Manitoba Municipalities: Winchester

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The basis for the name of this municipality is unclear.

Present Status	Amalgamated with Deloraine (1 January 2015)
Incorporation History	Rural Municipality of Winchester (1 November 1890) Municipality of Deloraine-Winchester (1 January 2015)
Adjoining Municipalities	Brenda, Cameron, Morton, Whitewater
Constituent Communities	Dand, Deloraine, Moberly, Mountainside, Regent
Land Area (square km)	725.58

Population

Year	Total
1891	628
1901	2130
1911	1531
1921	1739
1931	1827
1941	1748
1951	1479
1956	1390
1961	1372
1966	1283
1971	1043
1976	928
1981	828
1986	718
1991	661
1996	625
2001	573
2006	594
2011	508

Reeves

Term	Reeve
1891	William Cates
1892-1894	John Renton (1825-1907)
1895-1896	John M. Fee
1897-1899	Edward Kerr
1900-1902	W. E. Cowan
1903	John H. Urie
1904	James Steedsman (1864-1959)
1905-1911	Edward Kerr
1912-1915	George W. Whitlaw
1916-1921	Arthur Thomas Hainsworth (1901-?)
1922-1927	Hugh McKenzie (1870-1957)
1928-1931	J. H. Bates
1932-1948	Russell Barrett (1889-1959)
1949-1971	Arthur Thomas Hainsworth (1901-?)
1972-1978	Cameron King
1979-1983	Norton Cassils
1984-1989	McGill F. “Mac” Corbett (?-2014)
1990-1995	Ivan Carey
1996-1998	Dennis Crowe
1999-2001	Roger Goethals (1935-2002)
2002-2005	Dennis Crowe
2006	?
2007-2014	Michael Dillabough

Memorable Manitobans

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Historic Sites

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History Books

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Maps

Sources

Deloraine Scans a Century, 1880-1980. Deloraine History Book Committee, 1980. Manitoba Legislative Library, F5649.D46.

Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 26 December 2014