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This municipality was named for the predominated wooded land that comprises it.
Present Status
Rural Municipality of Woodlands (14 February 1880)
Incorporation History
Rural Municipality of Woodlands (14 February 1880)
Adjoining Municipalities
Portage la Prairie, Rockwood, Rosser, St. Francois Xavier, St. Laurent
Constituent Communities
Atwell, Erinview, Lake Francis, Marquette, Meadowlea, Reaburn, Warren, Woodlands
Land Area (square km)
1178.04
Year
Total
1871
503
1881
500
1891
1032
1896
987
1901
1173
1911
1539
1921
1977
1931
2008
1941
2351
1951
2041
1956
2222
1961
2346
1966
2157
1971
2258
1976
2558
1981
2935
1986
3188
1991
3334
1996
3457
2001
3453
2006
3562
2011
3521
2016
3416
2021
3797
Term
Reeve
1880-1882
D. H. Scott
1882-1886
John Porteous
1886-1888
John Ervin Moss Firby
1888-1892
Charles Stewart
1892-1894
H. L. Stewart
1894-1897
George Main
1897-1905
David Porteous (1855-1915)
1905-1906
George Main
1906-1909
Alexander M. Campbell (1856-1910)
1909-1912
Samuel George Sims (1870-1953)
1912-1916
James Douglas (1855-?)
1916-1920
Thomas Scott
1920-1927
D. N. McIntyre
1927-1937
Albert James Henry Proctor (1863-1945)
1937-1943
Robert J. Munroe
1943-1947
A. J. Pratt
1947-1959
Henry Gratton “Gin” Langrell (1893-1979)
1959-1963
J. E. Riddell
1963-1969
C. L. Cunnington
1969-2002
Edward “Ed” Peltz (1931-2016)
2002-2014
Donald Walsh
2014-2018
Trevor King
2018-2022
Lori Schellekens
2022-?
Douglas Oliver
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Go here for a list of historic sites in Woodlands.
Go here for a list of history books for Woodlands.
Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
Woodlands Echoes: History of the Townships of The Rural Municipality of Woodlands No. 8 by Madeline L. Proctor, 1960.
We thank Dale Nicol for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 28 October 2022
