Manitoba Communities: Cartier (Rural Municipality)

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This municipality was named for politician George-Étienne Cartier.

Present Status	Rural Municipality of Cartier (21 February 1914)
Incorporation History	Rural Municipality of Cartier (21 February 1914)
Adjoining Municipalities	Grey, Headingley, Macdonald, Portage la Prairie, St. Francois Xavier, Woodlands
Constituent Communities	Beaudry, Benard, Cabot, Calrin, Dacotah, Dugas, Elie, St. Eustache, Springstein, White Plains
Land Area (square km)	553.42

Population

Year	Total
1871	719
1881	1400
1891	1400
1901	1495
1911	1986
1921	2476
1931	2876
1941	3500
1951	3248
1956	3240
1961	3161
1966	2972
1971	2987
1976	2896
1981	2825
1986	2924
1991	3115
1996	3009
2001	3120
2006	3162
2011	3153
2016	3368
2021	3344

Reeves

Term	Reeve
1914-1915	Ferdinand Lafleche
1915-1919	J. L. Picard
1919-1924	Edouard Payment
1924-1927	J. L. Picard
1927-1932	Ernest Bouchard
1932-1935	Amedee Beaudin
1935-1938	C. B. Franklin
1938-1943	Amedee Beaudin
1943-1951	Alfred Hamelin
1951-1957	Charles Chabot
1957-1989	Earl Vincent “Bud” Fossay (c1920-2004)
1989-1998	Joseph Ulric Legault (1927-1998)
1998-2002	Colin James Vann (1947-2020)
2002-2014	Roland Rasmussen
2015-2020	Dale Fossay
2020-?	Christa Vann Mitchell

Memorable Manitobans

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Maps

Contact Information

PR 248 South
Box 117
Elie, Manitoba R0H 0H0
Telephone: 204-353-2214
Email: virginia@rm-cartier.mb.ca

Sources

Treasures of Time: The Rural Municipality of Cartier, 1914-1984. Rural Municipality of Cartier, 1985. Manitoba Legislative Library, F5648.C37.

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.

Obituary [Colin James Vann], Winnipeg Free Press, 4 July 2020.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 28 October 2022