Manitoba Communities: Hillsburg (Unincorporated Rural Municipality)

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The basis for the name of this municipality is unknown.

Present Status	Municipality of Roblin (1 January 2015)
Incorporation History	Rural Municipality of Hillsburg (19 November 1912) Amalgamated with Roblin and Shell River (1 January 2015)
Adjoining Municipalities	Grandview, Shell River, Shellmouth-Boulton
Constituent Communities	Bield, Merridale, Shevlin, Shortdale
Land Area (square km)	656.76

Population

Year	Total
1901	55
1911	558
1921	1316
1931	1584
1941	1819
1951	1330
1956	1240
1961	1058
1966	986
1971	889
1976	753
1981	671
1986	675
1991	613
1996	559
2001	470
2006	484
2011	426

Reeves

Term	Reeve
1913	Andrew Chisholm
1914	George McBean
1915-1916	William Angus (1874-1925)
1917-1918	James M. McDuffe
1919-1921	C. H. Sorbo
1922	James M. McDuffe
1923	Walter Graham
1924	C. J. Williams
1925-1928	James E. Baine
1929	H. A. Scott
1930-1934	Charles Brydon
1935-1946	C. H. Sorbo
1947-1950	Michael Skomorowski
1951-1952	Joseph Perchaluk
1953-1958	Michael Filewich
1959-1962	John Perchaluk Jr.
1963-1964	I. G. Ellis
1965-1995	John Perchaluk Jr.
1996-1998	Rick Hojnocki
1999-2014	Robert Misko
2015	See Roblin

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: 31 March 2017