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Manitoba Communities: Carberry (Town)
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This municipality was named by railwayman James J. Hill for Carberry Tower, the county seat of Lord Elphinstone in Scotland. Elphinstone was a director of the Canadian Pacific Railway at the time and was travelling with Hill on a railway inspection tour.
Present Status
Town of Carberry (27 July 1905)
Incorporation History
Village of Carberry (20 December 1889)
Adjoining Municipalities
Land Area (square km)
4.79
Population
Year
Total
1901
1023
1906
1111
1911
878
1916
931
1921
794
1926
833
1931
807
1936
778
1941
931
1946
857
1951
912
1956
1065
1961
1113
1966
1265
1971
1305
1976
1423
1981
1510
1986
1544
1991
1481
1996
1493
2001
1513
2006
1502
2011
1669
2016
1738
2021
1818
Mayors
Term
Mayor
1889-1890
Walter Wallace Ireland (1845-1917)
1890-1891
James Belfry Henderson (1859-1934)
1891-1892
Harry W. White
1892-1893
Matthew Wise
1893-1895
William Hunt
1895-1896
Duncan Pearson
1896-1897
T. D. Stickle
1897-1900
Noble Dickie (1854-1910)
1900-1902
Alexander E. May
1902-1904
William Walker (1850-?)
1904-1907
Dr. J. M. Eaton
1907-1909
Ben Stewart
1909-1911
James Wellington McCrae (1857-1930)
1911-1914
Gregory Barrett (1867-1952)
1914-1917
Harold Richmond Hooper (1872-1955)
1917-1918
Benjamin Wilson Caldwell (1880-1968)
1918-1919
John Balfour
1919-1920
Samuel W. Taylor
1920-1926
William A. Banister
1926-1927
Wilfred C. Balfour
1927-1928
James Wellington McCrae (1857-1930)
1928-1937
James L. Cowie (1875-1946)
1937-1945
Reuben James Waugh (1875-1945)
1945-1947
Benjamin Wilson Caldwell (1880-1968)
1947-1951
Leonard Murray
1951-1971
A. R. Calvert
1971-1977
Arthur L. MacKay
1977-1983
L. William Waters
1983-1992
Arthur H. Sear (?-2014)
1992-1998
Edith L. Anderson
1998-2006
Edward Drabyk
2006-2014
Wayne Blair
2014-2022
Stuart Olmstead
2022-?
Ray Muirhead
Memorable Manitobans
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Historic Sites
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History Books
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Photos & Maps
Carberry centennial plaque on Old Town Hall, Carberry (April 2010) |
Sources
The People of the Big Plain: Carberry, North Cypress 125th Anniversary. Carberry-North Cypress 125 History Book Committee, 2007. Manitoba Legislative Library, F5648.C36.
Manitoba Gazette, 1887-1959. Manitoba Legislative Library.
Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 28 October 2022
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