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This municipality takes its name from that of the surrounding area.
Present Status
Municipality of Gilbert Plains (1 January 2015)
Incorporation History
Ward Three, Rural Municipality of Gilbert Plains
Village of Gilbert Plains (1 May 1906)
Town of Gilbert Plains (20 December 1999)
Amalgamated with Gilbert Plains (RM) (1 January 2015)
Adjoining Municipalities
Land Area (square km)
2.66
Year
Total
1906
436
1911
542
1916
579
1921
737
1926
712
1931
742
1936
786
1941
804
1946
810
1951
838
1956
859
1961
849
1966
942
1971
854
1976
847
1981
812
1986
816
1991
741
1996
748
2001
757
2006
760
2011
811
Term
Mayor
1906-1907
G. B. Gordon
1907-1908
A. W. Heath
1909-1911
Charles C. Baker
1911-1912
H. W. Braddell
1912-1917
William J. Porter
1917-1919
A. C. Macdonald
1919-1922
Charles C. Baker
1922-1924
A. C. Macdonald
1924-1926
Oliver Stanley Fraser (1887-1957)
1926-1931
Charles C. Baker
1931-1935
Duncan Cameron (1863-1942)
1935-1945
E. P. Brown
1945-1949
S. J. McLean
1949-1953
Harry A. Alley
1953-1955
Mel G. Pipe
1955-1957
Ernest Oscar “Ernie” Brown (1918-1983)
1957-1961
R. A. Eastcott
1961-1965
Ernest Oscar “Ernie” Brown (1918-1983)
1965-1969
R. A. Eastcott
1969-1973
Michael “Mike” Kawchuk (1931-2021)
1973-1981
Orest Romanick
1981-1986
William D. “Bill” Hale (?-c2006)
1986-1989
Orest Romanick
1989-1998
Leonard Pratt
1998-2005
Vern Ellis
2005-2006
?
2006-2014
Lyle Smith
2015-?
See Gilbert Plains
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Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 8 June 2024
