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This municipality was named for the Pembina River that flows through it.
Present Status
Municipality of Pembina (1 January 2015)
Incorporation History
Rural Municipality of Pembina (1 November 1890)
Amalgamation of Manitou and Pembina (1 January 2015)Adjoining Municipalities
Constituent Communities
Binney, Calf Mountain, Darlingford, Kaleida, La Riviere, Manitou, Mowbray, Rudyard, Snowflake, Windygates
Land Area (square km)
1118.33
Year
Total
1891
1429
1896
2850
1901
3186
1911
3309
1921
3880
1931
4228
1941
3742
1951
3308
1956
3132
1961
2907
1966
2773
1971
2436
1976
2213
1981
2180
1986
2124
1991
1928
1996
1850
2001
1769
2006
1712
2011
2369
2016
2347
2021
2406
Term
Reeve
1890-1894
Ferris Bolton (1853-1937)
1894-1897
John Stewart Miller (1844-1936)
1897-1899
John Woods
1899-1901
Adam Rinn
1901-1902
John Woods
1902-1903
John Story
1903-1904
John Woods
1904-1906
William Hamilton (1855-?)
1906-1908
George Compton
1908-1911
John Woods
1911-1912
Wesley Webber
1912-1913
J. M. Stratford
1913-1921
John S. Sotheran
1921-1924
Donald Morrison
1924-1931
Frank Westbrook McIntosh (1879-1952)
1931-1934
Willis B. Moore
1934-1936
Hugh Borthwick Morrison (1892-1957)
1936-1949
Frank Westbrook McIntosh (1879-1952)
1949-1965
Charles F. Cousins
1965-1992
1992-1998
William Joseph Frisch
1998-2001
Robert Hilton McLean
2001-2006
George Elmer Henderson
2006-2014
Kim Taylor
2014-?
Glenn Shiskoski
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Go here for a list of historic sites in Pembina.
Go here for a list of history books for Pembina.
Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
In Rhythm With Our Roots: A History of Manitou & Area edited by Haraldine Webb and Diana Vodden, published by the Manitou Centennial Book Committee, 1997.
We thank Judy Young, Chief Administrative Officer for the RM of Pembina, for help in compiling a list of historic sites.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 28 October 2022
