Manitoba Communities: Boulton (Rural Municipality)

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This municipality was named for Charles Arkoll Boulton (1841-1899).

Present Status	Rural Municipality of Riding Mountain West (1 January 2015)
Incorporation History	Rural Municipality of Boulton (22 December 1883) Amalgamated with Shellmouth into Rural Municipality of Shellmouth-Boulton (1 January 1999)
Adjoining Municipalities	Grandview, Hillsburg, Shellmouth, Silver Creek
Constituent Communities	Cracknell, Lennard, Petlura, Shell Valley
Land Area (square km)	?

Population

Year	Total
1901	260
1911	507
1921	970
1931	1546
1941	1735
1951	1267
1956	1209
1961	979
1966	890
1971	688
1976	565
1981	509
1986	459
1991	378
1996	?

Reeves

Term	Reeve
1884-1886	?
1887-1888	William Hembroff
1889	George W. Lloyd
1890-1892	William James Barrett-Lennard (1857-1940)
1893-1911	William Hembroff
1912	James Stevens
1913-1923	Donald R. McDonald
1924-1932	Charles McDonald
1933-1937	Kenneth Smith (1878-1949)
1938-1944	Donald R. McDonald
1945-1967	Peter James Gaber (1912-2007)
1968-1978	G. Motoshoski
1979-1980	?
1981-1992	Derek H. Bezo
1993-1998	William “Bill” Nevistiuk (1925-2014)

Memorable Manitobans

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Historic Sites

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History Books

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Maps

Sources

Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 5 February 2019