Manitoba Communities: Woodworth (Unincorporated Rural Municipality)

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This municipality was named for Joseph Edward Woodworth.

Present Status	Rural Municipality of Wallace-Woodworth (1 January 2015)
Incorporation History	Rural Municipality of Woodworth (22 December 1883) Amalgamated with Elkhorn and Wallace (1 January 2015)
Adjoining Municipalities	Blanshard, Daly, Hamiota, Miniota, Pipestone, Sifton, Wallace, Whitehead
Constituent Communities	Brierwood, Harding, Kenton, Lenore, Maskawata, Ralphton
Land Area (square km)	817.84

Population

Year	Total
1891	1495
1896	1644
1901	2460
1911	2459
1921	2245
1931	2280
1941	2071
1951	1955
1956	1854
1961	1745
1966	1647
1971	1401
1976	1275
1981	1125
1986	1154
1991	1051
1996	1047
2001	939
2006	890
2011	860

Reeves

Term	Reeve
1883-1888	William Jones Helliwell (1849-1922)
1888-1893	Thomas Frame
1893-1897	William M. Shaw
1897-1898	Thomas Frame Sr.
1898-1901	A. W. Kent
1901-1906	Thomas R. Todd
1906-1909	George A. Titinus
1909-1910	Thomas R. Todd
1910-1911	Abraham C. Bray
1911-1914	George Campbell
1914-1916	G. A. Titmus
1916-1917	Henry Rowland Tolton (1868-1966)
1917-1962	Frederick John Gould (1871-1967)
1962-1965	C. H. Norman Hodson
1965-1969	J. A. Hill
1969-1973	Elgin R. Routledge
1973-1986	R. Ivan Bray
1986-1995	Robert B. Hunter
1995-2014	Denis Carter
2015	See Wallace-Woodworth

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Historic Sites

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Maps

Sources

Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 11 December 2022