The proceedings of the Grand Lodge Convention held in Calgary, Alberta on July 23rd thru 26th, 1962 records this Motion “That the formation of an Ontario Elks Association be deferred until a further request for such an Association is received from our Ontario Lodges.” This Motion “Carried”.Įfforts were undertaken to create the Association and a Motion was made to petition for a Charter. It is uncertain what transpired after these dates.
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Fred Green of Fort William # 82 with a full slate of Officers. At this meeting, a new Association to be called the Northwestern Ontario Elks Association was formed to comprise the territory between Chapleau and Kenora and consisting of Port Arthur # 95, Fort William # 82, Kenora # 74, Nakina # 107, Sioux Lookout # 103, Schreiber # 98 and Chapleau # 61. There is a report of an Ontario District Association being formed in early 1930 according to a report in the Canadian Elk. Eaton of Hamilton Lodge # 28 was elected President, succeeding Bro. William Snyder of North Bay was elected the first President and served two terms. The next reference comes through the 1928 Canadian Elks magazine in November when it states that the Ontario Elks Association was formed on October 20th, 1928. It was considered that this meeting would be an annual affair considering the success that attended the first meeting of Ontario and Quebec Lodges.
Thomas # 36, Cornwall # 38, Windsor # 33, and London # 35 from Ontario and Richmond Lodge from Quebec. Lodges present were Woodstock # 21, Toronto # 16, North Bay # 25, St. Aikman, the duplication of publication of Elks papers and the question of representation for Eastern Lodges at the Victoria, B. Important matters taken up included the organization of clandestine Lodges in Ontario and Quebec by one A.L. Perkins of Windsor was the presiding officer. The first reported meeting was a union meeting of Lodges located in Ontario and Quebec held in the Walker House in Toronto on July 28th, 1918.
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