Chairmen

To view this year's District Chairmen / Officers, click on the corresponding section below:

District Deputy Grand Master, District Secretary, Benevolence, Blood Donors, By-Laws, Chaplain, (District) Charity, Computer Resources, Webmaster, Cornerstone Project, B2B Programs, (Masonic) Education, Instruction, (Masonic) Foundation, Cameron Degree Team, Fraternal Visitation, Grand Lodge Publications, OM Magazine, Historian, Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite Liaison, Long Range Planning, York Rite Liaison, Officer Progression, F2F, ChIP, Photography, Audio Visual, AASR Degree Team, Protocol & Etiquette, Regalia, Senior Warden Mentorship and Ritual, Tunis Shrine Liaison, Youth Initiatives, Librarian

District Deputy Grand Master

R.W. Bro. Abraham R. Garcia
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District Secretary

W. Bro. Daniel R. Charron
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Committee Role: Maintain communication with district lodges for self and DDGM. Manage communications with Grand Lodge for District and DDGM. Maintain and monitor District finances, prepare Budget and statement of accounts. Assist DDGM as required.

Benevolence

W. Bro. Brian Hay/Emeritus V. W. Bro. James Keith
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Committee Role: Monitor the lodges for potential cases of benevolence. Assist in preparing necessary documentation. Participate on the Ottawa committee. Assist in requesting benevolence from Grand Lodge.

By-Laws

W. Bro. Rob Bryce
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Committee Role: Bylaws - provide the Bylaws upon request within the District, update/revise Bylaws upon instruction. Planning - advise/assist lodges in preparing long range plans upon request.

Chaplain

W. Bro. Steve Young
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Committee Role: Plan, book and organize District Divine Service. Deliver Invocations as requested by the DDGM.

Charity

Bro. Duff Sulivan
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Committee Role: Register the District project with the MFO. Promote the project within the District. Organise presentation of funds.

Degree Coordinator

W. Bro. Matt Weedmark
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Committee Role: To support Lodges in need of degree teams by sourcing qualified ritualists, coordinating visiting brethren, and ensuring that the necessary resources are in place for the proper conferral of degrees across Ottawa District 1.

Events Coordinator

W. Bro. Colin Mackenzie
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Committee Role: Assist the District in knowing times for Official Visits and Installations. Advise webmaster of tyling and Festive Board times two weeks before those meetings. Monitor movements of the Travelling Gavel.

Grand Lodge Programs

W. Bro. Allan Statham
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Committee Role: Maintain a working knowledge of the Grand Lodge Programs described on the Grand Lodge website such as Friend to Friend, Mentors, Cornerstone. Maintain and share a list of those programs. Provide advice and assistance to lodges on Grand Lodge Programs on request. Help with access to the Grand Lodge members section.

Historian

W. Bro. Stuart Marshall
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Committee Role: Keep records of the events and developments in the District. Prepare an annual report for the District. Provide information on district or lodge history upon request from the District.

Officer Mentoring

W. Bro. Daniel Gray
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Committee Role: Provide regular instruction sessions for Officers advancing in the chairs. Arrange for guest speakers at some sessions.

Education

W. Bro. Paul Parent
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Committee Role: To maintain an inventory of educational offerings available within the District, and to support Lodges seeking to incorporate Masonic education by coordinating presentations, speakers, or learning materials upon request.

Protocol & Ritual

W. Bro. Mike Cadotte
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Committee Role: To provide guidance to Lodges on matters of protocol, decorum, and etiquette, and to assist in maintaining high standards of ritual across the District by helping Lodges source instruction, coaching, and experienced ritualists when required.

Regalia Coordinator

W. Bro. Jace Baart
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Committee Role: Retired Regalia - coordinate a registry of regalia available for repurposing with assistance as required.

Fraternal Visitation

W. Bro. Patrick Halcro
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Communications

Bro. Daniel Duff
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Information Technology

W. Bro. Jesus Federico
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Committee Role: Maintain the District website for the benefit of the District. Update the calendar for Official Visits and Installations when advised. Include such additional information as developed with the DDGM.

District Photographers

R.W. Bro. Al Wright
W. Bro. David Brown
Bro. Joe Radmore
Bro. Anthony Francisco
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Committee Role: Make an inventory of images of WMs, District Chairmen and Grand Lodge Officers. Make those images available within the District upon request.

District Piper

W. Bro. Jordan McConnell
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Royal Arch Liaison

W. Bro. Andrew Valley
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Committee Role: Provide information within the District upon request, and respond to in-person and electronic requests.

Royal Arch: To promote awareness of Royal Arch Masonry - recognized as the completion of the Master Mason Degree - and to foster liaison between the District and the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of Canada in the Province of Ontario. The committee encourages Master Masons in good standing to explore membership in Royal Arch and serves as a point of contact for coordinating communication and cooperation between Lodges and local Royal Arch Chapters.

Scottish Rite Liaison

V.W. Bro. John Guinn
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Committee Role: Provide information within the District upon request, and respond to in-person and electronic requests.

Scottish Rite: The purpose of the Scottish Rite in Canada, simply stated, is to seek which is the most worth in the world;
 to exalt the dignity of every person, the human side of our daily activities and the maximum service to humanity; to aid mankind search in God's universe for identity, for development and for destiny, and thereby achieve better men in a better world, happier men in a happier world and wiser men in a wiser world.
 The whole of Canada constitutes a single Scottish Rite jurisdiction with some 27,000 members. In Canada the term "Scottish Rite" is a short form for "The Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry of Canada". 
Application for membership in the Scottish Rite is open to members in good standing in any recognized Craft Lodge who are Master Masons. Continued membership in a Craft Lodge is required to maintain good standing in the Scottish Rite.


The Scottish Rite has been active in the Ottawa Region since 1890. Members hail from Ottawa District 1, Ottawa District 2, St. Lawrence, Eastern and Frontenac Districts of the GRC as well as Lodges in the Western part of the Province of Québec. It consists of 3 bodies; the Ottawa Lodge of Perfection (conferring the 4th through 14th Degrees), the Murray Chapter of the Rose Croix (conferring the 15th through 18th Degrees), and the Ottawa Consistory (conferring the 19th through 32nd Degrees). Degrees are presented using drama. There are casts of characters, which portray each Degree utilizing costumes, staging, sound and light and music. In addition, the Scottish Rite supports numerous projects related to solving "The Puzzles of the Mind" via the Scottish Rite Charitable Foundation. At the present time there are approximately 600 Scottish Rite Masons in Ottawa and the surrounding areas that belong to the Valley of Ottawa.

Tunis Shrine Liaison

R.W. Bro. Dennis Saikaley
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Committee Role: Provide information within the District upon request, and respond to in-person and electronic requests.

Prince Hall Liaison

R. W. Bro. Jim Bowman
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Committee Role: To coordinate the silver trowel exchange and liaison between both Ottawa District 1 Masons and Prince Hall Masons.

Ottawa Masonic Corporation Liaison

W. Bro. Jim Kent
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Westboro Masonic Centre Liaison

Bro. Joe Carboni
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