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Manitoba Communities: Cameron (Unincorporated Rural Municipality)

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The municipality was named for John Donald Cameron, the Attorney General of Manitoba from 1896 to 1900.

Present Status	Municipality of Grassland (1 January 2015)
Incorporation History	Rural Municipality of Cameron (16 November 1896) Amalgamation of Cameron, Hartney and Whitewater (1 January 2015)
Adjoining Municipalities	Albert, Arthur, Brenda, Glenwood, Morton, Pipestone, Sifton, Whitewater, Winchester
Constituent Communities	Argue, Emblem, Grande-Clairiere, Hartney, Lauder, Underhill, West Hall
Land Area (square km)	759.15

Population

Year	Total
1891	600
1896	?
1901	2195
1911	1679
1921	1746
1931	1706
1941	1408
1951	1222
1956	1125
1961	1016
1966	941
1971	798
1976	730
1981	683
1986	613
1991	538
1996	537
2001	496
2006	433
2011	420

Reeves

Term	Reeve
1897	John M. Fee
1898-1902	Albert Henry (1857-1937)
1903-1905	John R. Shepherd (1850-?)
1906	George Albert Coulter (1865-1915)
1907-1909	James W. Reid
1910-1911	J. A. Rollins
1912-1914	Angus McDonald
1915-1916	?
1917	Nathaniel Barber (1854-1933)
1918-1943	George Morrison (1861-1945)
1944-1945	John Agnew
1946-1975	Arthur Galbraith
1976-1977	Joseph A. Agnew
1978-2001	T. Arthur Cowan
2002-2014	Wayne Drummond
2015	See Grassland

Memorable Manitobans

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Historic Sites

Go here for a list of historic sites in Cameron.

History Books

Go here for a list of history books for Cameron.

Maps

Sources

Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 9 May 2020