Manitoba Communities: Minnedosa (Town)

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This municipality is named for a Sioux word meaning “rapid water.”

Present Status

Town of Minnedosa (2 March 1883)

Incorporation History

Town of Minnedosa (2 March 1883)

Adjoining Municipalities

Minto, Odanah

Land Area (square km)

15.39

Population

Year

Total

1891

614

1901

1052

1906

1299

1911

1483

1916

1833

1921

1505

1926

1681

1931

1680

1936

1686

1941

1636

1946

1837

1951

2085

1956

2306

1961

2211

1966

2305

1971

2621

1976

2718

1981

2637

1986

2520

1991

2526

1996

2443

2001

2426

2006

2474

2011

2587

2016

2449

2021

2741

Mayors

Term

Mayor

1883

John Crerar (1848-1933)

1883-1884

?

1884-1885

James Daniel Gillies (1856-?)

1885-1891

?

1891-1895

Sidney Fairbairn

1895-1897

Patrick Joseph “Paddy” McDermott (1856-1938)

1897-1899

J. F. Boyd

1899-1902

Edwin Oliver Denison (1852-1915)

1902-1903

Sidney Fairbairn

1903-1905

Arthur Wellesley Shaw (1856-1931)

1905-1908

W. H. Sparling

1908-1909

Thomas D. Taylor

1909-1911

Robert Thompson Butchart (1866-1930)

1911-1913

Joseph Burgess (1865-1952)

1913-1915

George Allison Grierson (1867-1931)

1915-1916

?

1916-1920

William G. Brown

1920-1923

Cecil Lorne St. John (1881-1963)

1923-1926

Joseph Burgess (1865-?)

1926-1927

George W. Phelps

1927-1928

D. E. H. Clark

1928-1930

William Flowers Sirett (1879-1971)

1930-1932

Walter Hunter

1932-1939

W. J. Price

1939-1947

Dr. E. H. Clark

1947-1951

John A. Burgess

1951-1957

James Hubert Chipperfield (1917-2001)

1957-1961

J. H. Box

1961-1967

J. E. Taylor

1967-1971

Hugh Milton Stephenson (1920-2009)

1971-1972

?

1972-1974

C. J. Stevenson

1974-1978

James D. Burgess

1978-1980

?

1980-1983

Craig Stewart (1928-2009)

1983-1989

Beth Gordon

1989-1995

Wayne Allan Currah (1960-2017)

1995-2001

Terry J. Drebit

2001-2003

Richard Ronald “Rick” Everett (1951-2003)

2003-2010

Duane Emile LaCoste (1941-2021)

?-?

Ray Orr

2018-2022

Pat Skatch

2022-?

Ken Cameron

Memorable Manitobans

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Historic Sites

Go here for a list of historic sites in Minnedosa.

History Books

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Maps

Sources

Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 11 February 2022