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This municipality was named for Gilbert John Murray Kynymond Elliot, Fourth Earl of Minto, and Governor General of Canada from 1898 to 1904.
Present Status
Rural Municipality of Minto-Odanah (1 January 2015)
Incorporation History
Rural Municipality of Minto (15 November 1902)
Amalgamation of Minto and Odanah (1 January 2015)Adjoining Municipalities
Clanwilliam, Harrison, Langford, Odanah, Rosedale, Saskatchewan
Constituent Communities
Land Area (square km)
363.65
Year
Total
1901
1164
1911
1432
1921
1623
1931
1587
1941
1528
1951
1324
1956
1215
1961
1080
1966
923
1971
784
1976
732
1981
698
1986
701
1991
665
1996
661
2001
684
2006
667
2011
644
Term
Reeve
1903
William Bramwell Waddell (1857-1942)
1904
George Frazer (1858-?)
1905
?
1906-1927
M. Hugh Cameron
1928-1937
M. N. Pedersen
1938-1943
Mark Madill
1944-1945
A. A. C. Cook
1946-1951
A. Roy Munro
1952-1956
William M. Madill
1957-1969
George Bowdrey
1970-1977
Russell A. Cook (?-2010)
1978-1989
F. J. Kolesar
1990-2005
Brian S. Skatch
2006
?
2007-?
Keith Syslak
?-2014
Calvin Jacobson
2015
See Minto-Odanah
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Go here for a list of historic sites in Minto.
Go here for a list of history books for Minto.
Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 10 September 2020