How does a regional grand master elected

A Provincial Grand Master or District Grand Master is not elected by the brethren of the jurisdiction; he is appointed by the Grand Master, who grants him a patent of appointment to be installed and invested into office, as the United Grand Lodge of England states.

The office was instituted by the Grand Lodge of London in 1727, defining the Provincial Grand Master as the immediate representative of the Grand Master within a designated territory 2. Under English masonic constitutional law, the appointment is an inherent prerogative of the Grand Master, granted during his pleasure 1. The brethren of a province or district possess no legal right to elect their head 1. While local brethren may recommend a candidate, an attempt to assert a right of election is viewed as subversive of the Grand Master's prerogative, which exists to maintain governance and accountability across all subordinate bodies 1.

Within English masonic terminology, domestic regional administrative divisions are designated as Provinces, whereas overseas jurisdictions in former colonies or foreign territories are constituted as Districts, governed by District Grand Masters who hold identical representative authority on the Grand Master's behalf 3.