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Manitoba Communities: St. Francois Xavier (Rural Municipality)

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This municipality was named for the Parish of St. Francois Xavier established here in the 1800s.

Present Status	Rural Municipality of St. Francois Xavier (14 February 1880)
Incorporation History	Rural Municipality of St. Francois Xavier (14 February 1880)
Adjoining Municipalities	Cartier, Headingley, Portage la Prairie, Rosser, Woodlands
Constituent Communities	Baie St. Paul, Pigeon Lake, St. Francois Xavier
Land Area (square km)	204.56

Population

Year	Total
1871	351
1881	300
1891	300
1896	1776
1901	613
1911	522
1921	692
1931	833
1941	824
1951	780
1956	698
1961	694
1966	713
1971	645
1976	692
1981	780
1986	827
1991	898
1996	992
2001	1024
2006	1087
2011	1240
2016	1411

Reeves

Term	Reeve
1880	Octave Regnier (1828-?)
1881	Joseph-Azarie Senecal (1841-1917)
1882	Maxine Lepine Constant Perras
1883-1884	Joseph-Azarie Senecal (1841-1917)
1885-1886	George McKenzie
1887	Joseph Forget
1888-1890	C. A. Thibert
1891-1892	Patrice Breland (1837-1908)
1893-1894	C. A. Thibert
1895-1900	Patrice Breland (1837-1908)
1901-1903	Joseph H. Prefontaine (1859-1937)
1904	Oliver Robidaux
1905-1908	John P. McDougall (1849-?)
1909-1910	Silas Loney
1911	John P. McDougall (1849-?)
1912-1913	J. L. Picard
1914-1936	Thomas Wood
1937-1939	C. E. Wood
1940-1945	Joseph R. Leclerc
1946-1949	Raoul Allard
1950-1951	Alexander Hamelin
1952-1953	Raoul Allard
1954	E. J. Nott
1955-1967	Alexander Hamelin
1968-1980	H. John Braun
1981-1989	Raymond L. Fleury
1990-1992	Paul McCaughan
1993-2001	Raymond L. Fleury
2002-2014	Roger Poitras
2015-2018	Dwayne Clark
2018-?	Rick Van Wyk

Memorable Manitobans

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Historic Sites

Go here for a list of historic sites in St. Francois Xavier.

History Books

Go here for a list of history books for St. Francois Xavier.

Maps

Sources

Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.

Our First Hundred Years: A History of St. Francois-Xavier Municipality. St. Francois-Xavier Municipality Historical Committee, 1980. Manitoba Legislative Library, F5648.S234.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 15 February 2020