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{{short description|Rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada}}
'''Harrison''' is a [[rural municipality]] in the province of [[Manitoba]] in [[Western Canada]]. It is located north of Brandon on the [[Yellowhead Highway]] with its offices at [[Newdale, Manitoba]].
The '''Rural Municipality of Harrison''' is a former [[List of rural municipalities in Manitoba|rural municipality]] (RM) in the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Provinces and territories of Canada|province]] of Manitoba. It was originally incorporated as a rural municipality on December 22, 1883.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/municipalities/rural.shtml | title=Manitoba's Municipal History: Rural Municipalities and Local Government Districts | publisher=The Manitoba Historical Society | date=September 21, 2014 | access-date=January 2, 2015}}</ref> It ceased on January 1, 2015 as a result of its [[Manitoba municipal amalgamations, 2015|provincially mandated]] [[Merger (politics)|amalgamation]] with the [[Rural Municipality of Park|RM of Park]] to form the [[Municipality of Harrison Park]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/municipalities/amalgamations.shtml | title=Manitoba's Municipal History: Municipal Amalgamations (2015) | publisher=The Manitoba Historical Society | date=December 1, 2014 | access-date=January 2, 2015}}</ref>


The R.M. was incorporated in 1883 and named for [[David Howard Harrison]] who became premier of Manitoba in 1887.
The RM was located north of Brandon on the [[Yellowhead Highway]] with its offices at [[Newdale, Manitoba]]. The main reserve of the [[Rolling River First Nation]] lied within the east-central portion of the RM. The RM was named for [[David Howard Harrison]] who became premier of Manitoba in 1887.

== Communities ==
* Newdale
* [[Rackham, Manitoba|Rackham]]
* [[Sandy Lake, Manitoba|Sandy Lake]]

== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://www.rmofharrison.ca/}}


== References ==
== References ==
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* [http://geodepot.statcan.ca/GeoSearch2006/GeoSearch2006.jsp?resolution=H&lang=E&otherLang=F&census=Yes&DisplayData=Yes&NewImage=yes&layer=csd&IdentName=Harrison%20(RM)&IdentUID=4615069 Map of Harrison R.M. at Statcan]
* [http://geodepot.statcan.ca/GeoSearch2006/GeoSearch2006.jsp?resolution=H&lang=E&otherLang=F&census=Yes&DisplayData=Yes&NewImage=yes&layer=csd&IdentName=Harrison%20(RM)&IdentUID=4615069 Map of Harrison R.M. at Statcan]

* ''Geographic Names of Manitoba'' (pg. 106) - the Millennium Bureau of Canada
* ''Geographic Names of Manitoba'' (pg. 106) - the Millennium Bureau of Canada
* [http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/municipalities/harrison.shtml ''Manitoba Historical Society - Manitoba Municipalities: Rural Municipality of Harrison'']


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* [http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/municipalities/harrison.shtml ''Manitoba Historical Society - Manitoba Municipalities: Rural Municipality of Harrison'']
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[[Category:Rural municipalities in Manitoba|Harrison]]

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The Rural Municipality of Harrison is a former rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was originally incorporated as a rural municipality on December 22, 1883.[1] It ceased on January 1, 2015 as a result of its provincially mandated amalgamation with the RM of Park to form the Municipality of Harrison Park.[2]

The RM was located north of Brandon on the Yellowhead Highway with its offices at Newdale, Manitoba. The main reserve of the Rolling River First Nation lied within the east-central portion of the RM. The RM was named for David Howard Harrison who became premier of Manitoba in 1887.

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  1. ^ "Manitoba's Municipal History: Rural Municipalities and Local Government Districts". The Manitoba Historical Society. September 21, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  2. ^ "Manitoba's Municipal History: Municipal Amalgamations (2015)". The Manitoba Historical Society. December 1, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2015.

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