Manitoba Communities: Blanshard (Unincorporated Rural Municipality)

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The municipality was named after Blanshard Township in Ontario where its first Secretary-Treasurer, William Miller, had worked before coming to Manitoba.

Present Status	Rural Municipality of Oakview (1 January 2015)
Incorporation History	Rural Municipality of Blanshard (22 December 1883) Amalgamated with Rapid City and Saskatchewan (1 January 2015)
Adjoining Municipalities	Daly, Hamiota, Saskatchewan, Strathclair
Constituent Communities	Brumlie, Cardale, Floors, Norman, Oak River
Land Area (square km)	578.98

Population

Year	Total
1891	527
1901	1024
1911	1481
1921	1648
1931	1867
1941	1622
1951	1423
1956	1448
1961	1420
1966	1290
1971	1068
1976	924
1981	776
1986	714
1991	643
1996	655
2001	686
2006	586
2011	526

Reeves

Term	Reeve
1884-1888	Charles C. McCollum
1888-1890	James J. Elliott
1890-1895	William Hedley
1895-1898	James H. Fortune
1898-1900	C. T. Brereton
1900-1910	Robert C. Cochran (1868-?)
1910-1913	John Dowglass Cardale (1860-1937)
1913-1921	Edward Henry
1921-1931	William Braid
1931-1943	Charles Ormand Hyndman (1876-1960)
1943-1945	A. J. Gourley
1945-1953	R. T. Stewart
1953-1971	James Chester Scott (1908-1981)
1971-1982	Frank A. McPhaden
1982-1983	Douglas H. “Doug” Gill (?-c2012)
1983-1992	William Harvey English (1918-2018)
1992-1995	Russell McKague (?-?)
1995-1998	William Harvey English (1918-2018)
1998-?	Richard Heapy
?-2014	Brent Fortune
2015-?	See Oakview

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Historic Sites

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History Books

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Photos & Maps

Sources

History of Blanshard Municipality, 1884-1959, 1959, Manitoba Legislative Library F5648.B63 v. 1.

History of Blanshard Municipality, Volume III, Blanshard Centennial History Committee, 1984, Manitoba Legislative Library F5648.B63 v. 3.

Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 4 February 2023