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Manitoba Communities: Morden (City)
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This municipality is named for Alvey Morden who settled here in 1874 and homesteaded on NW9-3-5W until his death. Morden developed from two towns nearby that preceded arrival of the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1882: Nelsonville to the northwest and Mountain City to the southwest.
Present Status
City of Morden (24 August 2012)
Incorporation History
Village of Morden (1 May 1895)
Town of Morden (30 November 1903)Adjoining Municipalities
Land Area (square km)
16.39
Population
Year
Total
1906
1437
1911
1130
1916
1261
1921
1268
1926
1354
1931
1416
1936
1462
1941
1427
1946
1690
1951
1862
1956
2237
1961
2793
1966
3097
1971
3266
1976
3886
1981
4579
1986
5004
1991
5273
1996
5689
2001
6142
2006
6571
2011
7812
2016
8668
2021
9929
Mayors
Term
Mayor
1895-1898
John Henry Ruddell (1859-1906)
1898-1899
William Garrett
1899-1901
George Ashdown (1851-1939)
1901-1902
Harry Meikle (1857-1931)
1902-1903
T. Schmitz
1903-1904
George Ashdown (1851-1939)
1904-1908
Stuart Scott (1851-1941)
1908-1909
Albert Jickling (1870-1955)
1909-1912
Stuart Scott (1851-1941)
1912-1913
William Henry Lake (1865-1949)
1913-1918
Robert Thomas Hewitt (1864-1931)
1918-1920
Alexander Kennedy
1920-1922
John Leslie Clubine (1886-1970)
1922-1932
William Henry Lake (1865-1949)
1932-1933
Norman Clark
1933-1939
Venember Allen
1939-1943
John Leslie Clubine (1886-1970)
1943-1945
Murdo Maclean
1945-1952
Derward Alton Duncan (1895-1990)
1952-1965
Harvey Alfred “Honey” Cochlan (1894-1967)
1965-1974
Albert George “Bert” Morden (1913-1998)
1974-1977
Johan M. “John” Wiens (1922-2014)
1977-1980
David A. Fehr
1980-1989
A. R. “Max” Friesen
1989-1992
Walter F. Latter
1992-1995
Ernst Bernhard “Ernie” Krahn (1940-2014)
1995-1998
Brent D. Stewart
1998-2002
Gerald John Edward “Gerry” Gebler (1943-2005)
2002-2006
John B. Wiens
2007-2010
Doug Wilson
2010-2018
Ken Wiebe
2018-?
Brandon Burley
Memorable Manitobans
Search the MHS collection of biographies for ones connected to Morden:
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Historic Sites
Go here for a list of historic sites in Morden.
History Books
Go here for a list of history books for Morden.
Maps
Morden (2005) |
Sources
Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
We thank Brian Nedohin and Audrey Wilson for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 28 October 2022
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