r, Hawkins was forced out of the Ku Klux Klan of the British Empire and returned to the United States (White Hoods, p. 56-58).Klaverns were organized at various points in Ontario, such as, St. Thomas, Exeter, Sault Ste Marie, Ottawa, Kingston, Richmond, and Belleville. There is some evidence of vigilante activity by the Klan in Ontario. At Barrie, for example, a member was convicted of blowing-up a Roman Catholic Church, and at Oakville, a group of Klansmen rode into town, burned a cross on Main Street, and separated a young man thought to be of Negro ancestry from his fiancee and warned him to keep away from white girls (White Hoods, p. 59). Although, it seems that the Ontario Ku Klux Klan of the 1920’s faded away as quickly as it had appeared.When Fowler and Hawkins organized the Ku Klux Klan of Kanada in Toronto, they attempted to enlist experienced organizers for the other provinces. Manitoba was one of these provinces. Fowler wrote to Hawkins on February 18th, 1925, “Colonel Machin has done some good work in Manitoba. He will get a Charter there also after Parliament adjourns April 1st.” (Shades of Right, p. 51) However, this was not to be, and the “good work” seems to have suddenly stopped when Colonel Machin moved his base of operations to Kenora, Ontario, within two months of the letter (Shades of Right, p. 52).The first attempt to organize the Klan in Manitoba was in Winnipeg on June 1st, 1928. Organizer, D. C. Grant, conducted a meeting in the Royal Templars Hall on Young Street. On July 7th, Dr. Hawkins lectured at Virden, and on October 19th, Grant held a rally in St. Boniface (White Hoods, p. 61). The Klan’s campaign apparently brought some results.There is evidence that D. C. Grant continued to organize in Manitoba at least until 1929, and perhaps in to the early 1930’s, for the Winnipeg Klan passed a resolution protesting bilingualism in January 1930. The organization d...
