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Manitoba Communities: Strathcona (Unincorporated Rural Municipality)
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This municipality was named for Donald Alexander Smith, also known as Lord Strathcona.
Present Status
Rural Municipality of Prairie Lakes (1 January 2015)
Incorporation History
Rural Municipality of Argyle (15 August 1881)
Rural Municipality of Strathcona (16 March 1906)
Amalgamated with Riverside (1 January 2015)Adjoining Municipalities
Constituent Communities
Land Area (square km)
485.56
Population
Year
Total
1891
1000
1901
1447
1911
1530
1921
1751
1931
2140
1941
1993
1951
1804
1956
1913
1961
1759
1966
1557
1971
1222
1976
1125
1981
1016
1986
940
1991
878
1996
770
2001
628
2006
727
2011
643
Reeves
Term
Reeve
1907-1912
Charles Reginald Cannon (1866-1951)
1913-1914
Walter Goodbrand
1915-1916
?
1917-1918
John Horrocks
1919
John C. Smith
1920-1921
Charles Reginald Cannon (1866-1951)
1922-1926
George Tumoth
1927-1943
J. R. Stephenson
1944-1947
William P. McPhail
1948-1949
Robert J. Dunn
1950-1963
A. Williamson
1964-1967
G. A. Davis
1968-1977
Basil W. H. Sykes
1978-1992
F. Carl Myers
1993-1995
Rodney A. Capon
1996-2001
John W. Chambers
2002-2005
Robert Wood
2006
?
2007-2014
Dennis Schram
2015
See Prairie Lakes
Memorable Manitobans
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Historic Sites
Go here for a list of historic sites in Strathcona.
History Books
Go here for a list of history books for Strathcona.
Maps
Sources
Come Into Our Heritage: RM of Argyle, 1882-1982 by Rural Municipality of Argyle, December 1981, page 35. [Manitoba Legislative Library F5648.A75]
Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 22 March 2017
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