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This municipality is named for an Aboriginal word meaning “plenty.”
Present Status
Town of Neepawa (23 November 1883)
Incorporation History
Town of Neepawa (23 November 1883)
Adjoining Municipalities
Land Area (square km)
17.35
Year
Total
1891
774
1901
1418
1906
1895
1911
1864
1916
1854
1921
1887
1926
1833
1931
1910
1936
2068
1941
2292
1946
2468
1951
2895
1956
3109
1961
3197
1966
3229
1971
3215
1976
3508
1981
3425
1986
3314
1991
3258
1996
3301
2001
3325
2006
3298
2011
3629
2016
4609
2021
5685
Term
Mayor
1883-1887
Jonathan Joseph Hamilton (1850-1928)
1887-1891
B. R. Hamilton
1891-1892
Jonathan Joseph Hamilton (1850-1928)
1892-1894
James Arthur Clare (1856-1938)
1894-1899
John Andrew Davidson (1852-1903)
1899-1903
James Henry Howden (1860-1938)
1903-1904
John Brown
1904-1905
Edward John Harris (1862-1953)
1905-1907
James Henry Howden (1860-1938)
1907-1908
Jonathan Joseph Hamilton (1850-1928)
1908-1911
William H. Gossell
1911-1912
Jonathan Joseph Hamilton (1850-1928)
1912-1913
Robert Hezekiah Fusee (1864-1960)
1913-1916
John Brown
1916-1921
J. L. McKay
1921-1922
John Hall (1862-1930)
1922-1923
Jack A. Davidson
1923-1924
John Hall (1862-1930)
1924-1925
Thomas Gerow Murphy (1883-1971)
1925-1927
George V. Stonehouse
1927-1928
Thomas Gerow Murphy (1883-1971)
1928-1931
William G. Pollock
1931-1933
Robert Hezekiah Fusee (1864-1960)
1933-1947
William G. Pollock
1947-1952
Dr. Paul Cleave
1952-1953
D. E. R. Ewer
1953-1959
William Whitmore (1908-1998)
1959-1967
George Rey
1967-1974
Harry B. Smith
1974-1977
Robert L. Hurrell
1977-1981
Gary R. McElmon
1981-1992
Homer Wilmot Gill (1924-2014)
1992-1998
Roy McGillivray
1998-2001
Ken Waddell
2001-2010
Robert Durston
2010-2011
Ronald Sture Forsman (1938-2021)
2011-2014
Ken Waddell
2014-2015
Bill Stilwell
2015-2018
2018-2022
Blake McCutcheon
2022-?
Brian Hedley
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Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
“John Hall only nominee to Neepawa mayoralty,” Manitoba Free Press, 21 July 1923, page 30.
Neepawa: Land of Plenty, 1883-1983 by Neepawa History Book Committee, 1983.
“Neepawa mayor resigns,” Winnipeg Free Press, 10 July 2014, page A5.
Obituary [Ronald Sture Forsman], White's Funeral Home.
We thank Nathan Kramer and Bill Stilwell for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 3 March 2024
