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This municipality was named for the village of Strathclair within it, which was allegedly named by land surveyor Duncan Sinclair, who surveyed much of the surrounding land in 1875.
Present Status
Rural Municipality of Yellowhead (1 January 2015)
Incorporation History
Rural Municipality of Strathclair (22 December 1883)
Amalgamated with Shoal Lake (1 January 2011)
Amalgamated with Shoal Lake (1 January 2015)
Adjoining Municipalities
Blanshard, Hamiota, Harrison, Park, Saskatchewan, Shoal Lake
Constituent Communities
Elphinstone, Glenforsa, Glossap, Ipswich, Menzie, Strathclair
Land Area (square km)
539.96
Year
Total
1891
737
1901
1083
1911
1549
1921
2325
1931
2313
1941
2338
1951
2211
1956
2082
1961
2012
1966
1825
1971
1569
1976
1380
1981
1224
1986
1216
1991
1055
1996
1026
2001
892
2006
840
2011
744
Term
Reeve
1884-1887
?
1888-1889
Donald McKerchar
1890
Charles Geikie
1891
W. L. McInnes
1892-1894
William McKay
1895-1898
Robert Morton
1899-1905
Robert Dalgarno (1859-1933)
1906-1911
C. S. Stevenson
1912
J. Underhill
1913-1914
Archibald McIntyre
1915-1916
?
1917-1923
Malcolm McLean
1924-1926
Archibald McIntyre
1927-1928
H. T. Morton
1929-1935
Robert J. Black
1936-1937
Archibald McIntyre
1938-1945
Albin Tragard
1946-1951
H. T. Morton
1952-1983
Kenneth David Rapley (1911-2002)
1983-2006
Arnold A. Pirie (c1941-2007)
2007
Dianne Mistal
2008-2014
Ken Wozney
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Go here for a list of historic sites in Strathclair.
Go here for a list of history books for Strathclair.
“Duncan Sinclair’s death,” Manitoba Free Press, 5 March 1892, page 1.
Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 30 November 2017
