Manitoba Communities: Blanshard (Unincorporated Rural Municipality)
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The municipality was named after Blanshard Township in Ontario where its first Secretary-Treasurer, William Miller, had worked before coming to Manitoba.
Population
Year |
Total |
1891 |
527 |
1901 |
1024 |
1911 |
1481 |
1921 |
1648 |
1931 |
1867 |
1941 |
1622 |
1951 |
1423 |
1956 |
1448 |
1961 |
1420 |
1966 |
1290 |
1971 |
1068 |
1976 |
924 |
1981 |
776 |
1986 |
714 |
1991 |
643 |
1996 |
655 |
2001 |
686 |
2006 |
586 |
2011 |
526 |
Reeves
Term |
Reeve |
1884-1888 |
Charles C. McCollum |
1888-1890 |
James J. Elliott |
1890-1895 |
William Hedley |
1895-1898 |
James H. Fortune |
1898-1900 |
C. T. Brereton |
1900-1910 |
Robert C. Cochran (1868-?) |
1910-1913 |
John Dowglass Cardale (1860-1937) |
1913-1921 |
Edward Henry |
1921-1931 |
William Braid |
1931-1943 |
Charles Ormand Hyndman (1876-1960) |
1943-1945 |
A. J. Gourley |
1945-1953 |
R. T. Stewart |
1953-1971 |
James Chester Scott (1908-1981) |
1971-1982 |
Frank A. McPhaden |
1982-1983 |
Douglas H. “Doug” Gill (?-c2012) |
1983-1992 |
William Harvey English (1918-2018) |
1992-1995 |
Russell McKague (?-?) |
1995-1998 |
William Harvey English (1918-2018) |
1998-? |
Richard Heapy |
?-2014 |
Brent Fortune |
2015-? |
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Memorable Manitobans
Search the MHS collection of biographies for ones connected to Blanshard:
Historic Sites
Go here for a list of historic sites in Blanshard.
History Books
Go here for a list of history books for Blanshard.
Photos & Maps

Blanshard centennial plaque on Municipal Office, Oak River (September 2011)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
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Sources
History of Blanshard Municipality, 1884-1959, 1959, Manitoba Legislative Library F5648.B63 v. 1.
History of Blanshard Municipality, Volume III, Blanshard Centennial History Committee, 1984, Manitoba Legislative Library F5648.B63 v. 3.
Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 4 February 2023
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