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This municipality was named for early postmaster E. Albert Erickson, who originally owned the land on which it is situated.
Present Status
Municipality of Clanwilliam-Erickson (1 January 2015)
Incorporation History
Village of Erickson (1 January 1953)
Town of Erickson (10 October 1997)
Amalgamated with Clanwilliam (1 January 2015)
Land Area (square km)
1.30
Year
Total
1956
488
1961
531
1966
547
1971
531
1976
558
1981
540
1986
565
1991
544
1996
507
2001
448
2006
456
2011
487
Term
Mayor
1953
Alfred Emmanuel Thoren (1904-1990)
1953-1958
Theodore Lee (1885-1965)
1958-1966
John William “Jack” Cutter (1909-1983)
1966-1974
Edward Turner (1913-1994)
1974-1980
Joseph Lenkewich (1928-2011)
1980-1992
Henry Rudolph Oshust (1928-2015)
1992-1994
John Kelly
1994-1998
Anne Elizabeth Johnson (1929-2013)
1998-2002
Walter Yanchycki
2002-2005
Mike Geletchuk (1932-2005)
2005-2006
John Braschuk Jr.
2006-2008
David Dauphinais
2008-2010
Cate Watrous
2010-2014
Valerie Soltys
2015-?
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Go here for a list of historic sites in Erickson.
Go here for a list of history books for Erickson.
Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
Forest to Field: Centennial History of Rural Municipality of Clanwilliam and Village of Erickson, Manitoba, Canada by the History Book Committee, 1984.
We thank Beryl Thoren Parrott for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 5 June 2024
