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This municipality was named for Joseph de Labroquerie (1759-1830), uncle of Archbishop Taché.
Present Status
Rural Municipality of La Broquerie
Incorporation History
Rural Municipality of La Broquerie (25 May 1881)
Adjoining Municipalities
De Salaberry, Hanover, Piney, Reynolds, Ste. Anne, Stuartburn
Constituent Communities
Land Area (square km)
579.26
Year
Total
1891
330
1896
1532
1901
583
1911
1191
1921
1289
1931
1644
1941
1888
1951
1608
1956
1570
1961
1454
1966
1340
1971
1328
1976
1523
1981
1638
1986
1774
1991
2038
1996
2493
2001
2894
2006
3659
2011
5198
2016
6076
2021
6725
Term
Reeve
1881-1887
?
1887-1890
P. A. St. Laurent
1890-1891
?
1891-1892
Joseph Pierre Hébert (1852-1934)
1892-1894
Andre Neault
1894-1906
H. I. Richer
1906-1908
M. J. Richer
1908-1914
P. A. St. Laurent
1914-1916
?
1916-1917
J. A. Gagnon
1917-1922
Roger Boily
1922-1933
Omer Bisson
1933-1937
J. N. Tetreault
1937-1943
Roger Boily
1943-1947
Eugene Simard
1947-1953
Joseph Antoine “Aime” Nadeau (1899-1979)
1953-1963
Arcade Bedard
1963-1971
Georges Boily (1926-2019)
1971-1977
Rene Emile Lecoste (1931-2021)
1977-2001
John M. Giesbrecht
2001-2005
Ken Mantle
2005-2006
?
2006-?
Marielle Wiebe
?-?
?
?-2014
Claude Lussier
2014-2022
Lewis Weiss
2022-?
Ivan Normandeau
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Go here for a list of historic sites in La Broquerie.
Go here for a list of history books for La Broquerie.
Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
Obituary [Georges Boily], Winnipeg Free Press, 17 December 2019.
Obituary [Rene Emile Lacoste], Winnipeg Free Press, 23 October 2021.
We thank Nathan Kramer and Jean Hébert for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 28 October 2022
