Manitoba Organization: Red River School Division No. 17

The Red River 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	Albright School District No. 2346 Deux Petites Pointes School District No. 936 Inverness School District No. 475 St. Jean Baptiste Consolidated School District No. 2362 St. Jean Baptiste East School District No. 940 St. Jean Baptiste North School District No. 939 St. Joseph School District No. 945 St. Martin School District No. 1075 St. Pie School District No. 935 Tache School District No. 937 Youville School District No. 942
2	Avon School District No. 1989 Iberville School District No. 980
3	Carey School District No. 1632 Frontenac School District No. 2217 La Rochelle School District No. 1133 Levis School District No. 1005 Marais School District No. 1385 North Star School District No. 1103 Otterburne West School District No. 950 Ste. Elizabeth School District No. 1073 St. Isidore School District No. 2249
4	Crystal Springs School District No. 2351 Otterburne School District No. 1486 St. Genevieve School District No. 1362 St. Pierre Centre School District No. 1309 St. Pierre South School District No. 1305 St. Viateur East School District No. 206
5	Bourret School District No. 1077 Provencher School District No. 997 St. Adolphe School District No. 881 Ste. Agathe School District No. 974 Ste. Antoine School District No. 1097 Union Point School District No. 53

Red River was later amalgamated with Boundary School Division No. 16, Rhineland School Division No. 18, and Sprague Consolidated School District No. 2439 to form the Border Land School Division.

Superintendents

Period	Superintendent
1968	Fernand Marion (1926-2003)
1969-1974	Louis Oscar Joseph “Lou” Bourbonnais (1922-2021)

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.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 23 October 2021