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This municipality was named for Prince Arthur (Duke of Connaught), later King Edward VII, who visited Canada in the early 1870s.
Present Status
Municipality of Two Borders (1 January 2015)
Incorporation History
Rural Municipality of Inchiquin
Rural Municipality of Arthur
Rural Municipality of Edward (1 December 1905)
Amalgamated with Albert and Arthur (1 January 2015)Adjoining Municipalities
Constituent Communities
Land Area (square km)
769.14
Year
Total
1891
500
1901
1051
1911
1512
1921
1514
1931
1508
1941
1308
1951
1213
1956
1198
1961
1211
1966
1144
1971
1069
1976
973
1981
946
1986
896
1991
789
1996
759
2001
679
2006
621
2011
574
Term
Reeve
1905-1907
Joseph Henderson (1844-1914)
1908
John Harrison Haight (1858-1937)
1909-1911
Charles Edmond Roblin (c1852-1914)
1911-1913
Merryfield James Basted (1867-1951)
1914
Innes Rae Melvin (c1867-1920)
1915-1917
John Harrison Haight (1858-1937)
1917-1918
Robert “Bob” Pitt (1874-1934)
1919-1938
Merryfield James Basted (1867-1951)
1938-1960
Robert Melvin (1896-1967)
1960-1968
Fred Phillipson (1907-?)
1968-1975
William Gordon Tingey (1905-1982)
1975-1980
Arthur H. Tucker
1980-2014
Ralph John Wang (1934-2019)
2015-?
See Two Borders
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Edward (2001) |
Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
Death registrations, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Harvest of Time: History of the R.M. of Edward, Edward History Book Committee, 1991.
We thank Rob Trott for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 24 January 2021
