Manitoba Communities: Hamiota (Municipality)

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There are several theories for the origin of this municipality’s name. One is that it commemorates members of the Hamilton family who homesteaded in this area appended with the syllabus “iota,” a Sioux word meaning “many.”

Present Status	Municipality of Hamiota (1 January 2015)
Incorporation History	Rural Municipality of Oak River (?) Rural Municipality of Oak River (22 December 1883) Rural Municipality of Hamiota (28 June 1895) Amalgamated with Hamiota (1 January 2015) Renamed to avoid confusion with the Rural Municipality of Ochre River.
Adjoining Municipalities	Oakview, Prairie View, Riverdale, Wallace-Woodworth, Yellowhead
Constituent Communities	Alfretta, Chumah, Decker, Hamiota, Lavinia, McConnell, Oakner, Pitlochry, Pope
Land Area (square km)	572.38

Population

Year	Total
1891	723
1896	1020
1901	1596
1911	1538
1921	1892
1931	1893
1941	1733
1951	1481
1956	1377
1961	1266
1966	1134
1971	918
1976	809
1981	713
1986	680
1991	590
1996	515
2001	479
2006	437
2011	420
2016	1225
2021	1234

Reeves

Term	Reeve
1883-1889	James Clarridge
1889-1890	William J. Cowan
1890-1891	Joseph Andrews
1891-1895	William J. Cowan
1895-1898	Richard Wesley Brethour (1856-1947)
1898-1900	William John Cowan (c1857-1900)
1900-1901	Oliver John White (c1852-1922)
1901-1902	Hugh Alexander Fraser (1861-1947)
1902-1905	Richard Wesley Brethour (1856-1947)
1905-1914	John Henry Houck (1868-1927)
1914-1916	William Henry Decker (1851-1926)
1916-1919	William J. Cochran
1919-1927	John G. Stewart
1927-1930	William J. Cochran
1930-1940	Robert Pearson
1940-1942	Charles Penny
1942-1949	K. R. Fraser
1949-1953	B. F. Brooks
1953-1954	L. H. Rosenberger
1954-1955	J. Douglas Emerson
1955-1960	Harvey Gray
1960-1961	A. E. Andrew
1961-1969	L. T. Montgomery
1969-1973	E. P. Houck
1973-1986	William Arthur Knight
1986-1988	Alex J. Kirk
1988-1989	Raymond Drew Lints (1928-2017)
1989-1992	Robert Nelson “Nellie” Woods (c1927-2004)
1992-2002	Raymond Drew Lints (1928-2017)
2002-2005	Everett Gurr
2005-2006	?
2006-2014	Randy Lints
2014-2018	?
2018-2022	Larry Oakden
2022-?	Randal Stuart “Randy” Lints

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Historic Sites

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History Books

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Maps

Sources

Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.

A History of Hamiota Village and Municipalty by Hamiota Women’s Institute, 1953.

Hamiota: Grains of the Century, 1884-1984. Hamiota Centennial History Committee, 1984. Manitoba Legislative Library, F5648.H34.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 28 October 2022