schoolteacher for four years; Business and advertising manager of 'The Mail and Empire', 1906-1928; M.P. - Haldimand - 1921, 1925, 1926, 1930, 1935, 1945

SHANNON, WILLIAM - Member of LOL 834; Grand Secretary of the GOL of Ontario East, 1860-1865; Author of 'THE DOMINION ORANGE HARMONIST' and 'THE ORANGE INVOLVEMENT ON THE VISIT OF H.M. THE PRINCE OF WALES, 1860'; One of the main organizers of the Orange Lodges' show of strength at Kingston, Ontario in 1860 during the visit of the Prince of Wales

SHARPE, THOMAS - b. Sligo, Ireland, March 14, 1866; Came to Canada in 1885 and moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1892; Mayor of Winnipeg, 1903-1906; Grand Master of the GOL of Manitoba, 1907-1908

SHAW, JOHN, M.P.P. - b. Toronto, 1837; Lawyer; Member of McKinley LOL 275;Mayor of Toronto, 1897-1899;M.P.P. - North Toronto, 1908-1911

SHEPPARD, EDMUND ERNEST - b. Elgin County, Ontario, September 29, 1855; Editor of 'The St Thomas Journal', 1881-1883; Editor of 'The Toronto News', 1883-1887; He founded 'Saturday Night' in Toronto in 1887 and was editor until 1906;He ran for the mayoralty of Toronto in 1893 as a Labour candidate;He purchased the 'Toronto Evening Star' in 1895 and edited it for two years

SHIPMAN, HAROLD C. - b. Ottawa, Ontario, February 21, 1891;Chairman of the Ottawa Public School Board in 1925;Grand Master of the GOL of Ontario East, 1932-1933

SKINNER, CHARLES NELSON, M.P.,M.P.P. - b. Saint John, New Brunswick, March 12, 1833; Signer of Orange Incorporation Bill in 1890; Member of Havelock LOL 27; M.P.P. - Saint John, 1861-1864, 1866-1868; Solicitor-General of New Brunswick, 1865-1868;M.P. - Saint John - 1887, 1891

SMALLWOOD, JOSEPH, M.P.P. - b. Gambo, Newfoundland, December 24, 1900; Member of Royal Oak LOL 1285; The person responsible for the entry of Newfoundland into Confederation; Premier of Newfoundland, 1949-1972

SMITH, REVEREND EDWIN - b. Merigonish, Nova Scotia; During W.W.1 he served in the Royal Navy from 1916-1919;In 1916 he was given command with the rank of Lieutenant RNVR. He was the only ordained clergyman to command one of H.M. ships of war.

SPENCE, DAVID, M.P. - b. Markethill, County Armagh, Ireland, January 25, 1867;Came to Canada in 1888;Member of Toronto City Council for six years;Captain in the Toronto Irish Regiment, 1916-1918;Member of Parkdale LOL 207; M.P. - Parkdale - 1921, 1925, 1926, 1930, 1935

SPROULE, Dr. THOMAS SIMPSON, M.P. - b. King Township, Ontario, October 25, 1843; Vererinarian;M.P. - East Grey - 1880 - 1915; Speaker of the House of Commons - 1911;Grand Master of the GOL of Canada, 1902-1911

SQUIRES, SIR RICHARD, K.C., M.P.P. - b. Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, January 18, 1880; Member of Royal Oak LOL 1286; Grand Master of the GOL of Newfoundland, 1913-1915, 1925-1926;Grand Master of the GOL of Canada, 1937-1940; Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Newfoundland, 1914-1917;In 1917 he was sworn in as Premier of Newfoundland and as Colonial Secretary. His government lasted until 1923. He was again elected as Premier in 1928 and defeated in June, 1932;Grand Master of the Grand Black Chapter of Canada, 1913-1914

STEVENS, HENRY HERBERT, M.P. - b. Bristol, England, December 8, 1878; He came to Canada in 1887;M.P - Vancouver - 1911, 1917, 1921, 1925, 1926. He was defeated in 1930.;M.P. - Kootenay East, 1930-1940;Sworn in as a member of the Privy Council in September, 1921;Minister of Trade and Commerce - 1921;Minister of Customs - 1926;He formed and led the Reconstruction Party in the General Election of 1935. The Conservatives elected only 39 members because of his. His party polled 400,000 votes. He returned to the Conservative Party after the resignation of R.B. Bennett;He served with the American Army during the Boxer Rebellion

STEWART, WILLIAM JAMES, C.B.E., M.P.P. - b. Toronto, February 13, 1889; Member of LOL 657 and LOL 3271;Mayor of Toronto, 1930-1934;M.P.P. - Toronto-Parkdale, 1938-1948, 1951-1959;Speaker of the Ontario Legislature in 1943

TAIT, J. STARR, O.B.E., K.C. - b. Saint John, New Brunswick; Member of Verner LOL 1, Saint John; Grand Master of the GOL of New Brunswick;Grand Master of the GOL of Canada, 1933-1937;

TAYLOR, LIEUTENANT-COLONEL FAWCETT GOWLER, D.S.O.,M.P.P. - b.Manitoba, April 29, 1878;Member of LOL 1351, Portage la Prairie, Manitoba; Called to the bar in 1900;Mayor of Portage la Prairie, 1912-1915;Served as a major in the 45th Battalion in W.W. 1;M.P.P. - Portage la Prairie - 1920, 1922, 1927, 1932;Became leader of the Manitoba Conservative Party in 1922;Appointed a judge in Manitoba in 1933

TAYLOR, GEORGE, M.P. - b. Lansdowne, Ontario, 1840;Warden of Leeds and Grenville Counties;M.P. - South Leeds and Leeds, 1882-1914;Chief Conservative Party Whip for twenty-five years;"Always a good and fair fighter" - Sir Wilfrid Laurier

THOMPSON, JOSEPH ELIJAH, M.P.P. - b. Toronto, July 19, 1867; County Master of Toronto, 1907-1908;M.P.P. - St. David, Toronto - 1919, 1923, 1926;Speaker of the Ontario Legislature in 1924

THOMPSON, THOMAS HENRY, M.P. - b. Madoc, Ontario, July 1, 1866;Grand Master of the GBC of Ontario East; County Master of Hastings; M.P. - Hastings East - 1917, 1921

TUMMON, W.E., M.P. - b.Hastings County, Ontario, February 6, 1879;President of the Conservative Association of East Hantings for ten years;Grand Master of the GOL of Ontario East;M.P. - East Hastings - 1925, 1926

TYRWHITT, LIEUTENANT-COLONEL RICHARD, M.P. - b.Simcoe County, Ontario, November, 29, 1844;Lieutenant-Colonel of the 35th Battalion in 1876;Lieutenant-Colonel of the 36th Peel Battalion in 1886;Served in the Northwest Rebellion in 1885;Member of the NOBLE 13;M.P. - South Simcoe, 1882-1900

VAN INGEN, A.J. - b.Schenectady, New York, 1828;Member of LOL 52, Cobourg, Ontario; Grand Secretary of the GOL of Ontario East, 1869-1892

VANSTONE, JOHN D. - b.Holsworthy, England, February 22, 1848;Member of LOL 1301, Gravenhurst, Ontario;County Master in 1925;Mayor of Gravenhurst, 1910-1911, 1920-1921, 1924-1925

WALLACE, NATHANIEL CLARKE, M.P. - b. Woodbridge, Ontario, May 21, 1844;Member of LOL 28;M.P. - West York, 1878-1900;Appointed Controller of Customs, 1892-1895;Introduced the Orange Incorporation Bill in Parliament in 1890;Led 13 members of parliament out of the House of Commons to protest the passing of the Jesuit Estates Bill;In 1895 he led a revolt against the government over the Manitoba Remedial Bill - his actions caused the downfall of the Bowell government;Grand Master of the GOL of Canada, 1887-1902

WARD, LIEUTENANT-COLONEL HENRY ALFRED, K.C.,M.P. - b. Port Hope, Ontario, August 20, 1849;Mayor of Port Hope;M.P. - East Durham, 1885-1908

WARREN, JOHN HENRY,M.P.P. - b.Devon, England, 1812;He was successful in seven of nine elections between 1852 and 1878. All of them were in the riding of Bonavista except in 1873 when he ran in the riding of Trinity. Named to the Newfoundland Legislative Council in 1879

WEMP, BERT, O.B.E. - b.Tweed, Ontario, July 3, 1889;Mayor of Toronto - 1930;Editor of 'The Toronto Telegram';Served in the Royal Air Force during W.W.1 - he was the first Canadian to be awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. He was also awarded the Croix de Guerre.

WHITE, JOHN, M.P. -b.County Donegal, Ireland, May 6, 1833;Foundry owner;Member of LOL 274, Belleville, Ontario;Grand Master of the GOL of Ontario East, 1874-1878;M.P. - Hastings East, 1871-1887

WHITELAW, REVEREND J.M. - b.Glasgow,Scotland;He spent thirteen years as a Presbyterian minister in Megantic County, Quebec;County Master of Victoria, Ontario;Grand Chaplain of the GOL of Ontario East

WILD, REVEREND JOSEPH - b.Lancashire, England, November 16, 1834;Methodist and Congregational minister, he was a strong believer in the tenets of British Isrelism;In 1855 he moved to the U.S. and came to Canada in 1857;In 1872 he moved to Brooklyn, N.Y. and became minister of Seventh Avenue Methodist Church;in 1880 he became pastor of Bond Street Congregational Church, Toronto;In 1891, in a poll conducted by the 'Toronto Mail', he was voted the most popular preacher in Ontario

WILLIS, EDWARD, M.P.P. - b. Halifax, Nova Scotia, November 5, 1835;Member of LOL 70;Grand Master of the GOL of New Brunswick, 1876-1879;M.P.P. - Saint John,N.B. - 1870, 1874, 1878

WILLOUGHBY, WELLINGTON BARTLEY, M.P.P. - b.Caledon, Ontario, July 10, 1859;M.P.P. - Saskatchewan, 1912-1917;Appointed to the Senate in 1917;Became Conservative leader of the Senate in 1929

WILSON, WILLIAM, M.P.P. - b.Douglas, New Brunswick, June 2, 1845;Called to the bar in 1876;Grand Master of the GOL of New Brunswick;M.P.P. - York - 1885;Appointed as a judge in York County in 1898

WINTER, JAMES SPEARMAN, K.C.,M.P.P. - b. Lamaline, Newfoundland, January 1, 1845;M.P.P., 1874-1900;Premier of Newfoundland, 1897-1900;He became Attorney-General in 1885 as a result of Premier Whiteway resigning over the Harbour Grace Affray. He quit politics in 1900;Grand Master of the GOL of Newfoundland, 1878-1885

YOUNG, REVEREND GEORGE - b.Prince Edward County, Ontario, December 31, 1821;He wrote a book containing information on the Riel Rebellion - 'MANITOBA MEMORIES';He was present with Thomas Scott when he was executed.

ZEIDMAN, REVEREND MORRIS - b.Poland, August 15, 1894;Served as W.M. of Joshua LOL 154, Toronto;Superintendent of the Scott Mission, Toronto;Served over three millions meals to the poor and unemployed during the depression, 1930-1939