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This municipality was named for the abundance of oak trees that were said to grow here when it was established.
Present Status
Municipality of Oakland-Wawanesa (1 January 2015)
Incorporation History
Rural Municipality of Oakland (22 December 1883)
Amalgamation of Oakland and Wawanesa (1 January 2015)Adjoining Municipalities
Cornwallis, Glenwood, Riverside, South Cypress, Strathcona, Wawanesa, Whitehead, Whitewater
Constituent Communities
Land Area (square km)
575.21
Year
Total
1891
1456
1896
1539
1901
2128
1911
1576
1921
1540
1931
1675
1941
1392
1951
1201
1956
1159
1961
1014
1966
968
1971
931
1976
958
1981
1003
1986
1039
1991
990
1996
1086
2001
1111
2006
1033
2011
1056
Term
Reeve
1884
James Hector
1885-1887
?
1888-1890
Thomas Nichol
1891
?
1892-1894
Frank Oliver Fowler (1861-1945)
1895-1896
Alfred Henry Carroll (1846-1924)
1897-1903
Angus McDonald
1904
James E. Green
1905
John James Story (1857-1930)
1906-1914
John W. Rathwell
1915-1926
Pierce Couling (1877-1947)
1927-1928
C. E. Jackson
1929-1947
George H. Stephens
1948-1953
Rex C. Fisher
1954-1974
George Adrian Griffith (1901-1974)
1975-1977
Rex C. Fisher
1978-1984
Willard F. McFarland
1985-1986
Kelvin C. McKellar
1987-2001
David B. Inkster
2002-2005
Brian Downie
2006
?
2006-2015
David Bruce “Bunk” Inkster (1940-2019)
2015
See Oakland-Wawanesa
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Go here for a list of historic sites in Oakland.
Go here for a list of history books for Oakland.
Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
Oakland Echoes, 1879-1970 by J. B. Rome, 1970. [Manitoba Legislative Library]
Manitoba Gazette, 1887-1959. Manitoba Legislative Library.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 24 November 2020
