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Manitoba Communities: Cartier (Rural Municipality)
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This municipality was named for politician George-Étienne Cartier.
Present Status
Rural Municipality of Cartier (21 February 1914)
Incorporation History
Rural Municipality of Cartier (21 February 1914)
Adjoining Municipalities
Grey, Headingley, Macdonald, Portage la Prairie, St. Francois Xavier, Woodlands
Constituent Communities
Beaudry, Benard, Cabot, Calrin, Dacotah, Dugas, Elie, St. Eustache, Springstein, White Plains
Land Area (square km)
553.42
Population
Year
Total
1871
719
1881
1400
1891
1400
1901
1495
1911
1986
1921
2476
1931
2876
1941
3500
1951
3248
1956
3240
1961
3161
1966
2972
1971
2987
1976
2896
1981
2825
1986
2924
1991
3115
1996
3009
2001
3120
2006
3162
2011
3153
2016
3368
2021
3344
Reeves
Term
Reeve
1914-1915
Ferdinand Lafleche
1915-1919
J. L. Picard
1919-1924
Edouard Payment
1924-1927
J. L. Picard
1927-1932
Ernest Bouchard
1932-1935
Amedee Beaudin
1935-1938
C. B. Franklin
1938-1943
Amedee Beaudin
1943-1951
Alfred Hamelin
1951-1957
Charles Chabot
1957-1989
Earl Vincent “Bud” Fossay (c1920-2004)
1989-1998
Joseph Ulric Legault (1927-1998)
1998-2002
Colin James Vann (1947-2020)
2002-2014
Roland Rasmussen
2015-2020
Dale Fossay
2020-?
Christa Vann Mitchell
Memorable Manitobans
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Maps
Contact Information
PR 248 South
Box 117
Elie, Manitoba R0H 0H0
Telephone: 204-353-2214
Email: virginia@rm-cartier.mb.ca
Sources
Treasures of Time: The Rural Municipality of Cartier, 1914-1984. Rural Municipality of Cartier, 1985. Manitoba Legislative Library, F5648.C37.
They Stopped at a Good Place: The History of the Beausejour, Brokenhead, Garson and Tyndall Area of Manitoba, 1875-1981. Beausejour-Brokenhead Historical Committee, 1982. Manitoba Legislative Library F5648.B76.
Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
Obituary [Colin James Vann], Winnipeg Free Press, 4 July 2020.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 28 October 2022
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