Manitoba Communities: Cameron (Unincorporated Rural Municipality)
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The municipality was named for John Donald Cameron, the Attorney General of Manitoba from 1896 to 1900.
Present Status |
Municipality of Grassland (1 January 2015) |
Incorporation History |
Portion of Winchester
Incorporated as Municipality of Cameron (16 November 1896)
Amalgamation of Cameron, Hartney and Whitewater (1 January 2015) |
Adjoining Municipalities |
Albert, Arthur, Brenda, Glenwood, Morton, Pipestone, Sifton, Whitewater, Winchester |
Constituent Communities |
Argue, Emblem, Grande-Clairiere, Hartney, Lauder, Underhill, West Hall |
Land Area (square km) |
759.15 |
Population
Year |
Total |
1891 |
600 |
1896 |
? |
1901 |
2195 |
1911 |
1679 |
1921 |
1746 |
1931 |
1706 |
1941 |
1408 |
1951 |
1222 |
1956 |
1125 |
1961 |
1016 |
1966 |
941 |
1971 |
798 |
1976 |
730 |
1981 |
683 |
1986 |
613 |
1991 |
538 |
1996 |
537 |
2001 |
496 |
2006 |
433 |
2011 |
420 |
Reeves
Term |
Reeve |
1896-1897 |
John M. Fee |
1897-1902 |
Albert Henry (1857-1937) |
1902-1905 |
John R. Shepherd (1850-?) |
1905-1906 |
George Albert Coulter (1865-1915) |
1906-1909 |
James W. Reid |
1909-1911 |
J. A. Rollins |
1911-1914 |
Angus McDonald |
1914-1916 |
? |
1916-1917 |
Nathaniel Barber (1854-1933) |
1917-1943 |
George Morrison (1861-1945) |
1943-1945 |
John Agnew |
1945-1975 |
Arthur Galbraith |
1975-1977 |
Joseph A. Agnew |
1977-2002 |
Thomas Arthur “Art” Cowan (1932-2020) |
2002-2014 |
Wayne Drummond |
2015 |
See Grassland |
Memorable Manitobans
Search the MHS collection of biographies for ones connected to Cameron:
Historic Sites
Go here for a list of historic sites in Cameron.
History Books
Go here for a list of history books for Cameron.
Maps
Sources
“New municipalities,” Manitoba Free Press, 14 November 1896, page 5.
Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 28 October 2022
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