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This municipality was named for Alexander Morris.
Present Status
Rural Municipality of Morris (14 February 1880)
Incorporation History
Rural Municipality of Morris (14 February 1880)
Adjoining Municipalities
DeSalaberry, Dufferin, Macdonald, Montcalm, Rhineland, Ritchot, Roland
Constituent Communities
Aubigny, Kane, Lowe Farm, McTavish, Morris, Riverside, Rosenort, Sewell, Silver Plains, Smith Spur, Sperling, Swains, Trump, Union Point
Land Area (square km)
1041.15
Year
Total
1881
1200
1891
1200
1901
2286
1911
3423
1921
4441
1931
4509
1941
5095
1951
4458
1956
4183
1961
3985
1966
3716
1971
3279
1976
3148
1981
2971
1986
2937
1991
2865
1996
2816
2001
2723
2006
2662
2011
2999
2016
3047
2021
3049
Term
Reeve/Mayor
1880
Jean E. Peter
1880-1881
J. E. Geber
1881-1882
John A. Walker
1882-1883
William A. Russell
1883-1892
John Sutherland Campbell (1838-1926)
1892-1898
Henry Snarr (1852-1925)
1898-1900
W. R. Ritchey
1900-1904
Henry Snarr (1852-1925)
1904-1907
John Wilton
1907-1910
Robert Taylor
1910-1913
James Clubb
1913-1914
Fred J. Last
1914-1918
William Stevenson
1918-1919
T. J. H. Lewis
1919-1922
George Churchill
1922-1935
Cassius Lamont Stoney (1872-1959)
1935-1937
George Churchill
1937-1949
Diedrich Heppner
1949-1951
B. W. Thiessen
1951-1954
Bruce MacKenzie
1954-1959
C. J. Neufeld
1959-1966
Bruce MacKenzie
1966-1971
1971-1975
Harold D. Earl
1975-1983
Alvin Rempel
1983-1995
Daniel “Dan” Thiessen (1939-2020)
1995-2010
Herm Martens
2010-2022
2022-?
Scott Siemens
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Obituary [Daniel Thiessen], Winnipeg Free Press, 22 February 2020.
Geographic Names of Manitoba prepared in part by Anthony Paul “Tony” Buchner, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 20 May 2024
