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This municipality takes its name from the Brokenhead River that flows through it.
Present Status
Rural Municipality of Brokenhead (15 November 1900)
Incorporation History
Rural Municipality of Brokenhead (15 November 1900)
Adjoining Municipalities
Constituent Communities
Allegra, Brokenhead, Cloverleaf, Cromwell, Dencross, Garson, Green Bay, Hazelglen, Ladywood, Lydiatt, St. Ouens, Sandhill, Tyndall
Land Area (square km)
750.54
Year
Total
1881
1085
1891
1300
1901
1844
1911
3746
1921
4121
1931
4799
1941
5119
1951
3573
1956
3498
1961
3202
1966
2998
1971
2882
1976
2888
1981
3032
1986
3165
1991
3328
1996
3495
2001
3527
2006
3940
2011
4635
2016
5122
2021
5414
Term
Reeve
1900-1901
F. McCowan
1901-1902
Edward Augustus Dugard (1856-1933)
1902-1904
C. A. Maddin
1904-1907
John Little
1907-1908
George Gardiner
1908-1909
J. J. Short
1909-1910
Joseph Shaw (1865-?)
1910-1914
George Gardiner
1914-1915
E. A. Dugard
1915-1918
Anton Modrzejewski
1918-1919
William Bethel (1874-1953)
1919-1920
Henry Adolph
1920-1921
Alfred Frederick Trapp (1886-1953)
1921-1927
Christian Huber
1927-1928
Anton Modrzejewski
1928-1929
Alfred Frederick Trapp (1886-1953)
1929-1931
Theodore George “Ted” Wawryshyn (c1898-1976)
1931-1933
Clifford Barclay (1876-1961)
1933-1935
Christian Huber (1877-1960)
1935-1943
John-Sylvestre Aloysius Sinnott (1905-1960)
1943-1946
A. J. H. McLeod
1946-1949
Fred Small
1949-1951
John-Sylvestre Aloysius Sinnott (1905-1960)
1951-1958
Arthur A. “Archie” Trapp (1918-2007)
1958-1971
John Lashek
1971-1975
Irvin “Rick” Stefansson
1975-1986
Clarence Baker (1928-2006)
1986-1988
?
1988-1998
Clarence Baker (1928-2006)
1998-2005
Al Tymko
2005-2006
?
2006-2014
Glen Dudeck
2015-?
Brad Saluk
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Brokenhead (2001)
Source: Manitoba Land Initiative
72013 Road 42 East
Box 490
Beausejour, Manitoba R0E 0C0
Telephone: 204-268-6700
Email: admin@rmofbrokenhead.ca
They Stopped at a Good Place: The History of the Beausejour, Brokenhead, Garson and Tyndall Area of Manitoba, 1875-1981. Beausejour-Brokenhead Historical Committee, 1982. Manitoba Legislative Library F5648.B76.
Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 28 October 2022
