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by  Dudley Fraser

The
Grand Chapter
Of
Royal Arch Masons
Of
Quebec
Proceedings
2012 – 2013

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The
Grand Chapter
Of
Royal Arch Masons
Of
Quebec
Proceedings
2012 – 2013

Published By: The Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of Quebec
Most Excellent Companion Charles André Bräun
Grand Scribe Ezra
Room 404b, Montreal Masonic Memorial Temple
2295 St. Mark Street, Montreal QC H3H 2G9

The Mast Excellent, The Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of Quebec, assembled for the One
Hundred and Thirty-Sixth Annual Convocation in the Montreal Masonic Memorial Temple, in the
City of Montreal, at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday April 20th, 2013 AD, 2543 AL.
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BIOGRAPHY

JOHN E. LEIDE
GRAND FIRST PRINCIPAL, GRAND CHAPTER OF ROYAL ARCH MASONS OF QUEBEC 2012-2013

M.Ex.Comp. John E. Leide was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota November 1, 1943. The Lewis
of Edgar P. Leide, Frontier Lodge No. 45, Grand Lodge of Wisconsin and a Senior DeMolay of
the Joseph Miller Chapter (LaCrosse, Wisconsin) he was initiated February 10, 1988 in The
University Lodge No. 84 and served as Worshipful Master in 1993.

He was elected the District Representative to the Board of General Purposes for Montreal
District No. 2 1993/1994 and was appointed District Deputy Grand Master for Montreal District
No. 2 in 1994. Nominated Grand Secretary in 1995 he served in that capacity from 1995 until his
election to the Office of Deputy Grand Master in 2001. He was elected and installed Grand
Master of Masons of Quebec on May 31, 2003 and May 29, 2004.

He received the Past Master’s Degree, Grand Lodge of Vermont, District No. 10 and was
awarded the Philip C. Tucker Medal by the Grand Lodge of Vermont June 15, 2005.

He is a Royal Arch Mason in the Grand Chapter of Quebec having served as Grand Steward,
Grand Pursuivant, Grand Principal Sojourner, Grand Scribe Nehemiah, Grand Third Principal
and Grand Second Principal; he was installed as Grand First Principal on April 21, 2012. He is a
Past First Principal of Coronation Chapter No. 27 and Mount Lebanon-Lakeshore Chapter No.
20, a Virtual Past Master and a member of the Anointed High Priesthood. He is the Grand
Representative of the Grand Chapter of West Virginia near the Grand Chapter of Quebec. He is
also a member of St. Helena Conclave No. 10 of the Masonic and Military Orders of Knights of
the Red Cross of Constantine and the orders of The Holy Sepulchre and St. John the Evangelist
where he is serving as Viceroy. He is a Past Thrice Illustrious Master of Victoria Council No. 4,
Cryptic Rite and a Royal Ark Mariner. He is a Preceptor of Richard Coeur de Lion Perceptory
No. 7, Sovereign Great Priory of Canada and the Pre-Eminent Governor of Unity College No.
91, York Rite Sovereign College of North America; he received the York Rite Sovereign College
Gold Honor Award in 2005.

He is also a member of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite in the Valley of Montreal;
Hochelaga Grand Lodge of Perfection, Past Most Wise Sovereign of Hochelaga Sovereign
Chapter of Rose-Croix, Montreal Sovereign Consistory, founding member of la loge de
perfection Fleur de Lys, Chapitre Rose-Croix Mont Réal, and Consistoire du Phénix. He was
coroneted an Honorary Grand Inspector General 33 degree of the Supreme Council of the
Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Canada in Halifax in 2006. He is Grand
Secretary/Registrar of the Valley of Montreal.
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He is a member of the Royal Order of Scotland.

He is a noble of Karnak Temple No. 81, Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic
Shrine and is Secretary/Treasurer of the Hospital Tour Guide Shrine Club.

He also was a member of the Grand Order of the Sword of Bunker Hill, Champlain Order No.
115, Yellow Dog Sir Angus Kennel the Argenteuil Club of Lachine and past president of the
Montreal Hi-12 Club.

He is a member of The Philalethes Society, the Scottish Rite Research Society and the
Correspondence Circle of Quator Coronati No. 2076 UGLE, the Masonic Society and the
Masonic Book Club.

He was a member of the faculty of the School of Information Studies of McGill University 1980-
2008.

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Grand Chapter Officers
2012-2013

Grand First Principal M.Ex.Comp. John E. Leide
I.P. Grand First Principal M.Ex.Comp. André Boivin
Grand Second Principal R.Ex.Comp. Paul Arturi
Grand Third Principal R.Ex.Comp. Douglas B. Hall
Grand Treasurer M.Ex.Comp. Ronald Rennie
Grand Scribe Ezra M.Ex.Comp. Charles André Bräun
Grand Scribe Nehemiah M.Ex.Comp. Dudley A. Fraser
Grand Principal Sojourner V.Ex.Comp. Berj Fouroundjian
Grand Senior Sojourner V.Ex.Comp. John Whatmore
Grand Junior Sojourner V.Ex.Comp. Mario Duquette
Grand Director of Ceremonies R.Ex.Comp. Sia Kahkeshan
Grand Chaplain R.Ex.Comp. Allan H. Marshall
Grand Organist R.Ex.Comp. Robert F. Farnam
Grand Pursuivant V.Ex.Comp. Nelson McArthur
Grand Outer Guard V.Ex.Comp. Menes Azizi
Grand Steward V.Ex.Comp. Elias Kawkab
Grand Steward V.Ex.Comp. Roy Catto

Grand Superintendents of District
East District R.Ex.Comp. Gilles Simard
West District R.Ex.Comp. Eduino De Sousa
District Representatives
East District Ex.Comp. Geoffrey W. Mecham
West District R.Ex.Comp. Georges Séraphin

Grand Chapter Committee Chairmen
2012-2013

Jurisprudence, Grievances & Appeals
M.Ex.Comp. André Boivin

State of the Order
R.Ex.Comp. Douglas B. Hall

Finance
V.Ex.Comp. John Gomes
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Ritual, Rites & Ceremonies
M.Ex.Comp. Lawrence M. Pye

Grand Convocation & Social Affairs
R.Ex.Comp. Douglas B. Hall

Foreign & Public Relations
V.Ex.Comp. Menes Azizi

Credentials
V.Ex.Comp. Fred Goodrow

Education & Training
M.Ex.Comp. Stafford Bellman

Communications
M.Ex.Comp. Dudley A. Fraser

Royal Arch Mason’s Benevolent Fund
M.Ex.Comp. John E. Leide

General Purposes
R.Ex.Comp. Paul Arturi

Membership
R.Ex.Comp. Douglas B. Hall

Auditor
V.Ex.Comp. Elias Kawkab

Ad-Hoc Committee Chairman

Order of the High Priesthood
R.Ex.Comp. Brian Dillon

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Past Grand First Principals
Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of Quebec

1988 MEC Robert McCartney
1989 MEC Willem K. Verheij
1996 MEC Richard Pink
1997 MEC Clifford Harry Parfett
1999 MEC James J. MacKnight
2002 MEC Charles André Bräun
2003 MEC Ronald Rennie
2005 MEC John Robert Watson
2006 MEC Bertrand Poirier
2007 MEC Lawrence M. Pye
2008 MEC William Cornet
2009 MEC Bertrand Poirier
2010 MEC Stafford Bellman
2011 MEC Levon Khrigian
2012 MEC André Boivin
2013 MEC John E. Leide

Honorary Past Grand First Principals

1979 MEC Charles A. Cross
1993 MEC Richard S. Siteman
2002 MEC Clyde Thomas Reynolds
2002 MEC Palmer Martin
2002 MEC Douglas B. Taylor
2002 MEC Edmund D. Harrison
2002 MEC John A. Sainz
2002 MEC Bob Morrow
2003 MEC David F. Stoy
2003 MEC William Smith
2003 MEC Richard A. Picard
2004 MEC Tabor “Ted” Caulier
2004 MEC Douglas E. Connell
2004 MEC Charles C. Maxson
2004 MEC Douglas C. Murray
2004 MEC Leon B. Byers
2004 MEC Frederick W. Georing
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2004 MEC Charles A. O’Wril Jr.
2005 MEC Richard J. Jackson
2006 MEC George H. Gifford
2006 MEC John B. Arbuckle Jr.
2006 MEC Darrell Kevin Thurber
2006 MEC Nelson C. Pratt Jr.
2006 MEC Guy Oldenburgh
2006 MEC Howard E. Dobmeier
2006 MEC William H. Sawyer
2006 MEC Kermit V. Zimmerman
2006 MEC Carson Jackson
2008 MEC Robert Steel
2008 MEC Arthur Payne
2008 MEC Philip Henderson
2008 MEC Roland A. Paddle
2009 MEC Dudley A. Fraser
2010 MEC Ernest A. Lowell
2010 MEC Job Parson
2010 MEC Lawrence Halliday
2010 MEC Russ Slora
2011 MEC Lincoln Richards
2011 MEC Bruce Howard
2011 MEC Thomas Janes
2011 MEC Louis E. Bartrand
2011 MEC Willis Morse
2012 MEC Michael T. Dunn
2012 MEC Paul B. Grondin
2013 MEC Pierre-Denis Leger
2013 MEC H.C.L. Woodhams
2013 MEC Alexander Marusa
2013 MEC Charles Rutt

Opening of Grand Chapter

M.Ex.Comp. Bertrand Poirier called the Companions to order at 1:30 p.m. and being assured by
the Grand Scribe Ezra, M.Ex.Comp. Charles André Bräun, that a constitutional number of
Chapters was present, requested the Grand Director of Ceremonies to inform M.Ex.Comp. John
E. Leide, Grand First Principal that the Grand Chapter was assembled and awaited his pleasure.
The Grand Council, thereupon, entered and assumed their stations and the Grand First Principal
declared the 136th Annual Convocation opened in ample form.
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M.Ex.Comp. Charles André Bräun, Grand Scribe Ezra, read the Notice calling the meeting, and,
on a motion duly proposed and seconded, it was unanimously resolved that the agenda be
accepted.

On a motion duly proposed and seconded, it was unanimously resolved that whereas the
Proceedings of the 135th Annual Convocation had been printed and circulated, they be confirmed
as printed.

Reception of Distinguished Guests & Visitors

The Grand Director of Ceremonies informed the Grand First Principal that several distinguished
visitors from other Jurisdictions wished to enter the Annual Convocation.

Distinguished Guests – 2013

Most Excellent Companion Edmund D. Harrison
General Grand High Priest
General Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons International

Right Excellent Companion Stephen Rubinstein
General Grand Chaplain
General Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons International

Most Excellent Companion F. Douglas Draker
Most Illustrious Grand Sovereign
Grand Imperial Conclave of Canada Masonic Military Order of the Red Cross of Constantine
K.H/s. & St. John the Evangelist

Most Excellent Companion Charles Rutt
Grand First Principal
Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of Nova Scotia

Most Excellent Companion H.C.L. Woodhams
Past Grand First Principal
Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of Nova Scotia

Most Venerable Bro. Lawrence Halliday
Past Sovereign Grand Master
Allied Masonic Degrees of Canada

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