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This municipality was named for John Wright Sifton.
Present Status
Rural Municipality of Sifton (1 January 2015)
Incorporation History
Rural Municipality of Sifton (22 December 1883)
Amalgamation of Oak Lake and Sifton (1 January 2015)Adjoining Municipalities
Grassland, Pipestone, Souris-Glenwood, Two Borders, Wallace-Woodworth, Whitehead
Constituent Communities
Algar, Belleview, Deleau, Denbow, Findlay, Griswold, Oak Lake
Land Area (square km)
768.42
Year
Total
1891
1504
1896
1251
1901
2025
1911
1632
1921
1569
1931
1561
1941
1445
1951
1224
1956
1136
1961
1054
1966
1082
1971
999
1976
917
1981
820
1986
842
1991
769
1996
759
2001
766
2006
796
2011
1172
2016
1256
2021
1239
Term
Reeve
1883-1884
Edward Dickson (1854-1903)
1884-1887
?
1887-1893
Robert Sutherland (1830-1907)
1893-1894
?
1894-1904
Archibald Dickson Chisholm (1857-1930)
1904-1908
John Duncan
1908-1912
Alfred Edward Hill (1859-1953)
1911-1920
William Robson (1864-1941)
1920-1921
George Gordon
1921-1930
Mervyn H. Ray (1867-1949)
1930-1931
William Robson (1864-1941)
1931-1943
Mervyn H. Ray (1867-1949)
1943-1949
W. A. Canning
1949-1951
Henry William Royce Hatch (1902-1975)
1951-1955
Frederick William Sutherland (1886-1956)
1955-1959
Henry William Royce Hatch (1902-1975)
1959-1971
Matthew Robinson Sutherland (1893-1971)
1971-1974
G. W. Howat
1974-1977
Chris Bothe
1977-1986
Garfield Jasper (?-2014)
1986-1998
Clare Couling
1998-2001
George Torrance
2001-2010
George Harrison
2010-2017
Richard Joseph “Rick” Plaisier (1948-2017)
2017-2018
?
2018-?
Cyril Druwe
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“Cities, towns and villages,” Winnipeg Free Press, 24 October 1959, page 6.
“Many Municipal Reeves returned by acclamation,” Winnipeg Free Press, 3 October 1963, page 29.
“Few contests for Reeve in Rural Municipalities,” Winnipeg Free Press, 5 October 1967, page 14.
“Reeves re-elected in 10 municipalities,” Winnipeg Free Press, 28 October 1971, page 39.
Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
We thank Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 28 October 2022
