Manitoba Communities: Whitehead (Rural Municipality)

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This municipality is named for Joseph Whitehead.

Present Status	Rural Municipality of Whitehead (22 December 1883)
Incorporation History	Rural Municipality of Whitehead (22 December 1883)
Adjoining Municipalities	Cornwallis, Daly, Elton, Oakland-Wawanesa, Sifton, Souris-Glenwood, Wallace-Woodworth
Constituent Communities	Alexander, Ashbury, Beresford, Kemnay, McKelvie, Roseland, Terence, Villette
Land Area (square km)	563.90

Population

Year	Total
1891	1464
1896	1273
1901	1782
1911	1934
1921	1835
1931	1741
1941	1464
1951	1315
1956	1230
1961	1191
1966	1172
1971	1201
1976	1291
1981	1291
1986	1440
1991	1421
1996	1535
2001	1457
2006	1402
2011	1533
2016	1651
2021	1679

Reeves

Term	Reeve
1884	?
1884-1886	Robert Hall (1849-1911)
1886-1890	Alexander Nichol
1890-1891	?
1891-1896	C. E. Hall
1896-1899	William Fenwick
1899-1903	A. A. Rowe
1903-1905	Joseph Haig (1849-1942)
1905-1908	Thomas Walker
1908-1910	D. A. Yeomans
1910-1919	R. W. Philp
1919-1923	D. T. Roberts
1923-1926	R. W. Philp
1926-1935	D. A. Yeomans
1935-1967	Oswald Morton McKay (1891-?)
1967-1998	Clarence K. Williamson (?-2017)
1998-2014	Wayne D. Dobbie
2014-2018	Heather Curle
2018-2022	Allan Sutherland
2022-?	Trevor Tuttosi

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Historic Sites

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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