County Orange Lodge of Toronto
Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
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The Formation of the County Orange Lodge of Toronto
The present County Orange Lodge of Toronto was formerly a District Lodge in the original County of York. At the County of York meeting in February, 1859 held in Holland Landing, the County of York was divided into four counties; namely, York East, York West, York North and Toronto. There were 96 brethren present at that meeting, the largest meeting of the County of York up to that time. The motion to divide the County into four was to properly reflect the federal electoral districts at that time. The motion was put forward by Brother Rev. Harry Bath Osler and seconded by Brother Harcourt P. Gowan and passed by the members of the lodge unanimously. The Notice Calling the First Meeting
The following advertisement published in The Patriot called together the first meeting of the County Orange Lodge of Toronto: Loyal Orange Institution of British America County Lodge of Toronto Annual Meeting “Notice is hereby given to all whom it may concern that the approval and ratification to form the County Orange Lodge of Toronto has been duly received. And in accordance with the vote of the last meeting of York County Lodge, the annual meeting for 1860 shall be held in the George Street Orange Hall, in this city on Monday the 6th day of February next, commencing at half-past seven o’clock p. m. Of all which every brother concerned will take notice and govern himself accordingly. The lodge will, as usual, be opened in the Royal Arch Purple Mark Degree. God Save the Queen F. Medcalf W.M.275 – County Master H. P. Gowan W.M.4 – County Secretary First Officers of the County Orange Lodge of Toronto
The first officers of the County Orange Lodge of Toronto were as follows:
Following Brother Medcalf, William Adamson filled the chair of County Master for 19 years to January, 1880, when he was succeeded by Brother E. F. Clarke, followed by Worshipful Brothers Frank Somers,William Bell, H. A. E. Kent, J. L. Hughes, John McMillan, W. D. McPherson, John Hewitt andHarry Lovelock. The County Orange Lodge grew significantly for the next several years and was sub-divided itself into three District Lodges (Centre, Eastern and Western) in 1876. Submitted by John Wells – County Secretary – Feb 28th/2011 Source: “Reminiscences of Toronto Orangeism” Article by Harry Lovelock (County Master 1900 – 1902) and taken from the 1902 Toronto County Parade Programme. 
County Master of Toronto and Associate Officers at the Metro Toronto House of Orange in 2015.
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Banner of the County Lodge of Toronto.
Metro Toronto House of Orange
County of Toronto in 1860
■ Nassau L.O.L. No. 4
■ ? No. 136
■ Victory L.O.L. No. 137
■ William III L.O.L. No. 140
■ Royal Canadian L.O.L. No. 212
■ McKinley L.O.L. No. 275
■ ? No. 287
■ ? No. 301
■ ? No. 328
■ Pride of York L.O.L. No. 375
■ Duke of York L.O.L. No. 396
■ Brunswick L.O.L. No. 404
■ ? No. 506
■ ? No. 551
■ ? No. 588
■ ? No. 621
■ ? No. 657
■ ? No. 781
The total membership was 1140 an average of 60 members to each lodge. It is noted here that the warrants of four of these lodges (4, 136, 137 and 140) pre-date the incorporation of Toronto itself in 1834.
Past County Masters, 1820 to 2018
■ 1860-1860 F.H. Medcalf [info]
■ 1861-1879 Wm. Adamson ■ 1880-1883 E.F. Clarke ■ 1884-1886 Frank Somers [info] ■ 1887-1888 James L. Hughes [info] ■ 1889-1890 Wm. L. Bell ■ 1891-1892 H.E. Kent ■ 1893-1895 J. McMillan ■ 1896-1897 W.D. McPherson ■ 1898-1899 J. Hewitt ■ 1900-1902 H. Lovelock ■ 1903-1904 J.H. Pritchard ■ 1905-1906 F. Dane ■ 1907-1908 J.E. Thompson ■ 1909-1910 Wm. Bush ■ 1911-1913 Wm. Crawford ■ 1914-1916 A.A. Gray ■ 1917-1918 T.L. Self ■ 1919-1920 W.H. Eliott ■ 1921-1923 T.H. Wilson ■ 1924-1924 Wm. L. Bell Jr. ■ 1925-1925 J. Winnett ■ 1926-1926 George McCombe ■ 1927-1927 ? ■ 1928-1928 W.A. Smith ■ 1929-1929 James Mayor ■ 1930-1930 R. Hardy Small ■ 1931-1931 A.R. Nesbit ■ 1932-1932 Ian MacDonell ■ 1933-1933 C.W. Armstrong ■ 1934-1934 A.H. Birmingham ■ 1935-1935 W.V. Muir ■ 1936-1936 W.M. MacPhee ■ 1937-1937 W.H. Goddard ■ 1938-1940 J. Elliot ■ 1941-1945 T.H. Addy ■ 1946-1947 E.E. Hunt ■ 1948-1949 J. Murphy ■ 1950-1951 M.S. Cooper ■ 1952-1953 Redvers King ■ 1954-1955 Dominic DiStasi [info] ■ 1956-1957 Ed Davies ■ 1958-1959 Wes J. Adams ■ 1960-1961 Thomas Murphy ■ 1962-1963 Alan C. MacRobbie ■ 1964-1965 Howard Saunders ■ 1966-1966 John Moorehead ■ 1967-1968 David Griffin ■ 1969-1970 John Megaw ■ 1971-1972 Andrew Robertson ■ 1973-1974 John Atkinson ■ 1975-1977 Tom Bell ■ 1978-1979 Joseph Kennedy ■ 1980-1983 John Armstrong ■ 1984-1985 Alan Price ■ 1986-1987 Alex Rough ■ 1988-1989 James Pritchard ■ 1990-1991 MacGregor Roulston ■ 1992-1993 John Thompson ■ 1994-1995 Donald E. Wilson ■ 1996-1997 Jackson Reilly ■ 1998-1999 John Wells ■ 2000-2001 Tom Barr ■ 2002-2003 Niall Good ■ 2004-2005 Adrian Watt ■ 2006-2007 Donald M. Guy ■ 2008-2009 Edward Kelly ■ 2010-2011 David Griffin ■ 2012-2013 Mark Aiken ■ 2014-2014 Donald M. Guy ■ 2015-2016 Gerry Morgan ■ 2017-2018 Lynn Barr ■ 2019-2020 ? ■ 2021-2022 ? With information from the County Orange Lodge of Toronto.
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