Manitoba Communities: Brandon (City)

Link to:
Population | Mayors / Reeves | Memorable Manitobans | Historic Sites | History Books | Maps | Contact Information | Sources

The site for Brandon was selected in 1881 with the arrival of the Canadian Pacific Railway, taking its name from the fur trade post of Brandon House. The municipality was incorporated directly as a City.

Present Status	City of Brandon (30 May 1882)
Adjoining Municipalities	Cornwallis, Elton
Land Area (square km)	76.89

Population

Year	Total
1891	3778
1901	5620
1906	10408
1911	13839
1916	15215
1921	15397
1926	16443
1931	17082
1936	16461
1941	17383
1946	17551
1951	20598
1956	24796
1961	28166
1966	29981
1971	31150
1976	34901
1981	36242
1986	38708
1991	38567
1996	39175
2001	39716
2006	41511
2011	46061
2016	48883
2021	51313

Mayors

Term	Mayor
1882	Thomas Mayne Daly (1852-1911)
1882-1883	William Winter (1841-1914)
1883-1884	Thomas Mayne Daly (1852-1911)
1884-1886	James Allan Smart (1858-1942)
1886-1887	Charles Adams (1858-1931)
1887-1889	Alexander Cumming Fraser (1849-1944)
1889-1891	Andrew Kelly (1852-1930)
1891-1894	John S. McDiarmid (1846-1936)
1894-1896	James Allan Smart (1858-1942)
1896-1898	Ezekiel Evans (1859-1930)
1898-1900	John S. McDiarmid (1846-1936)
1900-1902	Alexander Cumming Fraser (1849-1944)
1902-1904	Robert Hall (1849-1911)
1904-1906	John William Fleming (1868-1928)
1906-1908	Stephen Emmett Clement (1867-1947)
1908-1910	Henry Lamont Adolph (1862-1940)
1910-1913	John William Fleming (1868-1928)
1913-1914	Joseph Henry Hughes (1857-1917)
1914-1918	Harry William Cater (1869-1945)
1918-1919	Alfred Reginald McDiarmid (1878-1944)
1919-1921	George Dinsdale (1887-1943)
1921-1931	Harry William Cater (1869-1945)
1931-1933	Edmund Fotheringham (1879-1960)
1933-1937	Harry William Cater (1869-1945)
1937-1943	Frederick H. Young (?-?)
1943-1945	Leslie Hill McDorman (1879-1966)
1945-1951	Franklin Truman Williamson (1897-1960)
1951-1955	James Albert Creighton (1905-1990)
1955-1957	Stuart Duncan Schultz (1892-1974)
1957-1961	James Albert Creighton (1905-1990)
1961-1969	Stephen A. Magnacca (1902-1980)
1969-1974	William Keith “Bill” Wilton (1919-1992)
1974-1977	Elwood Clinton Gorrie (1915-2002)
1977-1978	Gilbert Doud Box (1912-1981)
1978-1989	Kenneth John Burgess (1928-2005)
1989-1997	Richard N. “Rick” Borotsik
1997-2002	Reginald C. Atkinson
2002-2010	David K. Burgess
2010-2014	Shari Decter Hirst
2014-2022	Rick Chrest
2022-?	Jeff Fawcett

Police Chiefs

Term	Police Chief
1882-1885	Archibald L. McMillan (1846-1885)
1886-1890	Peter C. Duncan
1890-1892	John Russell Foster (1853-1941)
1892-1905	James Kirkcaldy (1867-1957)
1905-1912	Watson Hartford Boyd (1860-?)
1912-1914	Edward George Berry (1879-1961)
1914-1919	John Esslemont (1868-1951)
1919-1923	Joseph Robson Hardy (1890-?)
1923-1947	Harry Bernard Everett (1886-1947)
1947-1963	Thomas Henry “Harry” Collister (1898-1975)
1963-1970	Archibald Charles “Charlie” Goucher (1907-1979)
1970-1979	David Andrew McNamee (1920-2013)
1979-1988	Kenneth Robert “Ken” Elliott (1932-2017)
1989-1995	Brian Grant Parker Scott (1937-2010)
1995-2001	Richard “Dick” Scott
2001-2007	F. Richard Bruce
2007-2013	Keith J. Atkinson
2013-2017	Ian R. Grant

Postmasters

Term	Postmaster
?-1924	Thomas M. Percival (1851-?)
1925-?	William James Munn (1886-1936)

Memorable Manitobans

Search the MHS collection of biographies for ones connected to Brandon:

Custom Search

Historic Sites

Go here for a list of historic sites in Brandon.

History Books

Go here for a list of history books for Brandon.

Maps

Contact Information

410 Ninth Street
Brandon, Manitoba R7A 6A2
Telephone: 204-729-2296
Email: cityclerk@brandon.ca

Sources

Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.

We thank Sandy Jasper for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 29 December 2022