Manitoba Organization: Souris Valley School Division No. 42

The Souris Valley 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	Beresford Village School District No. 1130 Breezelawn School District No. 169 Carroll Consolidated School District No. 868 Deleau Consolidated School District No. 785 Forbes School District No. 966 Glenvale School District No. 447 Hayfield School District No. 200 Hebron School District No. 316 Hillsdale School District No. 219 Huntingdon School District No. 542 Maple Lake School District No. 614 Millan School District No. 424 Riverview School District No. 279 South Beresford School District No. 172 Whitefield School District No. 473 Wolflea School District No. 590
2	Souris School District No. 285
3	Barber School District No. 423 Cavell School District No. 1840 Grand Bend School District No. 595 Grande Clairiere School District No. 1121 Hartney School District No. 312 Lauder Consolidated School District No. 779 Maple Hill School District No. 1691 Melgund School District No. 322 Swaffham School District No. 347 Truro School District No. 450 West Hall School District No. 550 Whitewater School District No. 346
4	Bertha School District No. 881 Botany School District No. 486 Bunclody School District No. 383 Croll School District No. 1929 Elgin Consolidated School District No. 153 Fairfax Consolidated School District No. 1195 Lily School District No. 386 Riverbank School District No. 384 Riverside School District No. 276
5	Chesley School District No. 137 Delton School District No. 188 Minnewawa School District No. 372 Nesbitt School District No. 724 Northfield School District No. 236 Rounthwaite School District No. 1067 Sourisburg School District No. 136 Stratherne School District No. 349 Tenterfield School District No. 653 Treesbank School District No. 1004 Wawanesa School District No. 672

Superintendents:

Term	Superintendent
c1976	G. L. Scott

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.

Advertisement, Winnipeg Free Press, 8 May 1976, page 60.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 19 March 2016