Manitoba Communities: Whitehead (Rural Municipality)

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This municipality is named for Joseph Whitehead.

Present Status

Rural Municipality of Whitehead (22 December 1883)

Incorporation History

Rural Municipality of Whitehead (22 December 1883)

Adjoining Municipalities

Cornwallis, Daly, Elton, Oakland-Wawanesa, Sifton, Souris-Glenwood, Wallace-Woodworth

Constituent Communities

Alexander, Ashbury, Beresford, Kemnay, McKelvie, Roseland, Terence, Villette

Land Area (square km)

563.90

Population

Year

Total

1891

1464

1896

1273

1901

1782

1911

1934

1921

1835

1931

1741

1941

1464

1951

1315

1956

1230

1961

1191

1966

1172

1971

1201

1976

1291

1981

1291

1986

1440

1991

1421

1996

1535

2001

1457

2006

1402

2011

1533

2016

1651

2021

1679

Reeves

Term

Reeve

1884

?

1884-1886

Robert Hall (1849-1911)

1886-1890

Alexander Nichol

1890-1891

?

1891-1896

C. E. Hall

1896-1899

William Fenwick

1899-1903

A. A. Rowe

1903-1905

Joseph Haig (1849-1942)

1905-1908

Thomas Walker

1908-1910

D. A. Yeomans

1910-1919

R. W. Philp

1919-1923

D. T. Roberts

1923-1926

R. W. Philp

1926-1935

D. A. Yeomans

1935-1967

Oswald Morton McKay (1891-?)

1967-1998

Clarence K. Williamson (?-2017)

1998-2014

Wayne D. Dobbie

2014-2018

Heather Curle

2018-2022

Allan Sutherland

2022-?

Trevor Tuttosi

Memorable Manitobans

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Historic Sites

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History Books

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Maps

Sources

Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 28 October 2022