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This municipality was alleged to be named by postmistress Mrs. A. Dykeman for the novella Benito Cereno by author Herman Melville, published in 1856.
Present Status
Municipality of Swan Valley West (1 January 2015)
Incorporation History
Village of Benito (23 September 1940)
Amalgamated with Swan River (1 January 2015)Land Area (square km)
0.92
Year
Total
1941
294
1946
328
1951
406
1956
487
1961
427
1966
490
1971
479
1976
507
1981
441
1986
451
1991
427
1996
460
2001
415
2006
370
2011
377
Term
Mayor
1941-1945
William R. Fawcett (1878-1949)
1946-1948
Alfred Bernice Craig (1892-1968)
1949-1953
Gudmundur Bjorgvin Arilius “Arli” Isfeld (1913-1994)
1954-1960
Sherman Leslie Hall (1912-1972)
1961-1962
Frank Kostersky (1926-2012)
1963-1966
Sherman Leslie Hall (1912-1972)
1967-1975
Murray Greig
1976
Ronald Hamelin
1977-1983
Ed Gorchynski
1984-1995
Verne Scouten
1996-?
William C. Schneider
?-2014
Marion Meadows
2015
See Swan Valley West
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Obituary [Alfred B. Craig], Swan Valley Star and Times, 14 March 1968, page 3.
“Long-time Mayor of Benito passes,” Swan Valley Star and Times, 10 February 1972, page 1.
Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
Obituary [Frank Kostersky], Park Memorial Limited.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 24 September 2019
