Manitoba Communities: Argyle (Rural Municipality)

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This municipality is named for the Duke of Argyle (Marquis of Lorne; 1845-1914), son-in-law to Queen Victoria, who was Governor General of Canada from 1878 to 1883.

Present Status

Rural Municipality of Argyle (16 March 1906)

Incorporation History

Rural Municipality of Argyle (15 August 1881)
Subdivision into Argyle and Strathcona (16 March 1906)

Adjoining Municipalities

Lorne, Louise, Roblin, South Cypress, Strathcona

Constituent Communities

Baldur, Glenora, Greenway, Neelin

Land Area (square km)

770.44

Population

Year

Total

1891

1272

1901

2434

1911

2514

1921

2521

1931

2752

1941

2531

1951

2197

1956

2080

1961

1944

1966

1896

1971

1685

1976

1561

1981

1420

1986

1452

1991

1307

1996

1220

2001

1145

2006

1073

2011

1071

2016

1025

2021

994

Reeves

Term

Reeve

1881-1882

George William Playfair (1839-?)

1882-1884

George W. Cramer

1884-1886

Thomas W. Leslie

1885-1886

Alexander “Alex” Card (1834-1907)

1886-1894

Rev. Peter Strang

1894-1896

Ashton F. Andrews

1896-1898

Christian Johnson (1854-1919)

1898-1901

Charles Brown

1901-1904

James Dale

1904-1906

James Strang

1906-1908

Walter Mabon

1908-1909

James Strang

1909-1918

Christian Johnson (1854-1919)

1918-1922

James S. Conibear

1922-1933

Edmund L. Embury

1933-1951

Walter Ernest Clark (1890-1987)

1951-1953

John A. Mabon

1953-1955

H. S. Sveinsson

1955-1957

John A. Mabon

1957-1973

Alexander Graham

1973-1984

Steini W. Johnson

1984-1990

John E. Thomas

1990-2005

Jack Bolack

2005-2006

?

2006-2014

Bob Conibear

2014-2022

Daniel Martens

2022-?

Mike Everett

Memorable Manitobans

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Historic Sites

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Maps

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Argyle (2001)
Source:
Manitoba Land Initiative

Sources

Come Into Our Heritage: RM of Argyle, 1882-1982, Rural Municipality of Argyle, December 1981, page 35. [Manitoba Legislative Library F5648.A75]

Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.

Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 5 September 2024