Manitoba Communities: Roland (Rural Municipality)

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This municipality is alleged to have been named for settler Roland McDonald who owned part of the land where the village of Roland was situated.

Present Status	Rural Municipality of Roland (1 November 1908)
Incorporation History	Rural Municipality of Roland (1 November 1908)
Adjoining Municipalities	Dufferin, Morris, Rhineland, Stanley, Thompson
Constituent Communities	Graham, Jordan, Kronsgart, Myrtle, Roland, Warrington
Land Area (square km)	485.21

Population

Year	Total
1881	1200
1891	1600
1896	?
1901	1886
1911	2132
1921	2339
1931	2252
1941	2150
1951	1786
1956	1705
1961	1508
1966	1377
1971	1108
1976	1032
1981	974
1986	1014
1991	968
1996	984
2001	1035
2006	1002
2011	1058
2016	1129
2021	1145

Reeves

Term	Reeve
1908-1909	Peter Wright (1857-1938)
1909-1914	George Ross
1914-1916	?
1916-1917	William Brown (1870-1943)
1917-1920	George Ross
1920-1923	Duncan Muir
1923-1928	George Ross
1928-1933	John George Burnett Sloane (1877-1956)
1933-1937	A. E. Wakely
1937-1941	Robert C. Stocks
1941-1949	Samuel O. Glover
1949-1965	Albert E. Wakely (1894-1985)
1965-1968	W. G. Howat
1968-1977	R. N. McCallum
1977-1978	Herbert J. Andresen
1978-1980	?
1980-1983	Robert Ivan Stocks (1913-2005)
1983-1995	John Allison Bartley (1929-2006)
1995-2010	William M. Whitehead
2010-2014	Brian Coates
2014-2018	John Hughes
2018-2022	Michael Pfrimmer
2022-?	Jodi Gaultier

Memorable Manitobans

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Historic Sites

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History Books

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Maps

Sources

Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.

We thank Murray Sloane for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 11 August 2024