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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
Rural Municipality of Dauphin (26 November 1897)
Incorporation History
Rural Municipality of Dauphin (26 November 1897)
Adjoining Municipalities
Constituent Communities
Dauphin (City), Fishing River, Keld, North Junction, Paulson, Sifton, Sifton Junction, Trembowla, Valley River
Land Area (square km)
1516.10
Year
Total
1901
3239
1911
4048
1921
6059
1931
5622
1941
6069
1951
4533
1956
4345
1961
3949
1966
3547
1971
3166
1976
3042
1981
2943
1986
2854
1991
2669
1996
2488
2001
2273
2006
2328
2011
2200
2016
2298
2021
2136
Term
Reeve
1897-1899
Stuart Geekie (c1851-1921)
1899-1900
J. McCallum
1900-1901
H. N. Macneill
1901-1902
J. McCallum
1902-1905
John Seale
1905-1907
Robert Cruise (1868-1932)
1907-1909
William B. Miller
1909-1912
Archibald Esplen (1864-1933)
1912-1916
James Norton
1916-1921
George L. Castle
1921-1922
Archibald Esplen (1864-1933)
1922-1927
Henry McCorvie
1927-1939
Walter J. Wickes
1939-1943
Michael F. Szewczyk (1904-1999)
1943-1945
John Potoski (1903-1983)
1945-1947
William Cruise
1947-1980
John Potoski (1903-1983)
1980-1986
Russell A. Phillips
1986-1989
Russell D. Secord (?-2014)
1989-1995
Arnold Ernest “Ernie” Bayduza (1938-2020)
1995-2005
George Richardson
2005-2006
?
2006-?
Dennis Forbes
?-2018
?
2018-2022
Ronald E. Ryz
2022-?
Ernie Sirski
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Geographic Names of Manitoba prepared in part by Anthony Paul “Tony” Buchner, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 10 September 2024
