Link to:
Population | Mayors / Reeves | Memorable Manitobans | Historic Sites | History Books | Maps | Contact Information | Sources
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
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
Fire Chiefs
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
|