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This municipality was named for explorer John Franklin.
Present Status
Municipality of Emerson-Franklin (1 January 2015)
Incorporation History
Rural Municipality of Franklin (22 December 1883)
Amalgamated with Emerson (1 January 2015)
Adjoining Municipalities
Constituent Communities
Arnaud, Carlowrie, Dominion City, Emerson, Fredensthal, Fredensthal West, Green Ridge, Overstoneville, Plankey Plains, Ridgeville, Riordan, Rosa, Roseau River, Senkiw, Tolstoi, Woodmore
Land Area (square km)
953.34
Year
Total
1881
800
1891
1062
1901
3001
1911
3342
1921
3668
1931
4007
1941
4236
1951
3590
1956
3332
1961
3112
1966
2783
1971
2325
1976
2168
1981
2049
1986
1835
1991
1651
1996
1724
2001
1781
2006
1768
2011
1768
Term
Reeve
1883-1884
D. G. Dick
1885
G. G. Allen
1886-1887
William Lindsay
1888-1889
James A. Lang
1890-1894
Samuel Sullivan
1895
William Lindsay
1896-1897
James A. Lang
1898-1902
William Lindsay
1903
James A. Lang
1904-1917
John McCartney
1918-1920
Hamilton Stewart
1921-1941
James Hunter
1942-1947
Thomas A. Collins
1948-1953
William R. Johnston
1954-1956
L. O. Baskerville
1957-1977
John C. Hunter
1978-1979
Henry W. Enns
1980-1995
Archibald J. Hunter
1996-1998
Bev Berrington
1999-?
Archibald J. Hunter
?-2014
Greg Janzen
2015-?
See Emerson-Franklin
Search the MHS collection of biographies for ones connected to Franklin:
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Go here for a list of historic sites in Franklin.
Go here for a list of history books for Franklin.
Manitoba Gazette, 1887-1959. Manitoba Legislative Library.
R. M. of Franklin Turns a Century, 1883-1983 by The RM of Franklin Book Committee, 1983, pages 8-10.
Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 22 September 2018
