Manitoba Communities: North Cypress (Unincorporated Rural Municipality)
Link to:
Population | Mayors / Reeves | Memorable Manitobans | Historic Sites | History Books | Maps | Contact Information | Sources
This municipality was named for the Cypress River that flows nearby.
Present Status |
Municipality of North Cypress-Langford (1 January 2015) |
Incorporation History |
Rural Municipality of North Cypress (1 January 1883)
Amalgamation of Langford and North Cypress (1 January 2015) |
Adjoining Municipalities |
Carberry, Cornwallis, Elton, Glenboro-South Cypress, Norfolk-Treherne, Victoria, WestLake-Gladstone |
Constituent Communities |
Acadia Colony, Brookdale, Carberry, Edrans, Fairview, Firdale, Gregg, Harte, Hughes, Ingelow, Melbourne, Oberon, Onah, Petrel, Pleasant Point, Shilo, Wellwood |
Land Area (square km) |
1199.92 |
Population
Year |
Total |
1891 |
2661 |
1896 |
1574 |
1901 |
2520 |
1911 |
2686 |
1921 |
2729 |
1931 |
2576 |
1941 |
2465 |
1951 |
2294 |
1956 |
2822 |
1961 |
2304 |
1966 |
2281 |
1971 |
2029 |
1976 |
2049 |
1981 |
2004 |
1986 |
2201 |
1991 |
2028 |
1996 |
1900 |
2001 |
1853 |
2006 |
1902 |
2011 |
1860 |
Reeves
Term |
Reeve |
1882 |
William Spence |
1883 |
John McDonnell |
1884-1885 |
Thomas Walter Gilbert (1850-1890) |
1886-1889 |
John A. Smith |
1890 |
James Wellington McCrae (1857-1930) |
1891-1892 |
Robert Ferguson |
1893-1894 |
John Morgan |
1895-1896 |
Roderick W. McLean |
1897-1898 |
Charles A. Gowan |
1899-1900 |
William George Rogers (1854-1933) |
1901-1902 |
John W. Stratford |
1903-1905 |
John G. Barron (1850-1926) |
1906-1907 |
Peter Robertson |
1908-1909 |
John Elmhurst (1867-?) |
1910-1911 |
John G. Barron |
1912-1913 |
T. Edward Miller |
1914-1915 |
Harry Boles |
1916-1917 |
Andrew Lyons |
1918-1919 |
William G. Kennedy |
1920-1922 |
Harry Boles |
1923-1924 |
Andrew Lyons |
1925-1945 |
Thomas Braden (1863-1950) |
1946-1959 |
Samuel L. Reidle |
1960-1971 |
Walter M. Froom |
1972-1975 |
T. Roy Bailey |
1976-1989 |
C. Hunter Witherspoon |
1990-1998 |
Alexander M. Turner |
1999-2001 |
Garry Henderson |
2002-2006 |
Jim Ranson |
2007-? |
Brad Wells |
?-2014 |
Ralph Oliver |
2015 |
See North Cypress-Langford |
Memorable Manitobans
Search the MHS collection of biographies for ones connected to North Cypress:
Historic Sites
Go here for a list of historic sites in North Cypress.
History Books
Go here for a list of history books for North Cypress.
Maps
Sources
Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
The People of the Big Plain: Carberry, North Cypress 125th Anniversary. Carberry-North Cypress 125 History Book Committee, 2007. Manitoba Legislative Library, F5648.C36.
Carberry Plains, Century One: 1882-1982 by the Carberry History Committee, 1982. ISBN 0-88925-422-2. Manitoba Historical Society Library, 971.27Car.
Manitoba Gazette, 1887-1959. Manitoba Legislative Library
We thank Allan Drysdale for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 2 October 2018
|