Manitoba Communities: Killarney (Unincorporated Town)

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This municipality is named for a site in Ireland.

Present Status

Municipality of Killarney-Turtle Mountain (1 January 2007)

Incorporation History

Village of Killarney (1 December 1903)
Town of Killarney (4 June 1907)
Amalgamation of Killarney and Turtle Mountain (1 January 2007)

Land Area (square km)

4.99

Population

Year

Total

1906

1117

1911

1010

1916

989

1921

871

1926

901

1931

1003

1936

978

1941

1051

1946

1091

1951

1262

1956

1434

1961

1729

1966

1836

1971

2074

1976

2348

1981

2342

1986

2318

1991

2163

1996

2208

2001

2221

2006

2199

Mayors

Term

Mayor

1903-1904

Robert Monteith (1843-1930)

1904-1905

John Hannah (1857-1923)

1905-1906

Thomas James Lawlor (1853-1937)

1906-1907

?

1907-1908

James Matthias Baldwin (1857-1944)

1908-1909

Thomas Henry Buck (1859-1929)

1909-1910

Josiah McKee (1873-1953)

1919-1911

Thomas Henry Buck (1859-1929)

1911-1912

W. J. Sanders

1912-1914

A. C. Shepherd

1914-1917

James Wellington Smaill (1860-1937)

1917-1920

A. C. Shepherd

1920-1922

Thomas J. Cooper

1922-1927

Robert Watson

1927-1937

James Wellington Smaill (1860-1937)

1937-1939

Fredrick Ernest “Fred” Stevenson (1881-1957)

1939-1943

W. J. Carson

1943-1949

G. M. Anderson

1949-1959

James Alexander Victor David (1887-1976)

1959-1963

Peter James McDonald (1912-1971)

1963-1967

R. R. Watson

1967-1977

David R. Gibson

1977-1986

George Edward Dow (1929-2011)

1986-1989

Roy A. Pugh

1989-1992

Coke Hartwell

1992-1995

Gordon Charles Shackel (1932-2017)

1995-1998

Ron Opperman

1998-2001

Sandra Warnez

2001-2005?

Mark Witherspoon

2007

See Killarney-Turtle Mountain

Memorable Manitobans

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Historic Sites

Go here for a list of historic sites in Killarney.

History Books

Go here for a list of history books for Killarney.

Maps

Sources

Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 19 February 2024