Manitoba Communities: Minnedosa (Town)

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This municipality is named for a Sioux word meaning “rapid water.”

Present Status	Town of Minnedosa (2 March 1883)
Incorporation History	Town of Minnedosa (2 March 1883)
Adjoining Municipalities	Minto, Odanah
Land Area (square km)	15.39

Population

Year	Total
1891	614
1901	1052
1906	1299
1911	1483
1916	1833
1921	1505
1926	1681
1931	1680
1936	1686
1941	1636
1946	1837
1951	2085
1956	2306
1961	2211
1966	2305
1971	2621
1976	2718
1981	2637
1986	2520
1991	2526
1996	2443
2001	2426
2006	2474
2011	2587
2016	2449
2021	2741

Mayors

Term	Mayor
1883	John Crerar (1848-1933)
1883-1884	?
1884-1885	James Daniel Gillies (1856-?)
1885-1891	?
1891-1895	Sidney Fairbairn
1895-1897	Patrick Joseph “Paddy” McDermott (1856-1938)
1897-1899	J. F. Boyd
1899-1902	Edwin Oliver Denison (1852-1915)
1902-1903	Sidney Fairbairn
1903-1905	Arthur Wellesley Shaw (1856-1931)
1905-1908	W. H. Sparling
1908-1909	Thomas D. Taylor
1909-1911	Robert Thompson Butchart (1866-1930)
1911-1913	Joseph Burgess (1865-1952)
1913-1915	George Allison Grierson (1867-1931)
1915-1916	?
1916-1920	William G. Brown
1920-1923	Cecil Lorne St. John (1881-1963)
1923-1926	Joseph Burgess (1865-?)
1926-1927	George W. Phelps
1927-1928	D. E. H. Clark
1928-1930	William Flowers Sirett (1879-1971)
1930-1932	Walter Hunter
1932-1939	W. J. Price
1939-1947	Dr. E. H. Clark
1947-1951	John A. Burgess
1951-1957	James Hubert Chipperfield (1917-2001)
1957-1961	J. H. Box
1961-1967	J. E. Taylor
1967-1971	Hugh Milton Stephenson (1920-2009)
1971-1972	?
1972-1974	C. J. Stevenson
1974-1978	James D. Burgess
1978-1980	?
1980-1983	Craig Stewart (1928-2009)
1983-1989	Beth Gordon
1989-1995	Wayne Allan Currah (1960-2017)
1995-2001	Terry J. Drebit
2001-2003	Richard Ronald “Rick” Everett (1951-2003)
2003-2010	Duane Emile LaCoste (1941-2021)
?-?	Ray Orr
2018-2022	Pat Skatch
2022-?	Ken Cameron

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Historic Sites

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History Books

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Maps

Sources

Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 11 February 2022