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municipal district
Alta and Territories
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a large rural municipality.
Quotations
1841
The same Gazette also contained a proclamation regulating the Election of certain Councillors in the Municipal Districts of Quebec . . . and Sydenham.
1864
A circle with a radius of 50 miles from Fort Garry, or, to express it in other words, a circle of one hundred miles in diameter, with that Fort for a centre, correctly enough describes the Municipal District of Assiniboia.
1945
Municipal districts cover the more thickly populated parts of the Province [Alta] and in size they average about thirty townships.
1964
A weather modification plebiscite will be held in the Municipal District of Kneehill if the MD solicitor approves a proposed contract. . . .