Manitoba Communities: Piney (Rural Municipality)

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This municipality is named from a contraction of “Pine Valley.”

Present Status	Rural Municipality of Piney (28 February 1997)
Incorporation History	Local Government District of Piney (1 January 1945) Rural Municipality of Piney (28 February 1997) See The “Disorganized” Municipalities of Manitoba.
Adjoining Municipalities	La Broquerie, Reynolds, Stuartburn
Constituent Communities	Badger, Bedford, Carrick, Florze, Menisino, Middlebro, Piney, St. Labre, Sandilands, South Junction, Sprague, Vassar, Wampum, Woodridge
Land Area (square km)	2433.10

Population

Year	Total
1931	1322
1941	1587
1951	3141
1956	3157
1961	2859
1966	2489
1971	2169
1976	1983
1981	1890
1986	1781
1991	1559
1996	1604
2001	1688
2006	1755
2011	1720
2016	1726
2021	1843

Reeves

Term	Reeve
1960-1973	Roland J. Dubois (1924-1973)
1973	Reynald Preteau (acting)
1973-1975	Reynald Preteau
1975-1977	William Tkachuk (1930-2014)
1977-1983	Marvin Wallace Hovorka (1938-2024)
1983-1986	Ronald Buzahora
1986-1998	William Tkachuk (1930-2014)
1998-2001	Murray Machej
2001-2010	Marvin Wallace Hovorka (1938-2024)
2010-2014	Duane George Boutang (1950-2020)
2014-2018	?
2018-?	Wayne Anderson

Memorable Manitobans

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Historic Sites

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History Books

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Maps

Sources

“Preteau appointed area Administrator,” Winnipeg Free Press, 6 September 1974, page 9.

Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 27 November 2024