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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
Constituent Communities
Land Area (square km)
770.44
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
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
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
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Go here for a list of historic sites in Argyle.
Argyle (2001) |
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: 28 October 2022
