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This municipality was named for a surveyor who worked in the Brandon area under CPR engineer Thomas Lafayette Rosser.
Present Status
Rural Municipality of Cornwallis (22 December 1883)
Incorporation History
Rural Municipality of Cornwallis (22 December 1883)
Adjoining Municipalities
Brandon, Elton, Glenboro-South Cypress, North Cypress-Langford, Oakland-Wawanesa, Souris-Glenwood, Whitehead
Constituent Communities
Baragar, Chater, Cottonwoods, Martinville, Sprucewoods, Wytonville
Land Area (square km)
500.88
Year
Total
1891
1254
1901
1240
1911
1311
1921
1279
1931
1267
1941
1221
1951
3528
1956
3847
1961
4715
1966
5883
1971
5567
1976
3760
1981
3878
1986
4243
1991
4222
1996
4279
2001
3779
2006
4058
2011
4378
2016
4520
2021
4568
Term
Reeve
1883-1884
Charles Whitehead (1836-1919)
1884-1886
John Wright Sifton (1833-1912)
1886-1893
George Roddick (1831-1910)
1893-1901
George H. Halse
1901-1910
Allan Leslie (1858-1938)
1910-1915
William McKelvie
1915-1919
Walter W. Gerry
1919-1922
Andrew Tully Elder (1875-1945)
1922-1933
Allan Leslie (1858-1938)
1933-1945
A. P. Wilton
1945-1966
D. A. Birdsell
1966-1977
P. G. Marsden
1977-1983
Felix Valentine “Rusty” Weisgerber (1920-2010)
1983-1995
Peter William “Sonny” Evans (1924-2004)
1995-1998
Brian Plumb
1998-2006
D. J. “Scotty” McIntosh
2006-2008
Kurt Wasserberg
2008-2014
Reg Atkinson
2014-2018
Heather Dalgleish
2018-2022
Bill Courtice
2022-?
Sam Hofer
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Go here for a list of historic sites in Cornwallis.
Go here for a list of history books for Cornwallis.
Municipal Memories: Municipality of Cornwallis, 1884-1984. Cornwallis Centennial Committee, 1984. Manitoba Legislative Library, F5648.C67.
Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 28 October 2022
