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2019

Jens Munk at Churchill
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2020

War Memorials in Manitoba
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in Manitoba

This Old Elevator
This Old
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Abandoned Manitoba
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Memorable Manitobans
Memorable
Manitobans

Historic Sites of Manitoba
Historic Sites
of Manitoba

Memorable Manitobans: Governors of the Red River Settlement

Term

Governor

August 1812 - June 1815

Miles Macdonnell (1769-1828)

June 1815 - June 1816

Robert Semple (1776-1816)

August 1815 - June 1822

Alexander Macdonnell (1774-1840)

June 1822 - June 1823

Andrew Bulger (1789-1858)

June 1823 - June 1825

Robert Parker Pelly (1790-1825)

June 1825 - June 1833

Donald McKenzie (1783-1851)

June 1833 - June 1839

Alexander Christie (1792-1874)

June 1839 - June 1844

Duncan Finlayson (c1795-1862)

June 1844 - June 1846

Alexander Christie (1792-1874)

June 1846 - June 1847

John Folliott Crofton (1801-1885)

June 1847 - June 1848

John T. Griffiths (?-?)

June 1848 - June 1855

William Bletterman Caldwell (c1798-1882)

June 1855 - September 1859

Francis Godschall Johnson (1817-1894)

September 1859 - July 1870

William MacTavish (1815-1870)

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019

Governors of Red River Settlement (1812-1870)

Judges of Manitoba (1870-present)

Legislative Assemblies of Manitoba (1870-present)

Legislative Council of Manitoba (1871-1876)

Lieutenant-Governors of Manitoba (1870-present)

Manitoba Centennial Medals (1970)

Manitoba Members of Parliament (1870-present)

Manitoba Recipients of the Order of Canada

Manitoba Recipients of the Order of Manitoba

Manitoba Senators (1870-present)

Mayors of Brandon (1882-present)

Mayors of Winnipeg (1874-present)

Manitoba Order of the Buffalo Hunt

Manitoba Order of the Crocus

Police Chiefs of Winnipeg (1874-present)

Chiefs of Manitoba Provincial Police (1870-1932)

Premiers of Manitoba (1870-present)

Speakers of the Manitoba Legislature (1871-present)

Sources:

Winnipeg Tribune, 7 September 1895 [Manitoba History Scrapbook M1, Manitoba Legislative Library, page 125]

E. H. Oliver (editor), The Canadian North-West, Its Early Development and Legislative Records, 2 volumes. Publications of the Canadian Archives, No. 9, 1914.

Gallery revised: 26 August 2008

Memorable Manitobans

Memorable Manitobans

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