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Manitoba Organization: Red River School Division No. 17
The Red River School Division was created on 1 April 1959 by an order of the Manitoba Minister of Education, acting on a recommendation of the MacFarlane Commission on Education and the School Divisions Boundaries Commission. It became responsible for all secondary education, grades 9 to 12, within the area of the following school districts:
Red River was later amalgamated with Boundary School Division No. 16, Rhineland School Division No. 18, and Sprague Consolidated School District No. 2439 to form the Border Land School Division.
Superintendents
Period
Superintendent
1968
Fernand Marion (1926-2003)
1969-1974
Louis Oscar Joseph “Lou” Bourbonnais (1922-2021)
See also:
Events in Manitoba History: School Divisions (1959)
Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba’s Rural School Consolidation (1905-1967)
Events in Manitoba History: School Divisions Boundaries Commission (1958-1959)
Events in Manitoba History: MacFarlane Royal Commission on Education (1957-1959)
Sources:
Report of the School Divisions Boundaries Commission, 13 January 1959, Manitoba Legislative Library, SpR 1958 Education.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 23 October 2021
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