Manitoba Communities: Montcalm (Rural Municipality)

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This municipality was named for Joseph de St. Véran, Marquis de Montcalm (1712-1759), Commander of French forces on the Plains of Abraham at Quebec.

Present Status	Rural Municipality of Montcalm (25 May 1881)
Incorporation History	Rural Municipality of Montcalm (25 May 1881)
Adjoining Municipalities	De Salaberry, Emerson-Franklin, Morris, Rhineland
Constituent Communities	Letellier, Ste. Elizabeth, St. Jean Baptiste, St. Joseph
Land Area (square km)	468.04

Population

Year	Total
1881	1200
1891	1688
1896	2059
1901	1467
1911	2326
1921	2906
1931	2997
1941	3150
1951	2790
1956	2730
1961	2521
1966	2413
1971	1970
1976	1794
1981	1769
1986	1706
1991	1606
1996	1567
2001	1400
2006	1317
2011	1309
2016	1260

Reeves

Term	Reeve
1881-1886	?
1887-1888	J. B. Graveline
1889-1890	Adolphe Fortier
1891	?
1892-1897	Pierre Parenteau
1898-1900	William Fraser
1901-1903	Napoleon Comeault (1859-1915)
1904	T. Eyres
1905-1906	Maurice Dupre
1907-1911	William Fraser
1912-1914	John Boiteau
1915-1920	L. D. Bissonnette
1921	Arthur Lucien Beaubien (1879-1971)
1922-1943	Narcisse Breton (1871-1966)
1944-1950	Simeon Marion
1951-1961	A. S. Beaubien
1962-1974	Arthur Vermette
1974-1989	Albert St. Hilaire (1924-2005)
1990-1998	Florent Beaudette (1939-2015)
1999-2014	Roger Vermette
2015-?	Derek Sabourin

Memorable Manitobans

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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.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 5 April 2017