Manitoba Communities: Glenella (Unincorporated Rural Municipality)

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This municipality was named for Miss Ella Williams, sister-in-law of Canadian National Railway Vice-President Sir Donald Mann.

Present Status	Municipality of Glenella-Lansdowne (1 January 2015)
Incorporation History	Rural Municipality of Glenella (10 April 1920) Amalgamated with Lansdowne (1 January 2015)
Adjoining Municipalities	Alonsa, Lakeview, Lansdowne, McCreary, Rosedale, Westbourne
Constituent Communities	Glenella, Grass River, Waldersee
Land Area (square km)	497.14

Population

Year	Total
1891	200
1901	759
1911	1652
1921	2501
1931	1758
1941	1401
1951	1295
1956	1285
1961	1048
1966	986
1971	823
1976	788
1981	741
1986	951
1991	928
1996	555
2001	518
2006	517
2011	522

Reeves

Term	Reeve
1921	Isaac Allan
1922-1924	James W. Lukin
1925-1928	D. McMartin
1929-1931	James W. Lukin
1932-1935	Charles “Charley” Merrick (1870-1963)
1936	Walter Addis
1937-1975	Jacob Single
1975-1995	Kurt Walter Schmidt (1926-2020)
1996-1998	Fred Juskowiak
1999-?	Tony Kushner
?-2014	Derek Klassen

Memorable Manitobans

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Historic Sites

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History Books

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Maps

Sources

Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 5 May 2023