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, White Horse Plains

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

2021

1449

Reeves

Term

Reeve

1880

Octave Regnier (1828-?)

1880-1881

Joseph-Azarie Senecal (1841-1917)

1881-1882

Maxine Lepine
Constant Perras

1882-1884

Joseph-Azarie Senecal (1841-1917)

1884-1886

George McKenzie

1886-1887

Joseph Forget

1887-1890

C. A. Thibert

1890-1892

Patrice Breland (1837-1908)

1892-1894

C. A. Thibert

1894-1900

Patrice Breland (1837-1908)

1900-1903

Joseph H. Prefontaine (1859-1937)

1903-1904

Oliver Robidaux

1904-1908

John Peter McDougall (1849-1925)

1908-1910

Silas Loney

1910-1911

John Peter McDougall (1849-1925)

1911-1913

J. L. Picard

1913-1936

Thomas Wood

1936-1939

C. E. Wood

1939-1945

Joseph R. Leclerc

1945-1949

Raoul Allard

1949-1951

Alexander Hamelin

1951-1953

Raoul Allard

1953-1954

E. J. Nott

1954-1967

Alexander Hamelin

1967-1980

H. John Braun

1980-1989

Raymond L. Fleury

1989-1992

Paul McCaughan

1992-2001

Raymond L. Fleury

2001-2014

Roger Poitras

2014-2018

Dwayne Clark

2018-2022

Rick Van Wyk

2022-?

Delmer Nott

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.

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: 16 May 2024