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Manitoba Communities: Daly (Unincorporated Rural Municipality)

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This municipality was named for judge Thomas Mayne Daly.

Present Status

Riverdale Municipality (1 January 2015)

Incorporation History

Rural Municipality of Daly (22 December 1883)
Amalgamation of Daly and Rivers (1 January 2015)

Adjoining Municipalities

Blanshard, Elton, Hamiota, Saskatchewan, Whitehead, Woodworth

Constituent Communities

Bradwardine, Carnegie, Deerboine Colony, Levine, Myra, Obodo, Pendennis, Rivers, Westwood, Wheatland

Land Area (square km)

562.45

Population

Year

Total

1891

928

1901

1136

1911

2423

1921

1438

1931

1394

1941

1262

1951

2824

1956

3285

1961

3434

1966

3696

1971

1355

1976

1820

1981

1325

1986

877

1991

880

1996

895

2001

906

2006

868

2011

830

Reeves

Term

Reeve

1884-1887

?

1888-1889

Richard Graham

1890-1892

U. A. Walker

1893-1894

W. J. Sargent

1895

James Browning

1896-1904

W. J. Sargent

1905-1910

J. C. Cousins

1911-1914

Walter Chisholm

1915-1916

?

1917-1918

James R. Shanks

1919-1925

Nathan W. Robins

1926-1940

John White Seater (1864-1944)

1940-1950

Thomas Henry Seens (1895-1989)

1951-1957

George L. Davies

1958-1992

Albert Thomas “Ab” Chapman

1993-2001

Marlin B. Beever

2002-2014

Evan Smith

Memorable Manitobans

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Historic Sites

Go here for a list of historic sites in Daly.

History Books

Go here for a list of history books for Daly.

Maps

Sources

Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 12 October 2021

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