Manitoba Communities: Transcona (Unincorporated City)

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This municipality was named for a combination of Trans-Canada and Strathcona. At the time of its amalgamation into Winnipeg, the Mayor was Harry Fuller and its final councilors were D. E. Perry, Walter Phillip, George E. Marshall, Charles J. Perry, William Dryden, and Albert J. Thompson.

Present Status	City of Winnipeg (1 January 1972)
Incorporation History	Town of Transcona (6 April 1912) City of Transcona (?) Amalgamation of Assiniboia, Brooklands, Charleswood, East Kildonan, Fort Garry, North Kildonan, Old Kildonan, St. Boniface, St. James, St. Vital, Transcona, Tuxedo, West Kildonan, and Winnipeg (1 January 1972)
Land Area (square km)	?

Population

Year	Total
1916	3356
1921	4185
1926	5218
1931	5747
1936	5578
1941	5495
1946	6132
1951	6752
1956	8312
1961	14248
1966	?
1971	22490

Mayors and Reeves

Term	Reeve
1912-1913	Colin John Edward Maxwell (1878-?)
1913-1914	Peter Watt
1915	Ernest Hector Bate (c1886-1951)
1916	Peter Watt
1917-1918	George C. Jones
1919-1920	David Henry Brewster (1882-1953)
1921	Alexander R. Lyon
1922-1927	George P. Campbell [Administrator]
1928	James Williamson
1929-1931	William Haigh
1932	Evelyn Foster Shannon (1896-1973)
1933	George Edward Olive (1887-1973)
1934-1937	Evelyn Foster Shannon (1896-1973)
1938-1945	George Edward Olive (1887-1973)
1946-1949	Andrew Russell “Russ” Paulley (1909-1984)
1950-1951	Robert G. “Bob” Matheson (?-1970)
1952-1953	Andrew Russell “Russ” Paulley (1909-1984)
1954-1957	J. S. Johnston
1958-1959	Paul Emile Martin (1920-2016)
1960-1961	Thomas F. Copeland (1925-1998)
1962-1971	Harry Fuller
1972	Merged into Winnipeg

Councillors (1911-1960)

Councillor	Term(s)
Charles Alsip	1914
W. J. Amor	1913-1916, 1919
E. J. Ball	1958-1959
A. Bate	1929
E. J. Blais	1919-1921
D. H. Brewster	1915-1916
O. Brodeur	1912
J. L. Brown	1916-1917
E. E. Buckby	1932-1933
A. Campbell	1912
A. Campbell	1918-1921
A. W. Campbell	1917
W. Connor	1921
T. Coulter	1918
S. R. Davy	1933-1937
R. P. Docket	1919-1920
W. Dzyndra	1947-1952, 1956-1960
J. Edwards	1916-1918
G. Eson	1915
D. Evans	1938-1953
G. E. Ferris	1913
G. G. Fieldhouse	1912-1913
J. Fraser	1942-1945
H. Fuller	1955-1960
W. Garrow	1916-1917
C. Goodyear	1916, 1921
J. W.  Gunn	1912
J. W.  Gunn	1928-1935
W. Haigh	1918-1921
M. Hall	1912
J. S. Jackson	1928
D. James	1917
J. S. Johnston	1950-1951
G. C. Jones	1916
A. Kasianchuk	1938-1941
W. Kernaghan	1918-1921, 1928-1931, 1934, 1935
B. Kovnats	1913-1918
A. Larche	1930-1935
E. Lewis	1930-1932
A. R. Lyon	1919-1920
R. J. MacKay	1950-1951
F. C. E. MacKichan	1913-1915
Paul Emile Martin (1920-2016)	1954-1957
R. G. Matheson	1946-1949, 1953
J. Mawby	1913-1914
J. McDougall	1930-1932
W. McFarlane	1914-1915
J. M. McGeachen	1946-1947
R. McGhee	1934-1935
Melvin Justus Given McMullen “Len Vintus” (1903-1999)	1948-1950, 1952-1953
S. Melnyk	1954
W. H. Middlchurst	1928-1931
G. More	1928-1929
W. Newman	1933-1946
Wm. Newman	1913-1914
W. P. Nicklin	1928-1933
G. E. Olive	1921
C. J. Perry	1960
H. Popowich	1943-1946
J. Reeves	1920-1921
G. Rennie	1933-1934
N. Slotek	1959-1960
R. Sommerville	1917
E. P. Staszenski	1952-1955, 1957-1958
D. M. Stuart	1935-1942
A. T. Swick	1914-1915, 1918-1920
J. Taggart	1928-1937
M. Themann	1928-1929
H. J. Thompson	1932
P. Watt	1912
J. Wild	1915
C. H. Wright	1954-1956
R. Wright	1918
F. Yeoman	1913

Police Chiefs

Term	Police Chief
1945-1953	Alexander “Alex” Taylor (1899-1961)

Fire Chiefs

Term	Fire Chief
1921-?	D. B. Vallentine
?-1945	?
1945-1953	Alexander “Alex” Taylor (1899-1961)

Sources:

“D. B. Vallentine named Transcona police chief,” Winnipeg Tribune, 9 May 1921, page 1.

Manitoba Gazette, 1887-1959. Manitoba Legislative Library.

Transcona, On the Horizon of a Great Future, Golden Jubilee, 1911-1961. Manitoba Legislative Library, F5649.T73 Tra.

“Transcona gets railway’s name,” Winnipeg Free Press, 31 December 1971, page 17.

We thank Doug Copeland and Bill Blaikie for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 15 December 2021