This building on Ninth Street in Brandon was designed by local architect Ian McKenzie Brown of the firm Smith Carter Parkin and constructed between 1969 and January 1971 by the Pearson Construction Company at a cost of about $1.2 million. It was opened officially on 6 February 1971 at a ceremony attended by MP Walter Gilbert Dinsdale, MLA Leonard Salusbury “Len” Evans, MLA Edward Robert “Ed” McGill, Mayor William Keith “Bill” Wilton, all members of the Brandon city council, and Brandon Chamber of Commerce President George William “Bill” Manson. The building accommodated most of the civic departments, including the Brandon Police Department in its basement.
Inside the council chambers of the building is a Centennial Award presented to the City of Brandon in 1982 by Premier Howard Russell Pawley and Minister of Municipal Affairs Aimé Rawleigh “Pete” Adam, and a wooden gavel presented by the Brandon Chamber of Commerce.
On a brick wall on the grounds has several plaques fastened to it. One was dedicated to the citizens of Brandon by Governor General Roland Michener on 30 April 1970. Another plaque commemorates the internment of Ukrainian Canadians and other immigrants in Brandon’s Exhibition Building at Tenth Street and Victoria Avenue between 27 November 1914 and 29 July 1916.
Architectural sketch of Brandon City Hall (1969)
Source: Winnipeg Tribune, 28 November 1969, page 17.
Brandon City Hall (July 2023)
Source: George Penner
Brandon City Hall (June 2025)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Centennial plaque inside the Brandon City Hall council chambers (June 2025)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Commemorative plaque inside the Brandon City Hall council chambers (June 2025)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Mayor's gavel inside the Brandon City Hall council chambers (June 2025)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Governor General plaque outside the Brandon City Hall (June 2025)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Alien internment plaque outside the Brandon City Hall (June 2025)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
1997 Canada Games commemorative wall outside the Brandon City Hall (July 2025)
Source: Glen Toews
Plaque on the 1997 Canada Games commemorative wall (July 2025)
Source: Glen ToewsSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.84344, W99.95052
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Ian McKenzie Brown (1928-1974)
Manitoba Business: Smith Carter and Katelnikoff / Smith Carter Architects and Engineers / Architecture49
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Brandon City Hall (818 Princess Avenue, Brandon)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Clifford Sifton Plaque (Ninth Street, Brandon)
“Enemies Within Our Gates:” Brandon’s Alien Detention Centre During the Great War by George Buri
Manitoba History, Number 56, October 2007
“Tender notice,” Brandon Sun, 4 October 1969, page 16.
“Plans unveiled for city hall,” Winnipeg Tribune, 28 November 1969, page 17.
“Off to new city hall,” Brandon Sun, 9 January 1971, page 1.
“New civic administration building in operation today,” Brandon Sun, 11 January 1971, page 1.
“Colorful opening for new civic building,” Brandon Sun, 8 February 1971, page 1.
We thank George Penner and Glen Toews for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 14 October 2025
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