Manitoba Communities: Neepawa (Town)

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This municipality is named for an Aboriginal word meaning “plenty.”

Present Status	Town of Neepawa (23 November 1883)
Incorporation History	Town of Neepawa (23 November 1883)
Adjoining Municipalities	North Cypress-Langford, Rosedale
Land Area (square km)	17.35

Population

Year	Total
1891	774
1901	1418
1906	1895
1911	1864
1916	1854
1921	1887
1926	1833
1931	1910
1936	2068
1941	2292
1946	2468
1951	2895
1956	3109
1961	3197
1966	3229
1971	3215
1976	3508
1981	3425
1986	3314
1991	3258
1996	3301
2001	3325
2006	3298
2011	3629
2016	4609

Mayors

Term	Mayor
1884-1887	Jonathan Joseph Hamilton (1850-1928)
1888-1891	B. R. Hamilton
1892	Jonathan Joseph Hamilton (1850-1928)
1893-1894	J. A. Clare
1895-1899	John Andrew Davidson (1852-1903)
1900-1903	James Henry Howden (1860-1938)
1904	John Brown
1905	E. J. Harrison
1906-1907	James Henry Howden (1860-1938)
1908	Jonathan Joseph Hamilton (1850-1928)
1909-1911	William H. Gossell
1912	Jonathan Joseph Hamilton (1850-1928)
1913	Robert Hezekiah Fusee (1864-1960)
1914-1916	John Brown
1917-1921	J. L. McKay
1922	John Hall (1862-1930)
1923	Jack A. Davidson
1923-1924	John Hall (1862-1930)
1925	Thomas Gerow Murphy (1883-1971)
1926-1927	George V. Stonehouse
1928	Thomas Gerow Murphy (1883-1971)
1929-1931	William G. Pollock
1932-1933	Robert Hezekiah Fusee (1864-1960)
1934-1947	William G. Pollock
1948-1952	Dr. Paul Cleave
1953	D. E. R. Ewer
1954-1959	William Whitmore (1908-1998)
1960-1967	George Rey
1968-1974	Harry B. Smith
1975-1977	Robert L. Hurrell
1978-1981	Gary R. McElmon
1982-1992	Homer Wilmot Gill (1924-2014)
1993-1998	Roy McGillivray
1999-2001	Ken Waddell
2002-2010	Robert Durston
2011	Ronald Forsman
2012-2014	Ken Waddell
2015-?	Adrian De Groot

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Maps

Sources

Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.

“John Hall only nominee to Neepawa mayoralty,” Manitoba Free Press, 21 July 1923, page 30.

Neepawa: Land of Plenty, 1883-1983 by Neepawa History Book Committee, 1983.

“Neepawa mayor resigns,” Winnipeg Free Press, 10 July 2014, page A5.

We thank Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 5 April 2017