Manitoba Communities: Ellice (Unincorporated Rural Municipality)

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This municipality was named for the Hudson’s Bay Company’s trading post at Fort Ellice which, in turn, was named for fur company shareholder Edward Ellice.

Present Status	Rural Municipality of Ellice-Archie (1 January 2015)
Incorporation History	Rural Municipality of Ellice (22 December 1883) Amalgamated with Archie and St. Lazare (1 January 2015)
Adjoining Municipalities	Archie, Birtle, Russell, Silver Creek
Constituent Communities	Chillon, St. Lazare, Ste. Madeleine, Victor, Wattsview
Land Area (square km)	572.74

Population

Year	Total
1891	400
1901	630
1911	902
1921	1030
1931	1297
1941	1298
1951	983
1956	933
1961	845
1966	897
1971	643
1976	537
1981	513
1986	512
1991	494
1996	526
2001	509
2006	423
2011	392

Reeves

Term	Reeve
1883-1884	Emerson Bligh
1884-1885	John Chaine Hunter (1848-1885)
1885-1888	Emerson Bligh
1888-1893	George Wilson
1893-1894	D. Robertson
1894-1897	James Grigg
1897-1900	C. R. Collyer
1900-1901	A. Hunton
1901-1903	J. C. Wilkinson
1903-1913	W. C. O’Keefe
1913-1939	W. Courtney Wroth (1880-1954)
1939-1953	Hugh A. Little
1953-1956	Vernon R. Falloon
1956-1960	George A. McCrindle (1913-1999)
1960-1966	Vernon Russell Falloon (1917-1966)
1966-1974	F. P. Crump
1974-2005	George E. Boucher
2005-2006	?
2006-2014	Guy Huberdeau
2015-?	See Ellice-Archie

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Historic Sites

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History Books

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Maps

Sources

Ellice: 1883-1983. RM of Ellice Centennial Book Committee, 1983. Manitoba Legislative Library, F5648.E46.

Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 9 September 2024