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

Stanley

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

2018-2023

Brandon Burley

2023-?

Nancy Penner

Memorable Manitobans

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Historic Sites

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History Books

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Maps

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Morden (2005)
Source:
Manitoba Land Initiative

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: 7 July 2024