Manitoba Communities: Minto (Unincorporated Rural Municipality)

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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	Ameer, Bethany, Clanwilliam, Largs, Minnedosa, Orrville
Land Area (square km)	363.65

Population

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

Reeves

Term	Reeve
1902-1903	William Bramwell Waddell (1857-1942)
1903-1904	George Frazer (1858-1940)
1904-1905	?
1905-1927	M. Hugh Cameron
1927-1937	M. N. Pedersen
1937-1943	Mark Madill
1943-1945	A. A. C. Cook
1945-1951	A. Roy Munro
1951-1956	William M. Madill
1956-1969	George Bowdrey
1969-1977	Russell A. Cook (?-2010)
1977-1989	F. J. Kolesar
1989-2005	Brian S. Skatch
2005-2006	?
2006-?	Keith Syslak
?-2014	Calvin Jacobson
2015	See Minto-Odanah

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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: 8 June 2024