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This municipality was named for William Forsythe McCreary.
Present Status
Municipality of McCreary (1 January 2015)
Incorporation History
Rural Municipality of McCreary (1 May 1909)
Amalgamated with McCreary (1 January 2015)Adjoining Municipalities
Constituent Communities
Land Area (square km)
524.25
Year
Total
1901
445
1911
1160
1921
2395
1931
2265
1941
2268
1951
1997
1956
1876
1961
1678
1966
1001
1971
867
1976
832
1981
755
1986
713
1991
646
1996
582
2001
525
2006
476
2011
948
2016
892
2021
748
Term
Reeve
1909-1914
William H. Collins
1914-1916
?
1916-1920
William Harvie
1920-1922
William H. Collins
1922-1926
Franklin Greentree
1926-1927
William Riddell
1927-1937
William E. Crossley
1937-1943
A. Victor Harper
1943-1944
George Albert McMillan (1900-1944)
1944-1945
John W. Buchanan
1945-1947
C. I. Alexander
1947-1949
Frederick James “Fred” Elliott (1903-1982)
1949-1953
J. A. Fletcher
1953-1955
Frederick James “Fred” Elliott (1903-1982)
1955-1956
A. C. Dobinsky
1956-1959
A. E. Cantin
1959-1963
J. A. Fletcher
1963-1986
David Lloyd George “Dave” Dunning (1918-2004)
1986-1995
William Floyde (1925-1995)
1995-2003
Gordon Gilman
2003-2004
?
2004-2005
Gordon Muir
2005-2006
?
2006-2018
Larry McLauchlan
2018-2022
Mike Gawaziuk
2022-?
Rick Sonnenberg
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Go here for a list of historic sites in McCreary.
Go here for a list of history books for McCreary.
Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
We thank Nathan Kramer and Nathanyel Terrace for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 10 March 2023
