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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 |
Population
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 |
Reeves
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 |
Memorable Manitobans
Search the MHS collection of biographies for ones connected to Cornwallis:
Historic Sites
Go here for a list of historic sites in Cornwallis.
History Books
Go here for a list of history books for Cornwallis.
Maps
Sources
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
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