Manitoba Organization: Tiger Hills School Division No. 29

The Tiger Hills 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

Glenboro Consolidated School District No. 2367
Glencove School District No. 205
Stockton Consolidated School District No. 1748

2

Camille School District No. 511
Cypress River Consolidated School District No. 2357
Holland Consolidated School District No. 390
Rae School District No. 1253
Richmond Hill School District No. 363

3

Arbroath School District No. 796
Cherry Valley School District No. 1181
McCreary School District No. 797
Rathwell Consolidated School District No. 578
Treherne Consolidated School District No. 537

4

Alma School District No. 668
Belmont Consolidated School District No. 441
Clifton Bank School District No. 777
Hilton School District No. 395
Hiltonmye School District No. 719
Huntly School District No. 477
Mount Hope School District No. 1302
Pelican Lake School District No. 337

5

Antonius School District No. 2127
Baldur School District No. 667
Bru School District No. 368
Connaught School District No. 1630
Excelsior School District No. 449
Glenora School District No. 736
Greenway School District No. 947
Hamlin School District No. 1790
Hola School District No. 889
Huff School District No. 948
Mimir School District No. 891
Rosehill School District No. 90
Tiger Hills School District No. 335
Welsh School District No. 1002
Wigton School District No. 381
Wolseley School District No. 305

On 1 July 1998, it merged with Pembina Valley School Division No. 27 to become Prairie Spirit School Division No. 50.

Superintendents

Term

Superintendent

1967-1972

Nicholas Yarish (1924-2012)

c1976

E. R. Cummings

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.

“School Division amalgamation takes place July 1st,” Glenboro Gazette, 19 May 1998, page 1.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 6 October 2019