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Manitoba Communities: Swan River (Unincorporated Rural Municipality)
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This municipality was named for a river that flows through it.
Present Status
Municipality of Swan Valley West (1 January 2015)
Incorporation History
Rural Municipality of Swan River (1 May 1901)
Amalgamation of Benito and Swan River (1 January 2015)Adjoining Municipalities
Constituent Communities
Land Area (square km)
1719.47
Population
Year
Total
1901
1422
1911
2646
1921
4588
1931
4976
1941
5444
1951
4605
1956
4488
1961
4373
1966
4103
1971
3628
1976
3443
1981
3273
1986
3227
1991
2947
1996
2907
2001
2923
2006
2774
2011
2546
Reeves
Term
Reeve
1902
James Wells Robson (1867-1941)
1903
John Orr
1904
?
1905
W. J. Stewart
1906
John Alexander Kennedy (1854-1929)
1907
Frank Sorase
1908
J. P. Jones
1908-1910
Daniel Duncan McDonald (1865-1945)
1910-1913
William Edwards
1913-1914
William Henry Sims (1872-1955)
1914-1919
Daniel Duncan McDonald (1865-1945)
1920-1927
W. H. C. Hinchcliffe
1928-1941
Charles H. Goodman
1942-1945
W. I. Steen
1946-1949
H. E. Staples
1950-1954
George P. Bayne
1955-1974
George Isaac McCullough (1895-1979)
1975-1978
William I. Finlay
1979-1980
?
1981-1986
Harold L. Ellingson
1987-1995
William P. Galloway
1996-2001
Jacob “Jake” Buhler (1931-2015)
2002-2005
R. Rick Reich
2006
?
2007-?
Earl K. Fullerton
?-2014
Lorne Henkelman
2015
See Swan Valley West
Secretary-Treasurers
Period
Secretary-Treasurer
1902-1903
H. E. Glendinning
1904
?
1905-1906
S. R. Wright
1907
S. Macdonald
1908-1920
Joseph Armstrong
1921-1925
Albert E. Reed
1926-1934
John B. Hazell
1935
I. E. Argue
1936-1949
J. B. Hutcheson
1950-1959
William H. Hambly
Memorable Manitobans
Search the MHS collection of biographies for ones connected to Swan River (RM):
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Historic Sites
Go here for a list of historic sites in Swan River (RM).
History Books
Go here for a list of history books for Swan River (RM).
Maps
Sources
Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
We thank Jeremy Bergen for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 29 March 2022
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