Manitoba Communities: Morden (City)

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This municipality is named for Alvey Morden who settled here in 1874 and homesteaded on NW9-3-5W until his death. Morden developed from two towns nearby that preceded arrival of the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1882: Nelsonville to the northwest and Mountain City to the southwest.

Present Status	City of Morden (24 August 2012)
Incorporation History	Village of Morden (1 May 1895) Town of Morden (30 November 1903)
Adjoining Municipalities	Stanley
Land Area (square km)	16.39

Population

Year	Total
1906	1437
1911	1130
1916	1261
1921	1268
1926	1354
1931	1416
1936	1462
1941	1427
1946	1690
1951	1862
1956	2237
1961	2793
1966	3097
1971	3266
1976	3886
1981	4579
1986	5004
1991	5273
1996	5689
2001	6142
2006	6571
2011	7812
2016	8668
2021	9929

Mayors

Term	Mayor
1895-1898	John Henry Ruddell (1859-1906)
1898-1899	William Garrett
1899-1901	George Ashdown (1851-1939)
1901-1902	Harry Meikle (1857-1931)
1902-1903	T. Schmitz
1903-1904	George Ashdown (1851-1939)
1904-1908	Stuart Scott (1851-1941)
1908-1909	Albert Jickling (1870-1955)
1909-1912	Stuart Scott (1851-1941)
1912-1913	William Henry Lake (1865-1949)
1913-1918	Robert Thomas Hewitt (1864-1931)
1918-1920	Alexander Kennedy
1920-1922	John Leslie Clubine (1886-1970)
1922-1932	William Henry Lake (1865-1949)
1932-1933	Norman Clark
1933-1939	Venember Allen
1939-1943	John Leslie Clubine (1886-1970)
1943-1945	Murdo Maclean
1945-1952	Derward Alton Duncan (1895-1990)
1952-1965	Harvey Alfred “Honey” Cochlan (1894-1967)
1965-1974	Albert George “Bert” Morden (1913-1998)
1974-1977	Johan M. “John” Wiens (1922-2014)
1977-1980	David A. Fehr
1980-1989	A. R. “Max” Friesen
1989-1992	Walter F. Latter
1992-1995	Ernst Bernhard “Ernie” Krahn (1940-2014)
1995-1998	Brent D. Stewart
1998-2002	Gerald John Edward “Gerry” Gebler (1943-2005)
2002-2006	John B. Wiens
2007-2010	Doug Wilson
2010-2018	Ken Wiebe
2018-2023	Brandon Burley
2023-?	Nancy Penner

Memorable Manitobans

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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.

We thank Brian Nedohin and Audrey Wilson for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 7 July 2024