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Manitoba Communities: Russell (Unincorporated Rural Municipality)
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This municipality was named in commemoration of Surveyor-General Lindsay Russell.
Present Status
Municipality of Russell-Binscarth (1 January 2015)
Incorporation History
Rural Municipality of Russell (15 August 1881)
Amalgamation of Binscarth, Russell and Russell (1 January 2015)Adjoining Municipalities
Constituent Communities
Land Area (square km)
567.83
Population
Year
Total
1896
742
1901
1387
1911
1351
1921
1021
1931
1212
1941
1152
1951
1081
1956
1088
1961
1046
1966
1087
1971
833
1976
710
1981
653
1986
634
1991
528
1996
553
2001
544
2006
484
2011
459
Reeves
Term
Reeve
1882-1887
?
1888-1889
Alexander B. Callin
1890-1894
A. B. McDougall
1895-1898
Alexander B. Callin
1899
C. A. Boulton
1900-1902
A. McDonagh
1903
E. M. Williams
1904
A. Clee
1905-1907
E. M. Williams
1908-1911
George Cartwright (1848-1911)
1912
William McKinnon
1913-1918
H. V. Bailey
1919-1927
E. C. De Balinhard
1928-1932
William McKinnon
1933-1936
John W. Gray
1937-1965
James Rea (1882-1969)
1966-1969
Bert Thompson
1970-1978
Ronald Collins (?-c2008)
1978-1983
George Robert Witty
1984-1986
Gordon Bryer
1987-1989
George Robert Witty
1990-2001
Wayne Collins
2002-2014
Robert W. Muir
2015
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.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 9 June 2019
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