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This village is named for Binscarth in Orkney, ancestral home of early land developer William Bain Scarth.
Present Status
Municipality of Russell-Binscarth (1 January 2015)
Incorporation History
Village of Binscarth (15 November 1917)
Amalgamated with Russell and Russell (1 January 2015)Land Area (square km)
1.52
Year
Total
1921
339
1926
348
1931
378
1936
395
1941
376
1946
384
1951
451
1956
452
1961
456
1966
490
1971
469
1976
430
1981
472
1986
486
1991
469
1996
463
2001
445
2006
395
2011
425
Term
Mayor
1918-1920
Albert G. Lanigan (1864-1932)
1920-1924
Peter J. McIntosh
1924-1927
James W. Broadfoot
1927-1930
Norman Braendle
1930-1934
Samuel A. Arbuckle
1934-1940
Ralph Innes
1940-1947
Norman Braendle
1947-1957
Herbert H. S. Cockburn
1957-1959
John H. Cornell
1959-1961
Alexander R. Porter
1961-1964
Arthur J. Willis
1964-1968
Benjamin M. Murray
1968-1977
John Norman Braendle (1916-2018)
1977-1979
Walter K. Hutton
1979-1980
Gary Douglas
1980-1986
Charles M. “Charlie” Souch (1921-2009)
1986-1989
James A. Boucher
1989-1995
George “Sam” Brown
1995-2001
Dale Sawchuk
2001-2005
Laurence Polding
2005-2010
Peggy Bradshaw
2010-2015
Dale Sawchuk
2015
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Go here for a list of historic sites in Binscarth.
Go here for a list of history books for Binscarth.
Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
Binscarth Memories, by the Binscarth History Committee, 1984. Manitoba Legislative Library, F5649.B55.
We thank Murray Bradshaw and Heather Lewington for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 14 February 2019
