Manitoba Municipalities: Argyle

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Named for the Duke of Argyle (Marquis of Lorne; 1845-1914), son-in-law to Queen Victoria, who was Governor General of Canada from 1878 to 1883, Argyle was incorporated as a Rural Municipality on 15 August 1881.

Reeves:

Term	Reeve
1881-1882	George William Playfair (1839-?)
1883-1884	George W. Cramer
1885-1886	Thomas W. Leslie
1886	Alex Card
1887-1894	Peter Strang
1895-1896	Ashton F. Andrews
1897-1898	Christian Johnson (1854-1919)
1899-1901	Charles Brown
1902-1904	James Dale
1905-1906	James Strang
1907-1908	Walter Mabon
1909	James Strang
1910-1918	Christian Johnson (1854-1919)
1919-1922	James S. Conibear
1923-1933	Edmund L. Embury
1934-1951	Walter Ernest Clark (1890-1987)
1952-1953	John A. Mabon
1954-1955	H. S. Sveinsson
1956-1957	John A. Mabon
1958-1973	Alexander Graham
1974-1984	Steini W. Johnson
1985-1990	John E. Thomas
1991-2005	Jack Bolack
2006	?
2007-present	Bob Conibear

Historic Sites:

Argyle Cemetery

Argyle Museum (Baldur)

Argyle War Memorial (Baldur)

Baldur Cemetery

Baldur District Schools (Baldur)

Baldur School No. 667

Baldur United Church (Baldur)

Bru Cemetery

Bru School No. 368 (1885-1959)

Connaught School No. 1630 (1912-1965)

Cypress Valley School No. 394 (1885-1958)

Dry River School No. 339 (1885-1958)

Excelsior School No. 449 (1885-1960)

Fowler Block (Baldur)

Fowler House (Baldur)

Frelsis (Liberty) Lutheran Church at Grund

Glenora School No. 736 (1892-1971)

Glenora Wetland Complex

Greenway Pioneers Monument (Greenway)

Grund Cemetery

Hecla School No. 355 (1884-1959)

Hola School No. 889 (1897-1960)

Huff School No. 948 (1898-1960)

Marringhurst Cemetery

Marringhurst Heritage House

Marringhurst School No. 231 (1884-1968)

Neelin Cemetery (Neelin)

Neelin School No. 429 (1886-1968)

Oliver School No. 1766 (1915-1949)

Pittet Memorial Cairn (Somerset)

Rosehill School No. 90 (1882-1960)

St. George’s Anglican Church

Thor School No. 1430 (1908-1959)

Tiger Hills School No. 335 (1891-1946)

Victoria United Church Monument

Welsh School No. 1002 (1899-1966)

Wigton School No. 381 (1882-1959)

Wolseley School No. 305 (1882-1942)

Zephyr School No. 1384 (1907-1952)

Sources:

Come Into Our Heritage: R.M. of Argyle, 1882-1982, Rural Municipality of Argyle, 1981, Manitoba Legislative Library F5648.A75.

This gallery was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 22 April 2013