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Present Status
Rural Municipality of Rockwood (14 February 1880)
Incorporation History
Rural Municipality of Rockwood (14 February 1880)
Adjoining Municipalities
Armstrong, Gimli, Rosser, St. Andrews, West St. Paul, Woodlands
Constituent Communities
Argyle, Balmoral, Foxton, Gunton, Komarno, Pleasant Home, Stonewall, Stony Mountain, Teulon, Wavy Bank, Williams
Land Area (square km)
1,199.93
Year
Total
1871
1600
1881
1575
1891
2901
1896
2434
1901
4109
1911
4691
1921
5177
1931
5336
1941
5369
1951
4929
1956
4789
1961
4872
1966
5268
1971
5341
1976
5962
1981
6332
1986
6923
1991
6990
1996
7504
2001
7654
2006
7692
2011
7823
2016
7964
2021
8440
Term
Reeve
1880
Thomas McFarlane
1880-1883
James Drake
1883-1884
John P. Matheson
1884-1889
Andrew R. Mitchell (1844-1922)
1889-1897
James M. Toombs
1897-1902
Andrew R. Mitchell (1844-?)
1902-1912
Alexander Polson (1855-1912)
1912-1916
Ebenezer Ross Sutherland
1916-1918
John Henry Slater
1918-1919
John Good
1919-1920
Washington Hector French (1873-1956)
1920-1922
George Wallace
1922-1931
Edward Power
1931-1937
Benjamin Evan “Ben” Lewis (1897-1978)
1937-1941
A. E. Clarke
1941-1945
William J. Campbell (?-1950)
1945-1947
John W. Good
1947-1951
Robert Addison Quickfall
1951-1953
J. D. Campbell
1953-1975
Lloyd George Fines (1918-2005)
1975-1977
Ralph Andrew Campbell (1935-2020)
1977-1980
Donald Albert Bond (1939-2021)
1980-1982
Ralph Andrew Campbell (1935-2020)
1982-1986
Rens Renooy
1986-2001
Leon Gaston Vandekerckhove (1923-2012)
2001-2010
Garnet Thievin
2010-?
Jim Campbell
?-2018
?
2018-?
J. Wesley “Wes” Taplin
Search the MHS collection of biographies for ones connected to Rockwood:
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Go here for a list of historic sites in Rockwood.
Go here for a list of history books for Rockwood.
100 Years of History, Rockwood Municipality by the Rockwood Municipality History, 1982. [Manitoba Legislative Library, F5648.R63 One]
Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
Obituary [Donald Albert Bond], Winnipeg Free Press, 19 June 2021.
We thank Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 1 November 2022
