Manitoba Communities: Morton (Unincorporated Rural Municipality)

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This municipality was named for pioneering farmer George Morton (1821-1891).

Present Status	Municipality of Boissevain-Morton (1 January 2015)
Incorporation History	Rural Municipality of Morton (1 November 1890) Amalgamation of Boissevain and Morton (1 January 2015)
Adjoining Municipalities	Cameron, Riverside, Turtle Mountain, Whitewater, Winchester
Constituent Communities	Abigail, Adelpha, Croll, Desford, Fairburn, Horton, Orthez, Schaffner, Turtle Mountain City, Waubeesh, Whitewater
Land Area (square km)	1089.88

Population

Year	Total
1891	1300
1901	2173
1911	2109
1921	2070
1931	2466
1941	2075
1951	1797
1956	1721
1961	1538
1966	1440
1971	1258
1976	1177
1981	939
1986	885
1991	848
1996	832
2001	760
2006	718
2011	698

Reeves

Term	Reeve
1891-1895	William Millar (1848-1908)
1896	James Rae
1897	James Johnson (1855-1929)
1898	James Sinclair Reekie (1857-?)
1899-1900	William Millar (1848-1908)
1901-1902	J. G. Washington
1903-1904	William Shannon
1905-1919	Richard Gardiner Willis (1865-1929)
1920-1937	John Peacock
1938-1944	Clifford Neville Mains (1890-1948)
1945-1965	R. Alvin Patterson
1966-1972	William D. Eaket
1973-1976	Ernest F. Noble
1977-1980	Scott A. Gervin
1981-1989	D. Barry Dickson
1990-1995	Ervin Neufeld
1996-2014	Robert J. D. McCallum

Memorable Manitobans

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Historic Sites

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History Books

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Maps

Sources

Beckoning Hills Revisited: Ours is a Goodly Heritage, Morton-Boissevain 1881-1981. Boissevain History Committee, 1981. Manitoba Legislative Library, F5648.T87.

Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 21 September 2018