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This municipality was named for an open spring of water on the homestead of a Mr. Forbes.
Present Status
Rural Municipality of Springfield (1880)
Incorporation History
Rural Municipality of Springfield and Sunnyside (27 September 1873)
Rural Municipality of Springfield (1880)Adjoining Municipalities
Constituent Communities
Anola, Cooks Creek, Deacon, Dugald, Glass, Hazelridge, Meadowvale, Melrose, Millbrook, Monominto, North Transcona, Nourse, Oakbank, Ostenfeld, Pine Ridge, Queens Valley, Sapton, Vivian
Land Area (square km)
1100.92
Year
Total
1891
1000
1896
1367
1901
2585
1911
5015
1921
5666
1931
6486
1941
6863
1951
5375
1956
5120
1961
5608
1966
5670
1971
5955
1976
6944
1981
8986
1986
9836
1991
11102
1996
12162
2001
12602
2006
12990
2011
14069
2016
15342
2021
16142
Period
Reeve
1873-1874
William Robert Dick (1821-1904)
1874-1876
John MacKenzie Smith (1839-1917)
1876-1878
John Scott
1878-1880
S. J. Corbett
1880-1881
Charles B. Eadie (Warden)
1881-1882
S. J. Corbett
1882-1883
John Winram
1883-1884
Angus E. McLeod
1884-1885
John Matheson
1885-1891
R. S. Conklin
1891-1892
Robert Fisher
1892-1894
William Henry Corbett (1847-1941)
1894-1897
R. S. Conklin
1897-1898
Isaac Murphy
1898-1899
E. Anderson
1899-1900
J. Matheson
1900-1903
William Henry Corbett (1847-1941)
1903-1904
William Brett
1904-1905
George Miller
1905-1906
William Brett
1906-1909
George Miller
1909-1910
I. W. McKinley
1910-1911
George Miller
1911-1913
Isaac Cook
1913-1914
William Brett
1914-1920
Isaac Cook
1920-1935
John Holland
1935-1937
J. A. Fisher
1937-1939
Albert Woloszynski (c1888-1954)
1939-1945
J. A. Fisher
1945-1947
M. Winzinowich
1947-1957
Stanley Grant Smith (c1890-1963)
1957-1967
Stephen Roscoe (1907-1993)
1967-1971
George Edward Kraushar (1914-2006)
1971-1974
H. R. “Harry” Fisher
1974-1977
George Edward Kraushar (1914-2006)
1977-1998
John “Jack” Nicol (1935-2015)
1998-2006
John D. Holland
2006-2010
Peter Skrupski
2010-2014
Jim McCarthy
2014-2018
Bob Bodnaruk
2018-2022
Tiffany Fell
2022-?
Patrick Therrien
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Go here for a list of history books for Springfield.
“Municipality of Springfield and Sunnyside,” Manitoba Daily Free Press, 25 January 1876, page 6.
“Springfield and Sunnyside - a historical sketch,” Manitoba Daily Free Press, 24 July 1879, page 1.
“Civic Elections [Springfield],” Manitoba Daily Free Press, 14 December 1887, page 1.
“Former Reeve of Springfield dies aged 66,” Winnipeg Free Press, 7 December 1954, page 27.
Springfield, 1st Rural Municipality in Manitoba, 1873-1973, Dugald Women’s Institute.
Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
We thank Nathan Kramer and Rick Wilson for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 2 February 2024
