Is seniority and attendace is the main criteria for promotion in the ladder to WM

Mackey notes that the Wardens are "the two most likely to succeed the Master in due course of rotation" 1. In early Grand Lodge regulations and long-established usage, installed Wardens held specific rights and obligations regarding succession to the chair, both in presiding temporarily during a vacancy and in standing as candidates for regular election to Master 1.

The supplied sources do not, however, detail the specific criteria—such as formal attendance qualifications or strict line seniority—governing progression through the lower progressive offices leading up to the Wardens' chairs.