Manitoba Communities: Selkirk (City)

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This municipality was named for Lord Selkirk, whose land settlement plans in the early 1800s brought the people who settled in this region.

Present Status	City of Selkirk (26 June 1998)
Incorporation History	Town of Selkirk (15 June 1882) City of Selkirk (26 June 1998)
Adjoining Municipalities	St. Andrews | St. Clements
Land Area (square km)	24.86

Population

Year	Total
1891	1300
1901	2455
1906	2701
1911	2977
1916	3399
1921	3726
1926	4201
1931	4486
1936	4566
1941	4915
1946	5408
1951	6218
1956	7413
1961	8576
1966	9157
1971	9331
1976	9862
1981	10037
1986	10013
1991	9815
1996	9881
2001	9752
2006	9515
2011	9834
2016	10278
2021	10504

Mayors

Term	Mayor
1882-1885	James Colcleugh (1841-1918)
1885-1886	Frederick William Colcleugh (1845-1907)
1886-1888	Thomas Sinclair
1888-1892	Frederick William Colcleugh (1845-1907)
1892-1895	James G. Dagg (1860-1929)
1895-1896	Orton Irwin Grain (1863-1930)
1896-1901	Frederick William Colcleugh (1845-1907)
1901-1902	Lynds Smith Vaughan (1848-1937)
1902-1906	J. K. McKenzie
1906-1910	Joseph W. Simpson
1910-1914	Daniel Gordon Ross (1867-1951)
1914-1915	Frank W. Hooker (1860-1935)
1915-1916	Daniel Gordon Ross (1867-1951)
1916-1919	Francis Alexander “Frank” Gemmel (1873-1929)
1919-1921	Frank William Hooker (1860-1935)
1921-1922	Walter Henry Gabriel Gibbs (1872-1952)
1922-1925	Peter James Smith (1863-?)
1925-1927	Walter Henry Gabriel Gibbs (1872-1952)
1927-1928	Fred James Manning (1885-1966)
1928-1930	A. D. Ferguson
1930-1932	J. J. Bell
1932-1935	Frederick Schofield
1935-1937	Robert Smith (c1879-1944)
1937-1947	William Berrisford
1947-1950	William E. Gordon
1950-1957	Stefan “Steve” Oliver (1904-1984)
1957-1965	Ben Massey
1965-1967	Frank Malis
1967-1970	A. Montgomery
1970-1971	A. Cooper
1971-1972	?
1972-1974	Frank Malis
1974-1978	Lloyd Wersch
1978-1980	Charles Albert “Charlie” Balcaen (c1932-2010)
1980-1983	Bill Shead
1983-2001	Robert Stefan “Bud” Oliver
2001-2010	David Kristinn Bell (1959-2014)
2010-?	Larry Johannson

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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: 28 October 2022