Manitoba Communities: Hartney (Unincorporated Town)

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This municipality is named for merchant and early settler James Harvey Hartney.

Present Status

Municipality of Grassland (1 January 2015)

Incorporation History

Town of Hartney (21 February 1905)
Amalgamation of Cameron, Hartney and Whitewater (1 January 2015)

Land Area (square km)

2.45

Population

Year

Total

1906

653

1911

623

1916

659

1921

576

1926

631

1931

517

1936

468

1941

478

1946

509

1951

538

1956

554

1961

592

1966

621

1971

579

1976

484

1981

490

1986

523

1991

477

1996

462

2001

446

2006

400

2011

415

Mayors

Term

Mayor

1905

Frederick Bradwardine Woodhull (1863-1919)

1906

John Archibald Scott (1860-?)

1907-1909

William Henry Beck “Harry” Hill (1857-1940)

1910

William Edward Crawford (1865-1947)

1911

William McDonald

1912

A. H. Sutherland

1913

William McDonald

1914-1917

John R. Shepherd (1850-1931)

1918-1927

William Henry Beck “Harry” Hill (1857-1940)

1928-1934

Charles David Batty (1861-1939)

1935-1939

Egerton “Edge” Brunsdon (1885-1959)

1940-1951

John Leslie Crowe (1893-1955)

1952-1961

Peter Little Lougheed (1900-1967)

1962-1963

J. Walter Hammond (?-1965)

1964-1967

Roland Charles Crowe (1916-2014)

1968-1974

Robert W. McPherson

1975-1977

T. Allan Moffat

1978-1980

Allan Henry “Al” Lougheed (1935-2012)

1981-1989

Reginald “Reg” Atkinson

1989-1998

Leo Joseph Peloquin (1934-2011)

1999-2001

Wilfred James Coe (1930-2014)

2002-?

Bruce Evans

?-2014

Lori Taylor

2015

See Grassland

Memorable Manitobans

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Historic Sites

Go here for a list of historic sites in Hartney.

History Books

Go here for a list of history books for Hartney.

Maps

Sources

Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 31 July 2018