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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, Riverbend Hutterite Colony, Shilo, Wellwood
Land Area (square km)
1199.92
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
Term
Reeve
1882
William Spence
1882-1883
John McDonnell
1883-1885
Thomas Walter Gilbert (1850-1890)
1885-1889
John A. Smith
1889-1890
James Wellington McCrae (1857-1930)
1890-1892
Robert Ferguson
1892-1894
John Morgan
1894-1896
Roderick W. McLean
1896-1898
Charles A. Gowan
1898-1900
William George Rogers (1854-1933)
1900-1902
John W. Stratford
1902-1905
John G. Barron (1850-1926)
1905-1907
Peter Robertson
1907-1909
John Elmhirst (1867-1932)
1909-1911
John G. Barron
1911-1913
T. Edward Miller
1913-1915
Harry Boles
1915-1917
Andrew Lyons
1917-1919
William G. Kennedy
1919-1922
Harry Boles
1922-1924
Andrew Lyons
1924-1945
Thomas Braden (1863-1950)
1945-1959
Samuel L. Reidle
1959-1971
Walter M. Froom
1971-1975
T. Roy Bailey
1975-1989
C. Hunter Witherspoon
1989-1998
Alexander M. Turner
1998-2001
Garry Henderson
2001-2006
Jim Ranson
2006-?
Brad Wells
?-2014
Ralph Oliver
2015
Search the MHS collection of biographies for ones connected to North Cypress:
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Go here for a list of historic sites in North Cypress.
Go here for a list of history books for North Cypress.
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: 8 July 2024
