Manitoba Organization: Lord Selkirk School Division No. 11

The Lord Selkirk School Division was created on 1 April 1959 by an order of the Manitoba Minister of Education, acting on a recommendation of the MacFarlane Commission on Education and the School Divisions Boundaries Commission. It became responsible for all secondary education, grades 9 to 12, within the area of the following school districts:

Ward

School Districts

1

Earl Grey School District No. 1527
Lockport School District No. 6
Mapleton School District No. 5
Rossdale School District No. 956
St. Andrew School District No. 2

2

Armistice School District No. 2043
Clandeboye School District No. 47

Cloverdale School District No. 577
Dunara School District No. 1203
Fillmore School District No. 2170
Hartley School District No. 878
Meadowdale School District No. 955
Netley Lake School District No. 775
Norwood School District No. 642
Peguis School District No. 1426
Petersfield School District No. 533

3

Arnhold School District No. 1618
Poplar Park School District No. 545
Balsam Bay School District No. 859
Beaconia School District No. 2162
Belair School District No. 2165
Brookside School District No. 1546
Dunlop School District No. 2150
Libau School District No. 1231
Grand Marais School District No. 1825
Hillside Beach School District No. 1980
Hoey School District No. 2173
Sheffield School District No. 1976
Stony Point School District No. 2077
Victoria Beach School District No. 1811

4

Ashfield School District No. 428
Gonor School District No. 1070
Happy Thought School District No. 1452
Highland School District No. 1628
Kitchener School District No. 1076
Lilydale School District No. 1285
Mayfield School District No. 1473
Patapun School District No. 1636

5

Selkirk School District No. 69

In September 1959, the School Division operated the Selkirk Collegiate Institute with classes in grades 9 to 12. Grade 9 classes, and some in grade 10, were also held at Happy Thought School, Victoria Beach School, Lockport School, Highland School, St. Andrews School, Mapleton School, and Clandeboye School. Grand Marais School had classes in grades 9 to 11 for several years.

On 15 February 1967, by an Order-in-Council, the Lord Selkirk School Division was given jurisdiction over all education for grades 1 to 12 and the 40 rural school districts within its area were dissolved. In 1970, the Brokenhead Ojibway Nation asked that their area be included in the school division and this came into effect as Ward 6 on 1 January 1971.

Superintendents

Term

Superintendent

?-?

William “Bill” Regehr (1931-2016)

?-1972

?

1972-?

Arnold George Minish (1930-2014)

?-?

Kenneth “Ken” Halldorson (c1939-2024)

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:

Report of the School Divisions Boundaries Commission, 13 January 1959, Manitoba Legislative Library, SpR 1958 Education.

Lord Selkirk S.D. No. 11, 25th Anniversary Calendar, 1967-1992.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 8 June 2024