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This municipality was named for Richard James Meade (1832-1907), the Fourth Earl of Clanwilliam. In 1902, two of its southern-most townships were removed to form the RM of Minto.
Present Status
Municipality of Clanwilliam-Erickson (1 January 2015)
Incorporation History
Rural Municipality of Clanwilliam (22 December 1883)
Amalgamated with Erickson (1 January 2015)
Adjoining Municipalities
Constituent Communities
Land Area (square km)
350.78
Year
Total
1891
400
1901
588
1911
979
1921
1393
1931
1361
1941
1631
1951
1460
1956
895
1961
835
1966
771
1971
663
1976
577
1981
572
1986
515
1991
481
1996
470
2001
467
2006
484
2011
414
Term
Reeve
1884
P. M. Cudhie
1885
Andrew Cook (1845-1906)
1886
William Bramwell Waddell (1857-1942)
1887-1900
Andrew Cook (1845-1906)
1901
William Bramwell Waddell (1857-1942)
1902
Simon Pollon (?-1926)
1903-1910
Peter C. Christopherson
1911-1914
John Carlson
1915-1919
Peter C. Christopherson
1920-1921
John Carlson
1922-1935
Peter C. Christopherson
1936-1939
Claus A. Haralson
1940-1941
Peter C. Christopherson
1942-1947
Emil L. Johnson
1948-1949
Alfred Skoglund
1950-1953
Theodore Lee
1954-1961
Fred P. Christopherson
1962-1970
Arthur C. Gusdal
1971-1977
Clifford D. Lundman
1978-1980
Basil Woloshen
1981-1983
Emil Shellborn
1984-2006
Russell Tiller (?-?)
2007-2014
Victor Baraniuk
2015-?
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Go here for a list of historic sites in Clanwilliam.
Go here for a list of history books for Clanwilliam.
Forest to Field: Centennial History of Rural Municipality of Clanwilliam and Village of Erickson, Manitoba, Canada by the History Book Committee, 1984.
Early Days of Minnedosa by Mrs. E. J. Brown, MHS Transactions, Series 3, 1964-65 Season
Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 11 August 2017
