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This municipality takes its name from Fort Dauphin, a fur trade post established on the shore of nearby Lake Dauphin by La Verendrye in 1741.
Present Status
City of Dauphin (20 March 1998)
Incorporation History
Village of Dauphin (11 July 1898)
Town of Dauphin (21 November 1901)Adjoining Municipalities
Land Area (square km)
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Year
Total
1901
1135
1906
1670
1911
2815
1916
3200
1921
3885
1926
3580
1931
3971
1936
4147
1941
4662
1946
4637
1951
6007
1956
6190
1961
7374
1966
8655
1971
8891
1976
9109
1981
8971
1986
8875
1991
8453
1996
8266
2001
8085
2006
7906
2011
8251
2016
8369
2021
8368
Term
Mayor
1898
George Barker
1898-1899
R. C. Brown
1899-1900
A. J. McPherson
1900-1903
George King (1858-1924)
1903-1904
C. F. Turner
1904-1906
John E. Hedderly
1906-1909
James Graham Harvey (1869-1950)
1909-1910
R. C. Sparling
1910-1913
Henry Fleming Caldwell (1857-1927)
1913-1914
Ernest Bottomley (1869-1948)
1914-1915
Duncan D. McDonald (1871-1953)
1915-1916
George Johnson
1916-1919
James Langstaff Bowman (1879-1951)
1919-1921
Robert J. Malcolm
1921-1922
Harold Van Wort Smith (1879-1964)
1922-1924
Robert Fagin
1924-1926
George Hastings Palmer (1881-1947)
1926-1928
Joseph W. Skinner
1928-1932
W. E. Robson
1932-1933
A. Bennett
1933-1937
Duncan D. McDonald (1871-1953)
1937-1943
John E. Ramsden
1943-1945
Isaac Canton Johnston (1896-1974)
1945-1955
William Lewis Bullmore (1912-1972)
1955-1958
Stewart E. McLean (1913-1996)
1958-1964
Harold J. Mobberley (c1912-1989)
1964-1965
Andrew C. Newton (?-?)
1965-1969
James Hugh Campbell Dunlop (1923-1987)
1969-1983
Andrew C. Newton (?-?)
1983-1986
Lawrence A. Milner
1986-1990
Martin Bidzinski
1990-1992
Virginia Jamieson
1992-1993
Martin Bidzinski
1993-1997
Inky Mark
1997-1998
Virginia Jamieson
1998-2002
William H. Nicholson
2002-2010
Alex Paul
2010-2017
Eric B. Irwin (1955-2017)
2017-2021
Allen James “Al” Dowhan (1947-2021)
2022-?
David Bosiak
Term
Fire Chief
1983-2005
David Franklin “Dave” Seeley (1943-2006)
Search the MHS collection of biographies for ones connected to Dauphin:
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Go here for a list of historic sites in Dauphin.
Go here for a list of history books for Dauphin.
Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
“'Tremendous loss': Dauphin Mayor Eric Irwin dies on vacation in Florida,” CBC News, 25 November 2017.
Obituary [Allen James Dowhan], Winnipeg Free Press, 25 September 2021.
We thank Lisa Mallery for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 26 June 2023
