Municipal Commissioner (Manitoba)

The Office of the Municipal Commissioner was government department in the Canadian province of Manitoba.

Established by the government of John Norquay in 1887, the office was restructured by the Douglas Campbell government as the Ministry of Municipal Affairs in 1953, after taking on increased responsibilities.

The longest-serving Municipal Commissioner was Duncan Lloyd McLeod, who held the position for almost 13 years.

List of Municipal Commissioners in Manitoba

	Name	Party	Took office	Left office
	Alexander Murray		July 7, 1887	April 30, 1888
	James Allan Smart	Liberal	April 30, 1888	January 7, 1893
	John Donald Cameron	Liberal	January 13, 1893	January 6, 1900
	Hugh John Macdonald	Conservative	January 10, 1900	October 29, 1900
	Colin H. Campbell	Conservative	October 29, 1900	December 20, 1900
	David H. McFadden	Conservative	December 20, 1900	June 26, 1907
	Stanley McInnis	Conservative	June 26, 1907	November 4, 1907
	George Coldwell	Conservative	November 14, 1907	May 12, 1915
	James William Armstrong	Liberal	May 12, 1915	August 8, 1922
	Duncan Lloyd McLeod	Progressive	August 8, 1922	May 27, 1932
	Duncan Lloyd McLeod	Liberal-Progressive	May 27, 1932	May 8, 1935
	Ewan McPherson	Liberal-Progressive	May 10, 1935	September 21, 1936
	William James Major	Liberal-Progressive	September 21, 1936	November 22, 1939
	William Morton	Liberal-Progressive	November 22, 1939	December 14, 1948
	Sauveur Marcoux	Liberal-Progressive	December 14, 1948	November 16, 1951
	Edmond Prefontaine	Liberal-Progressive	December 1, 1951	April 20, 1953

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