Manitoba Organization: Mountain School Division No. 28

The Mountain 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	Campau School District No. 1418 Dry River School District No. 399 Grange School District No. 892 Mariapolis School District No. 830 Pike Lake School District No. 838 St. Albert School District No. 2164 St. Alphonse School District No. 1001 St. Gustave School District No. 977 Ste. Marie School District No. 963 St. Urbain School District No. 903 Zephyr School District No. 1384
2	Bertram School District No. 2097 Harmer School District No. 415 Lakeview School District No. 419 Norquay School District No. 262 Oakhill School District No. 1123 Richard School District No. 1092 St. Gerard School District No. 2219 St. Michel School District No. 2222 Swan Lake School District No. 345
3	Cardinal School District No. 2239 Cleophas School District No. 1398 Faure School District No. 900 Leary School District No. 1540 Montcalm School District No. 984 St. Adelard School District No. 912 St. Leon Village School District No. 1425 St. Louis School District No. 964 Theobald School District No. 1415 Willow Bluff School District No. 1334
4	Beausale School District No. 1321 Carnot School District No. 854 Jeanne D'Arc School District No. 1673 Kenneth School District No. 2087 Lees School District No. 579 Notre Dame de Lourdes School District No. 690 Pinkerton School District No. 1074 St. Benoit School District No. 1315
5	Bell School District No. 1953 Barron School District No. 1930 Bazin School District No. 2187 Columbine School District No. 2180 Dandurand School District No. 2064 Emberly School District No. 1979 Haywood School District No. 1193 Louvain School District No. 2083 Parthenay School District No. 1316 St. Claude School District No. 788 St. Jean School District No. 1508 Seaforth School District No. 1620

Superintendents

Period	President
c1974	Richard Benoit

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.

“School could become clothing plant,” Brandon Sun, 19 February 1974, page 9.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 6 October 2019