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This municipality is alleged to be named for an Indigenous name meaning “supernatural spirit.”
Present Status
Municipality of Pembina (1 January 2015)
Incorporation History
Village of Manitou (21 April 1897)
Town of Manitou (20 December 1999)
Amalgamated with Pembina (1 January 2015)Adjoining Municipalities
Land Area (square km)
2.94
Year
Total
1901
617
1906
717
1911
639
1916
659
1921
618
1926
598
1931
676
1936
646
1941
665
1946
636
1951
751
1956
795
1961
863
1966
888
1971
871
1976
883
1981
861
1986
856
1991
811
1996
781
2001
775
2006
718
2011
808
Term
Mayor
1897
Samuel D. Cruthers
1897-1899
Richard McKenzie (1858-1931)
1899-1905
George Walter Ullyot (1850-1925)
1905-1906
C. McNamara
1906-1907
Robert Wesley McClung (1871-1958)
1907-1908
William Henry Sharpe (1868-1942)
1908-1912
R. A. McIntosh
1912-1914
William C. Dales
1914-1916
Gilbert Ernest Davidson (1868-1949)
1916-1917
R. A. McIntosh
1917-1918
William F. Ellis
1919-1921
Dr. J. A. Swanson
1921-1923
William J. Pringle
1923-1927
William C. Dales
1927-1930
Charles Hodgson
1930-1932
C. P. Moores
1932-1947
William Albert Pommer (1895-1971)
1947-1957
Maurice E. Ridley (1912-1960)
1957-1959
N. H. Ashley
1959-1961
E. L. Johnston
1961-1967
N. F. Johnston
1967-1969
George Lindsay Henderson (1916-2008)
1969-1972
D. H. Voth
1972-1974
Wilfred H. Bowler
1974-1980
C. J. Riediger
1980-1986
George Kozak
1986-1992
1992-2005
Walter Haslem Mueller (1937-2024)
2005-2014
Jake Goertzen
2015
See Pembina
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Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
In Rhythm With Our Roots: A History of Manitou & Area edited by Haraldine Webb and Diana Vodden, published by the Manitou Centennial Book Committee, 1997.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 26 April 2024
