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Since the City of Duncan was incorporated in 1912, there have been sixteen Mayors of Duncan. Ten of those sixteen Mayors have been Freemasons and eight of those ten have been members of Temple Lodge, No.33.

Here is a list of the Freemasons who have served as Mayor of Duncan, followed by a list of Freemasons who have served on Duncan City Council.

• Kenneth Forrest Duncan – Mayor of Duncan 1912.
• Ormond Towers Smythe – Mayor of Duncan 1914-16, 1923.  City Councillor 1912-14, 1920-22, 1924.
• Thomas Pitt – Mayor of Duncan 1914-1916, 1924. City Councillor 1914, 1922-1924.
• J. Islay Mutter  – Reeve of North Cowichan 1914, 1918, 1919. Mayor of Duncan 1924-28. J. Islay Mutter is the only person to have served as both Mayor of Duncan and Reeve of North Cowichan.
• Harold Fairfax Prevost – Mayor of Duncan 1929-1935. City Councillor 1919-1921
• James Grieg – Mayor of Duncan 1936-1939. City Councillor 1940-1943
• George Henry Savage – Mayor of Duncan 1943-1946. City Councillor 1937-1942
• James Chesterfield Wragg – Mayor of Duncan 1947-1955. James C. Wragg was initiated in Malahat Lodge, No. 107.
• Ken Paskin – Mayor of Duncan 1974-79. City Councillor 1972-74 and 1981-82. (Malahat Lodge, No.107)
• Douglas William Barker, D.S.M. – Mayor of Duncan 1983-86.  City Councillor 1976-83.

Freemasons Who Have Served On Duncan City Council

• Douglas William Barker, D.S.M. – City Councillor 1976-83. Mayor of Duncan, 1983-86.
• Gordon M. Berry – City Councillor 1970-76
• Robert Keddie Cairns – City Councillor 1942-43, 1947-56, 1959-62
• James McLeod Campbell – City Councillor 1912-14,1916,1918-19,1925. Also served as Reeve of North Cowichan, 1907
• Wilfred Taylor Corbishley – City Councillor 1929-36
• Herbert William Dickie – City Councillor 1919-22, 1925-28
• James Grieg – City Councillor 1940-43. Mayor of Duncan 1936-1939.
• Alexander Stuart Hadden – City Councillor 1923-24
• John Homer – City Councillor 1971-85
• Walter Maxwell Hudson – we’re currently confirming the dates he served on City Council
• Joseph Kerrone – City Councillor 1956-60
• James Farley LeQuesne – City Councillor 1947-58
• Martin Kurtas Lukaitis – City Councillor 1967-2002
• Charles William O’Neill – City Councillor 1917
• Ken Paskin – City Councillor 1972-74, 1981-82. Mayor of Duncan 1974-79. A member of Malahat Lodge, No. 107
• Thomas Pitt – City Councillor 1914, 1922-24. Mayor of Duncan 1914-1916, 1924
• Harold Fairfax Prevost – City Councillor 1919-21. Mayor of Duncan 1929-1935
• George Henry Savage – City Councillor 1937-42. Mayor of Duncan 1943-1946
• Ormond Towers Smythe – City Councillor 1912-14, 1920-22, 1924. Mayor of Duncan 1914-1916, 1923

 

Douglas William Barker, Mayor of Duncan, (photo courtesy of City of Duncan)