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There are several theories for the origin of this municipality’s name. One is that it commemorates members of the Hamilton family who homesteaded in this area appended with the syllabus “iota,” a Sioux word meaning “many.”
Present Status
Municipality of Hamiota (1 January 2015)
Incorporation History
Rural Municipality of Oak River (?)
Rural Municipality of Oak River (22 December 1883)
Rural Municipality of Hamiota (28 June 1895)
Amalgamated with Hamiota (1 January 2015)Renamed to avoid confusion with the Rural Municipality of Ochre River.
Adjoining Municipalities
Oakview, Prairie View, Riverdale, Wallace-Woodworth, Yellowhead
Constituent Communities
Alfretta, Chumah, Decker, Hamiota, Lavinia, McConnell, Oakner, Pitlochry, Pope
Land Area (square km)
572.38
Year
Total
1891
723
1896
1020
1901
1596
1911
1538
1921
1892
1931
1893
1941
1733
1951
1481
1956
1377
1961
1266
1966
1134
1971
918
1976
809
1981
713
1986
680
1991
590
1996
515
2001
479
2006
437
2011
420
2016
1225
2021
1234
Term
Reeve
1883-1889
James Clarridge
1889-1890
William J. Cowan
1890-1891
Joseph Andrews
1891-1895
William J. Cowan
1895-1898
Richard Wesley Brethour (1856-1947)
1898-1900
William John Cowan (c1857-1900)
1900-1901
Oliver John White (c1852-1922)
1901-1902
Hugh Alexander Fraser (1861-1947)
1902-1905
Richard Wesley Brethour (1856-1947)
1905-1914
John Henry Houck (1868-1927)
1914-1916
William Henry Decker (1851-1926)
1916-1919
William J. Cochran
1919-1927
John G. Stewart
1927-1930
William J. Cochran
1930-1940
Robert Pearson
1940-1942
Charles Penny
1942-1949
K. R. Fraser
1949-1953
B. F. Brooks
1953-1954
L. H. Rosenberger
1954-1955
J. Douglas Emerson
1955-1960
Harvey Gray
1960-1961
A. E. Andrew
1961-1969
L. T. Montgomery
1969-1973
E. P. Houck
1973-1986
William Arthur Knight
1986-1988
Alex J. Kirk
1988-1989
Raymond Drew Lints (1928-2017)
1989-1992
Robert Nelson “Nellie” Woods (c1927-2004)
1992-2002
Raymond Drew Lints (1928-2017)
2002-2005
Everett Gurr
2005-2006
?
2006-2014
Randy Lints
2014-2018
2018-2022
Larry Edward Oakden (1952-2024)
2022-?
Randal Stuart “Randy” Lints
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Go here for a list of historic sites in Hamiota.
Go here for a list of history books for Hamiota.
Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
A History of Hamiota Village and Municipalty by Hamiota Women’s Institute, 1953.
Hamiota: Grains of the Century, 1884-1984. Hamiota Centennial History Committee, 1984. Manitoba Legislative Library, F5648.H34.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 27 November 2024
