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This municipality was possibly named for a proposed post office southwest of Eden in the early 1880s.
Present Status
Rural Municipality of Rosedale (22 December 1883)
Incorporation History
Rural Municipality of Rosedale (22 December 1883)
Adjoining Municipalities
Clanwilliam-Erickson, Glenella-Lansdowne, McCreary, Minto-Odanah, North Cypress-Langford
Constituent Communities
Birnie, Bridge Creek, Eden, Franklin, Howden, Kelwood, Mountain Road, Neepawa, Polonia, Riding Mountain, Rolling Acres Colony, Springhill
Land Area (square km)
864.55
Year
Total
1891
1400
1896
1385
1901
2388
1911
3085
1921
3504
1931
3674
1941
3781
1951
3237
1956
2875
1961
2662
1966
2643
1971
2347
1976
2050
1981
1886
1986
1791
1991
1614
1996
1644
2001
1598
2006
1658
2011
1627
2016
1672
2021
1524
Term
Reeve
1883-1888
John Crawford (1856-1928)
1888-1897
Robert Campbell
1897-1904
John Crawford (1856-1928)
1904-1910
George H. Edwards
1910-1913
Samuel Currie
1913-1916
James Anderson McCollum (c1864-1922)
1916-1919
Samuel Currie
1919-1920
S. H. McCracken
1920-1921
Angus Campbell
1921-1927
George A. Baker
1927-1928
John T. Davies
1928-1941
G. H. Kilburn
1941-1946
Noble Yerex
1946-1963
Thomas Ritchie Young (1898-1974)
1963-1965
E. B. McCracken
1965-1977
J. Gordon Stewart
1977-1980
Harry William Smithson
1980-1992
Arnold M. Birch
1992-1998
Jim Kuharski
1998-2014
Edward A. Levandoski
2015-2018
Bill Martin
2018-2022
Michael Porrok
2022-?
Karl Snezyk
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Go here for a list of historic sites in Rosedale.
Go here for a list of history books for Rosedale.
Death registration [James Anderson McCollum], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Arrest farmers following death of former Reeve,” Winnipeg Tribune, 7 August 1922, page 3.
Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
We thank Allan Drysdale and Janina Smithson for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 28 October 2022
