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Manitoba Communities: Selkirk (City)
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This municipality was named for Lord Selkirk, whose land settlement plans in the early 1800s brought the people who settled in this region.
Present Status
City of Selkirk (26 June 1998)
Incorporation History
Town of Selkirk (15 June 1882)
City of Selkirk (26 June 1998)Adjoining Municipalities
Land Area (square km)
24.86
Population
Year
Total
1891
1300
1901
2455
1906
2701
1911
2977
1916
3399
1921
3726
1926
4201
1931
4486
1936
4566
1941
4915
1946
5408
1951
6218
1956
7413
1961
8576
1966
9157
1971
9331
1976
9862
1981
10037
1986
10013
1991
9815
1996
9881
2001
9752
2006
9515
2011
9834
2016
10278
2021
10504
Mayors
Term
Mayor
1882-1885
James Colcleugh (1841-1918)
1885-1886
Frederick William Colcleugh (1845-1907)
1886-1888
Thomas Sinclair
1888-1892
Frederick William Colcleugh (1845-1907)
1892-1895
James G. Dagg (1860-1929)
1895-1896
Orton Irwin Grain (1863-1930)
1896-1901
Frederick William Colcleugh (1845-1907)
1901-1902
Lynds Smith Vaughan (1848-1937)
1902-1906
J. K. McKenzie
1906-1910
Joseph W. Simpson
1910-1914
Daniel Gordon Ross (1867-1951)
1914-1915
Frank W. Hooker (1860-1935)
1915-1916
Daniel Gordon Ross (1867-?)
1916-1919
Francis Alexander “Frank” Gemmel (1873-1929)
1919-1921
Frank William Hooker (1860-1935)
1921-1922
Walter Henry Gabriel Gibbs (1872-1952)
1922-1925
Peter James Smith (1863-?)
1925-1927
Walter Henry Gabriel Gibbs (1872-1952)
1927-1928
Fred James Manning (1885-1966)
1928-1930
A. D. Ferguson
1930-1932
J. J. Bell
1932-1935
Frederick Schofield
1935-1937
Robert Smith (c1879-1944)
1937-1947
William Berrisford
1947-1950
William E. Gordon
1950-1957
Stefan “Steve” Oliver (1904-1984)
1957-1965
Ben Massey
1965-1967
Frank Malis
1967-1970
A. Montgomery
1970-1971
A. Cooper
1971-1972
?
1972-1974
Frank Malis
1974-1978
Lloyd Wersch
1978-1980
Charles Albert “Charlie” Balcaen (c1932-2010)
1980-1983
Bill Shead
1983-2001
2001-2010
David Kristinn Bell (1959-2014)
2010-?
Larry Johannson
Memorable Manitobans
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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: 28 October 2022
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