Manitoba Communities: Whitewater (Unincorporated Rural Municipality)

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This municipality is named for Whitewater Lake in the vicinity.

Present Status	Municipality of Grassland (1 January 2015)
Incorporation History	Municipality of Whitewater (22 December 1883) Unincorporated and divided between Morton and Winchester (1891) Morton portion incorporated as Municipality of Whitewater (16 November 1896) Amalgamation of Cameron, Hartney, and Whitewater (1 January 2015)
Adjoining Municipalities	Cameron, Glenwood, Morton, Oakland, Riverside, Winchester
Constituent Communities	Elgin, Fairfax, Heaslip, Minto
Land Area (square km)	584.25

Population

Year	Total
1901	1613
1911	2038
1921	1892
1931	1829
1941	1536
1951	1433
1956	1342
1961	1279
1966	1184
1971	978
1976	885
1981	856
1986	828
1991	787
1996	766
2001	725
2006	648
2011	645

Reeves

Period	Reeve
1884-1887	?
1888-1890	Albert Henry (1857-1937)
1891-1896	Unincorporated
1897-1900	James Henthorne Argue (1848-1927)
1901	Samuel Atcheson Heaslip (c1838-1923)
1902-1927	Alexander Rose (1857-1928)
1928	Malcolm Clark McKinnon (1867-1941)
1929	William Thomas Draper (1879-1977)
1930-1940	Malcolm Clark McKinnon (1867-1941)
1941	William Flewitt (1869-1950)
1941-1945	William Thomas Draper (1879-1977)
1945	George E. Sneath (c1881-1956)
1946-1966	David Francis “Mac” Rose (1894-1979)
1966-1971	Roy Young
1971-1977	J. D. “Jack” Stilwell
1977-1986	Allan M. Rose (?-2014)
1986-1989	Kenneth Elwood “Ken” Vodden (?-2007)
1989-1995	John D. “Jack” Stilwell
1995-1996	Mel D. Stuart
1996-2006	Douglas R. “Doug” Robertson
2006-2014	Stenson Blair Woods (1956-2020)
2015	See Grassland

Secretary-Treasurers

Period	Secretary-Treasurer
1897-1901	Robert Morrison
1901-1923	James Donley (1853-1923)
1923-1930	Lillie Maud Lyster (1876-1958)
1930-1947	George Brellisford Keddie (1883-1947)
1947	Lillian Dyer - Acting
1947-1950	Clarence P. Honeyman
1950-1953	George A. Bissett
1953-1966	James L. Pottinger
1966-1973	Monty W. Foussard
1973	Andrew J. Swain - Acting
1973-1977	W. Ian Ford
1977	Roy A. MacInnes - Acting
1977-1988	John D. Stilwell
1988-1995	Barbara A. Rea - Acting
1995-?	Murray R. Jackson

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Historic Sites

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History Books

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Maps

Sources

“Hartney,” Brandon Sun, 29 January 1891, page 6.

“New municipalities,” Manitoba Free Press, 14 November 1896, page 5.

Minto: People of Pride, 1881 to 1998 by Minto and District Historical Society, 1998, page 7.

Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.

Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 14 May 2024