Manitoba Communities: MacGregor (Unincorporated Town)

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This municipality was named for Rev. James MacGregor who accompanied the Marquess of Lorne, Governor General of Canada, on his 1882 tour of western Canada.

Present Status

Municipality of North Norfolk (1 January 2015)

Incorporation History

Village of MacGregor (31 December 1947)
Town of MacGregor (1 January 2008)
Amalgamation of MacGregor and North Norfolk (1 January 2015)

Adjoining Municipalities

North Norfolk

Land Area (square km)

2.13

Population

Year

Total

1951

539

1956

611

1961

642

1966

724

1971

744

1976

789

1981

795

1986

854

1991

852

1996

898

2001

882

2006

921

2011

963

Mayors

Term

Mayor

1948-1949

John Leonard Lamb (1904-1971)

1950-1951

William F. Montgomery

1952-1961

William John Wenham (1898-1971)

1962-1963

Herbert Russell Hotel (1894-1985)

1964

Dr. Edmund R. Ford (1928-2016)

1965-1967

William John Wenham (1898-1971)

1968-1978

Glenn Edward Lye

1978-1983

Grant Cecil Fotheringham (1910-1984)

1984-1992

John Donald Barber

1993-1995

William P. Wiebe

1996-2005

Darwin Crabbe

2006

?

2007-?

Doris Moore

?-2014

William Wiebe

2015

See North Norfolk

Memorable Manitobans

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Historic Sites

Go here for a list of historic sites in MacGregor.

History Books

Go here for a list of history books for MacGregor.

Maps

Sources

Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.

Through Fields and Dreams: A History of the R.M. of North Norfolk and MacGregor by The History Book Committee, North Norfolk-MacGregor Archives, 1998.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 9 November 2017