Manitoba Communities: Victoria (Rural Municipality)

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This municipality was named for Queen Victoria (1819-1901).

Present Status	Rural Municipality of Victoria (15 November 1902)
Incorporation History	Rural Municipality of Victoria (15 November 1902)
Adjoining Municipalities	Argyle, Glenboro-South Cypress, Lorne, North Cypress-Langford, Norfolk-Treherne, North Norfolk
Constituent Communities	Cypress River, Holland, Landseer
Land Area (square km)	697.63

Population

Year	Total
1891	1000
1901	1962
1911	1905
1921	2036
1931	2090
1941	1877
1951	1707
1956	1670
1961	1620
1966	1503
1971	1490
1976	1467
1981	1431
1986	1453
1991	1405
1996	1275
2001	1181
2006	1149
2011	1119
2016	1132
2021	1188

Reeves

Term	Reeve
1902-1904	Robert J. Stewart
1904-1908	Peter Sinclair
1908-1911	Richard Thomas
1911-1919	John J. Staples
1919-1922	William Turner
1922-1928	Wesley Down (1860-?)
1928-1930	William Drummond
1930-1945	Wilbert F. Pentland
1945-1949	Ivan R. Graham
1949-1959	John Alex Sundell
1959-1962	Mel L. Jeffrey
1962-1971	Cecil A. Biglow
1971-1972	?
1972-1974	Ivan R. Graham
1974-1983	Clarence A. Sundell
1983-1989	Edward L. Budz
1989-2001	Harold W. Purkess
2001-?	Allan Steinke
?-?	Harold W. Purkess
?-2018	?
2018-?	Raymond Huggart

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.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 28 October 2022