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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.
Present Status
Rural Municipality of Oakview (1 January 2015)
Incorporation History
Rural Municipality of Blanshard (22 December 1883)
Amalgamated with Rapid City and Saskatchewan (1 January 2015)Adjoining Municipalities
Constituent Communities
Land Area (square km)
578.98
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-?
See Oakview
Memorable Manitobans
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Historic Sites
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History Books
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Photos & Maps
Blanshard centennial plaque on Municipal Office, Oak River (September 2011) |
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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