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The municipality is named for a French phrase meaning “a good place” although various stories exist on how the name came to be applied. Most suggest it was a name given by railway officials who found high, dry ground here compared to low-lying, wetter areas surrounding it.
Present Status
Town of Beausejour (18 June 1912)
Incorporation History
Village of Beausejour (5 November 1908)
Adjoining Municipalities
Land Area (square km)
5.35
Year
Total
1911
847
1916
879
1921
994
1926
996
1931
1139
1936
1154
1941
1161
1946
1181
1951
1376
1956
1523
1961
1770
1966
2214
1971
2236
1976
2422
1981
2462
1986
2535
1991
2633
1996
2712
2001
2772
2006
2823
2011
3126
2016
3219
2021
3307
Term
Mayor
1909-1911
William Robert Shaw (1853-1916)
1911-1914
William Bachman (1851-1925)
1914-1916
G. M. Huntley
1916-1918
John Watson
1918-1919
H. J. Howland
1919-1920
John Watson
1920-1921
Josef Albert “Joseph” Keilbach (1854-1942)
1921-1922
Edward Augustus Dugard (1856-1933)
1922-1925
Robert John Hayes (1885-1933)
1925-1926
Harry H. Mitchell (?-1940)
1926-1930
Alexander Waddell (1883-1964)
1930-1931
Harold Augustus Dugard (1889-1972)
1931-1932
Alexander Waddell (1883-1964)
1932-1933
Robert John Hayes (1885-1933)
1933-1937
Alexander Waddell (1883-1964)
1937-1938
William Bethel (1874-1953)
1938-1939
Harold E. Drysdale
1939-1945
David Bethel
1945-1949
L. J. Pulfer
1949-1953
Oscar Russell
1953-1965
Albert Larson (1899-1967)
1966-1971
Stephen P. Ferens
1971-1983
Eyfi Oliver Walterson (?-c2007)
1983-1995
Donald Mazur
1995-2001
Fred Kazina
2001-2006
Harvey J. Giesbrecht
2006-2010
Donald Mazur
2010-2014
Brad Saluk
2014-2018
Ed Dubray
2018-?
Ray Schirle
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Go here for a list of historic sites in Beausejour.
Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
We thank Dan Dugard and Ed Dubray for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 27 January 2023
