Proceedings: Grand Lodge of AF & AM of Canada, 1990

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Grand Lodge
& Canada
A.M. of
A.F.
Ontario
in the Province of
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Mr. J. Lawrence Runnalls
Niagara-on-the-Lake
November 1991
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MOST WORSHIPFUL BROTHER
DAVID C. BRADLEY
GRAND MASTER
GRAND LODGE
A.F. & A.M. OF CANADA
in the Province of Ontario
PROCEEDINGS
ONE HUNDREDAND THIRTY-FIFTH
ANNUALCOMMUNICATION
HELD IN
THE CITY OF
TORONTO
July 18th, A.D. 1990, A.L. 5990
The property of and ordered to be read in all
the Lodges and preserved.
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A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF OUR
GRAND MASTER
David Crowe Bradleywas born in Blackburn, Lancashire, England. He
received his early education at Clitheroe Royal Grammar School and
Dover College, in England. Before he could proceed to university to study
medicine, which was his father's profession. World War II intervened. He
had been commissioned in 1937 in a reserve battalion of The East
Lancashire Regiment. When his Regiment was mobilized in 1939, 2nd
Lieutenant Bradley began a seven year period ofActive Service which took
him to India and to operations as an Infantry Officer in the Burmese
jungle. Later service included appointments as a General Staff Officer and
as an Intelligence Officer. Following demobilization in 1946, he was
awarded the coveted Territorial Decoration.
Upon moving to Canada and taking up residence in Toronto, he
resumed his interrupted formal education by studying political science at
York University, Toronto, and also by undertaking off-campus courses in
business administration at Queen's University, Kingston. He graduated
from York University with a B.A. degree. Following several positions in
the financial management of companies related to dredging and wharf
construction, he was appointed Director and Corporate Secretary of a
conglomerate having extensive holdings in manufacturing, construction and
managementconsultingservices. Anotherimportantposition in his business
career was that of Assistant to the General Manager of the University of
Toronto Clinic at Sunnybrook Hospital, Toronto. At the time of his
retirement, he was elected to Life Membership in the Medical Group
Management International Association.
M.W. Bro. Bradley was Initiated in Queen City Lodge No. 552, in
1954. Upon moving to Aurora in 1959, he affiliatedwith Rising Sun Lodge
No. 129. In 1962, after returning to Toronto, he affiliated with Doric
Lodge No. 316, becoming Worshipful Master in 1968. He served, during
1973-74, as the District Deputy Grand Master of Toronto District 3 and
first became a member of the Board of General Purposes of the Grand
Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario in 1980. He was a member
of the Advisory Committee of the Board from 1984 to 1987, serving as
Chairman during the lastyear. As a member ofthe Committee on Masonic
Education from 1980, he undertook a wide variety of duties. Among these
were Curriculum Chairman for the Correspondence Course offered by
Grand Lodge and Editor of the Newsletter, 1981-87. In addition, he was
Chairman of the Committee on Annual Seminars from 1982 to 1984 and
was Chairman of the Blood Donors' Committee in 1985. He was elected
Deputy Grand Master in 1987.
He is a member of St. Andrew and St. John Chapter (Royal Arch
Masons); Cyrene Preceptory (Sovereign Great Priory of Canada); and of
Holy Trinity Conclave (Red Cross of Constantine), all of Toronto. He is
a member of the Toronto Lodge of Perfection and of the Toronto
Sovereign Chapter of Rose Croix of the Scottish Rite and was the Grand
Secretary and Registrar of the Valley of Toronto. He affiliated with the
Barrie Lodge of Perfection and with Spry Chapter of Rose Croix, Barrie.
Also, he is a member of Moore Sovereign Consistory and of the Royal
Order of Scotland, both of Hamilton. He was coroneted, in 1984, an
Honorary Inspector-General 33°, becoming a member of the Supreme
Council for Canada of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of
Freemasonry.
Our Grand Master has long been interested in historical research
related to Freemasonry. He is a charter member of Heritage Lodge No.
730, and served as Worshipful Master in 1983. Other research-related
Masonic Bodies to which he belongs are: the Correspondence Circle of
Quatuor Coronati Lodge No. 2076, E.C., London, England; Victoria Lodge
of Education and Research, Victoria, B.C.; Leicester Lodge of Research,
Leicester, England; and Chater-Cosmo Research Lodge, Hong Kong.
M.W. Bro. Bradley and his wife, the former Evelyn Hayhurst, have
one daughter, Diane. She holds, from the UniversityofToronto, the degree
ofBachelor ofArts (in Archaeology and Anthropology) and also a Master's
Degree in Business Administration. She plans to follow in her father's
footsteps in the field of administration. Bro. Bradley has travelled widely
in Canada and Great Britain, as well as in Continental Europe, Asia,
Africa, Australia, the United States and the Pacific Islands. Besides travel,
his other hobbies and interests are photography, books and sports,
including participation in cricket, soccer, rugby, field hockey, swimming and
wrestling. He and his family are members ofSt. Clements Anglican Church,
Toronto.