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This municipality was named for an open spring of water on the homestead of a Mr. Forbes.
Present Status |
Rural Municipality of Springfield (1880) |
Incorporation History |
Rural Municipality of Springfield and Sunnyside (27 September 1873)
Rural Municipality of Springfield (1880)
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Adjoining Municipalities |
Brokenhead, East St. Paul, Reynolds, Tache, Winnipeg |
Constituent Communities |
Anola, Cooks Creek, Deacon, Dugald, Glass, Hazelridge, Meadowvale, Melrose, Millbrook, Monominto, North Transcona, Nourse, Oakbank, Ostenfeld, Pine Ridge, Queens Valley, Sapton, Vivian |
Land Area (square km) |
1100.92 |
Population
Year |
Total |
1891 |
1000 |
1896 |
1367 |
1901 |
2585 |
1911 |
5015 |
1921 |
5666 |
1931 |
6486 |
1941 |
6863 |
1951 |
5375 |
1956 |
5120 |
1961 |
5608 |
1966 |
5670 |
1971 |
5955 |
1976 |
6944 |
1981 |
8986 |
1986 |
9836 |
1991 |
11102 |
1996 |
12162 |
2001 |
12602 |
2006 |
12990 |
2011 |
14069 |
2016 |
15342 |
2021 |
16142 |
Reeves
Period |
Reeve |
1873-1874 |
William Robert Dick (1821-1904) |
1874-1876 |
John MacKenzie Smith (1839-1917) |
1876-1878 |
John Scott |
1878-1880 |
S. J. Corbett |
1880-1881 |
Charles B. Eadie (Warden) |
1881-1882 |
S. J. Corbett |
1882-1883 |
John Winram |
1883-1884 |
Angus E. McLeod |
1884-1885 |
John Matheson |
1885-1891 |
R. S. Conklin |
1891-1892 |
Robert Fisher |
1892-1894 |
William Henry Corbett (1847-1941) |
1894-1897 |
R. S. Conklin |
1897-1898 |
Isaac Murphy |
1898-1899 |
E. Anderson |
1899-1900 |
J. Matheson |
1900-1903 |
William Henry Corbett (1847-1941) |
1903-1904 |
William Brett |
1904-1905 |
George Miller |
1905-1906 |
William Brett |
1906-1909 |
George Miller |
1909-1910 |
I. W. McKinley |
1910-1911 |
George Miller |
1911-1913 |
Isaac Cook |
1913-1914 |
William Brett |
1914-1920 |
Isaac Cook |
1920-1935 |
John Holland |
1935-1937 |
J. A. Fisher |
1937-1939 |
Albert Woloszynski (c1888-1954) |
1939-1945 |
J. A. Fisher |
1945-1947 |
M. Winzinowich |
1947-1957 |
Stanley Grant Smith (c1890-1963) |
1957-1967 |
Stephen Roscoe (1907-1993) |
1967-1971 |
George Edward Kraushar (1914-2006) |
1971-1974 |
H. R. “Harry” Fisher |
1974-1977 |
George Edward Kraushar (1914-2006) |
1977-1998 |
John “Jack” Nicol (1935-2015) |
1998-2006 |
John D. Holland |
2006-2010 |
Peter Skrupski |
2010-2014 |
Jim McCarthy |
2014-2018 |
Bob Bodnaruk |
2018-2022 |
Tiffany Fell |
2022-? |
Patrick Therrien |
Memorable Manitobans
Search the MHS collection of biographies for ones connected to Springfield:
Historic Sites
Go here for a list of historic sites in Springfield.
History Books
Go here for a list of history books for Springfield.
Maps
Sources
“Municipality of Springfield and Sunnyside,” Manitoba Daily Free Press, 25 January 1876, page 6.
“Springfield and Sunnyside - a historical sketch,” Manitoba Daily Free Press, 24 July 1879, page 1.
“Civic Elections [Springfield],” Manitoba Daily Free Press, 14 December 1887, page 1.
“Former Reeve of Springfield dies aged 66,” Winnipeg Free Press, 7 December 1954, page 27.
Springfield, 1st Rural Municipality in Manitoba, 1873-1973, Dugald Women’s Institute.
Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
We thank Nathan Kramer and Rick Wilson for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 7 May 2023
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