Manitoba Communities: Dauphin (City)

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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

Dauphin (RM)

Land Area (square km)

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Population

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

Mayors

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

Fire Chiefs

Term

Fire Chief

1983-2005

David Franklin “Dave” Seeley (1943-2006)

Memorable Manitobans

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Historic Sites

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History Books

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Maps

Sources

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