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This municipality was named for Thomas Lafayette Rosser.
Present Status
Rural Municipality of Rosser (11 March 1893)
Incorporation History
Rural Municipality of Rosser (11 March 1893)
Adjoining Municipalities
Rockwood, St. Francois Xavier, West St. Paul, Winnipeg, Woodlands
Constituent Communities
Bergen, Gordon, Grosse Isle, Marquette, Meadows, Mount Royal, Orpa, Rosser, Sturgeon Creek Colony
Land Area (square km)
441.56
Year
Total
1871
438
1881
485
1891
537
1896
380
1901
765
1911
1182
1921
3730
1931
1715
1941
1709
1951
1631
1956
1665
1961
1751
1966
1220
1971
1171
1976
1269
1981
1326
1986
1300
1991
1364
1996
1349
2001
1412
2006
1364
2011
1352
2016
1372
2021
1270
Term
Reeve
1893-1896
David Law
1896-1899
Robert George Simpson (c1864-1914)
1899-1900
?
1900-1903
A. F. Preston
1903-1904
Robert Kellet
1904-1905
Adam T. Preston
1905-1906
I. S. Bricker
1906-1908
W. F. Smith
1908-1921
John Haddow (1855-1932)
1921-1953
Percy Beachell (1874-1969)
1953-1963
Robert Edward Ryan (1902-1963)
1963-1974
E. L. Lawrence
1974-2001
Percy Alan Beachell (1924-2015)
2001-2010
Alice Bourgouin
2010-2022
Frances Smee
2022-?
Ken Mulligan
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Go here for a list of historic sites in Rosser.
Go here for a list of history books for Rosser.
Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
We thank Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 28 October 2022
