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This municipality was named for Frederick T. Blackwood, Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (1826-1902), Governor-General of Canada from 1872 to 1878.
Present Status
Rural Municipality of Dufferin (1 November 1890)
Incorporation History
Amalgamation of North Dufferin and South Dufferin (1 November 1890)
Adjoining Municipalities
Grey, Lorne, Macdonald, Morris, Norfolk-Treherne, Roland, Thompson
Constituent Communities
Almassipi, Barnsley, Bates, Campbellville, Carman, Graysville, Homewood, Roseisle, Salterville, Stephenfield
Land Area (square km)
915.54
Year
Total
1881
1202
1891
1200
1901
2322
1911
2556
1921
3071
1931
2847
1941
3177
1951
3176
1956
2999
1961
2899
1966
2779
1971
2598
1976
2577
1981
2707
1986
2622
1991
2431
1996
2408
2001
2405
2006
2298
2011
2394
2016
2435
2021
2543
Term
Reeve
1879-1880
Henry McKay
1880-1882
Charles Viney Helliwell (1846-1931)
1882-1883
Thomas Duncan
1883-1885
Rodmond Palen Roblin (1853-1937)
1885-1890
Roland McDonald (1850-1938)
Term
Reeve
1884-1886
Ferris Bolton (1853-1937)
1886-1890
Ab. Patterson
Term
Reeve
1890-1893
George Sexsmith (1845-1912)
1893-1895
William D. B. Boyd
1895-1901
Alexander Morrison (1851-1930)
1901-1908
George Sexsmith (1845-1912)
1908-1913
James Brown
1913-1925
Thomas Harrison
1925-1929
Fred Armstrong
1929-1944
John S. Murray (c1874-1947)
1944-1945
William C. Gillingham (1889-1967)
1945-1947
Fred Preston (1876-1962)
1947-1951
Robert Carswell (1881-1969)
1951-1955
Archibald E. McEachern (1892-1979)
1955-1969
Harry Harman McCullough (1902-1979)
1969-1980
Lloyd Roy Roth (1905-1993)
1980-1983
Wilfred Mutcher
1983-2001
William Keith “Bill” Roth (1940-2023)
2001-2006
Douglas W. Sisson
2006-2014
Shawn McCutcheon
2014-2022
George W. Gray
2022-?
Cor Lodder
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The Rural Municipality of Dufferin, 1880-1980 compiled and edited by June M. Watson with the assistance of the History Book Committee, RM of Dufferin, 1982.
Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
We thank Sharla Murray for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 21 December 2023
