Manitoba Organization: Hanover School Division No. 15 (1959)

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The Hanover School Division was created in December 1959 following a favourable vote of residents in the area, in November 1959. Initially, it assumed responsibility for education in secondary grades, from 9 to 12. In 1967, it took over education of all grades as the Hanover Unitary School Division.

Ward	School Districts
1	Greenland North School District No. 2333 Greenland South School District No. 893 Landmark School District No. 2033 LeBlanc School District No. 1574 Linden School District No. 2051 Montezuma School District No. 2154 Prefontaine School District No. 2189 Shakespeare School District No. 2069 Willow Ridge School District No. 2202
2	Arran School District No. 1960 Bothwell School District No. 1961 Carmichael School District No. 1959 Kingswood School District No. 703 Moray School District No. 1963 Niverville School District No. 315 Randolph School District No. 1964 Seaton School District No. 1962
3	Blumenhof School District No. 64 Clearsprings School District No. 85 Ekron School District No. 2093 Giroux School District No. 1742 Mitchell School District No. 1965 Ridgewood School District No. 274 Twin Creek School District No. 2260
4	Steinbach School District No. 65
5	Barkfield School District No. 1951 Goodwill School District No. 1967 Lister East School District No. 2223 Lister West School District No. 2302 Sarto School District No. 1539 Slawna School District No. 1624 Spencer School District No. 1969 Tiny Creek School District No. 2344 Willow Plain School District No. 1588 Woolwich School District No. 1968
6	Bristol School District No. 1977 Carruthers School District No. 2188 Friedensfeld School District No. 1372 Gravel Ridge School District No. 2285 Gruenfeld School District No. 63 Hanover (Rocky) School District No. 2286 Hochstadt School District No. 66 Oswald School District No. 2112 Rosengard School District No. 2168 St. Denis School District No. 1343

Superintendents

Term	Superintendent
1967-1974	Jacob Jacob “Jake” Peters (1909-1979)
1974-1983	Henry Teichgraf Thiessen (1918-2003)
1983-2002	Gilbert P. Unger (1940-2020)
2002-?	?

See also:

Events in Manitoba History: School Divisions (1959)

Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba’s Rural School Consolidation (1905-1967)

Events in Manitoba History: School Divisions Boundaries Commission (1958-1959)

Events in Manitoba History: MacFarlane Royal Commission on Education (1957-1959)

Sources:

“Principal gets post,” Winnipeg Free Press, 17 May 1974, page 57.

Steinbach, So Much to Celebrate: 1946-1996, Derksen Printers, 1997. [Manitoba Legislative Library, F5649.S84]

Schools - Our Heritage: From 46 School Districts to Hanover Unitary School Division (1878-1968) by John K. Schellenberg, The Board of The Hanover School Division No. 15, May 1985, ISBN 0-919673-93-7.

We thank Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 28 February 2024