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Manitoba Communities: Melita (Town)
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When this community was established in the 1880s, it was proposed to be named Manchester. However, this name was already taken by another community in Canada so postal officials refused a request to establish a second post office with the same name. A local Sunday School Superintendent proposed the name of Melita based on the island on which the apostle Paul was shipwrecked and this name was accepted.
Present Status
Town of Melita (15 May 1906)
Incorporation History
Village of Melita (15 May 1902)
Adjoining Municipalities
Land Area (square km)
3.04
Population
Year
Total
1906
784
1911
690
1916
834
1921
676
1926
649
1931
719
1936
560
1941
591
1946
659
1951
781
1956
926
1961
1038
1966
1101
1971
1132
1976
1169
1981
1156
1986
1239
1991
1134
1996
1152
2001
1111
2006
1051
2011
1069
2016
1042
2021
1041
Mayors
Term
Mayor
1902
John Lorne Campbell (1856-1933)
1902-1903
Thomas Charles Bulloch (1866-1949)
1903-1904
C. P. Estlin
1904-1905
J. T. McCallum
1905-1906
James Graham Cheyne (1861-1912)
1906-1907
T. D. Sturgeon
1907-1912
Robert Mowbray Graham (1851-1932)
1912-1913
Robert Simpson
1913-1916
George Stewart
1916-1918
David Lamont (1876-1946)
1918-1919
Richard John Dobbyn (1850-1950)
1919-1920
William John Cobb
1920-1922
David Lamont (1876-1946)
1922-1923
W. J. Graham
1923-1925
James Wesley Hewitt (1876-1941)
1925-1927
L. S. Arnold
1927-1929
F. H. Schnell
1929-1940
David Lamont (1876-1946)
1940-1949
Harry L. Morrow
1949-1951
William G. Sterling
1951-1953
Harry L. Morrow
1953-1959
John Gordon “Jack” Cobb (1903-1959)
1959-1965
W. G. Powne
1965-1969
Richard R. “Dick” Filteau (1920-2013)
1969-1971
D. F. Loucks
1971-1980
Gerald D. Morrow
1980-2001
Kenneth Donald Carels (1938-2005)
2001-2005
Ron Nestibo
2005-2006
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2006-2014
Robert F. “Bob” Walker
2014-?
William “Bill” Holden
Memorable Manitobans
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Photos & Maps
Postcard view of Melita (circa 1906) |
Sources
Our First Century: Town of Melita and Municipality of Arthur, Melita-Arthur History Committee, 1983, Manitoba Legislative Library F5648.A78.
Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 28 October 2022
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