Rural Municipality of Riding Mountain West

Riding Mountain West
Riding Mountain West
	Rural municipality
	Rural Municipality of Riding Mountain West
	Riding Mountain West Location of Riding Mountain West in Manitoba
	Coordinates: 50°50′05″N 101°05′46″W
Country	Canada
Province	Manitoba
Incorporated; (amalgamated)	January 1, 2015[1]
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Website	www.rmwest.ca

The Rural Municipality of Riding Mountain West is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It is located in the province's Parkland region, between Riding Mountain National Park near the province's western border with Saskatchewan.

History

The RM was incorporated on January 1, 2015 via the amalgamation of the RMs of Shellmouth-Boulton and Silver Creek.[1] It was formed as a requirement of The Municipal Amalgamations Act, which required that municipalities with a population less than 1,000 amalgamate with one or more neighbouring municipalities by 2015.[2] The Government of Manitoba initiated these amalgamations in order for municipalities to meet the 1997 minimum population requirement of 1,000 to incorporate a municipality. The RM of Shellmouth–Boulton was created through an earlier amalgamation of the RMs of Boulton and Shellmouth in 1999.[3]

Communities

References

"The Municipal Amalgamations Act (C.C.S.M. c. M235): Rural Municipality of Shellmouth-Boulton and Rural Municipality of Silver Creek Amalgamation Regulation" (PDF). Government of Manitoba. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
"The Municipal Amalgamations Act (C.C.S.M. c. M235)". Government of Manitoba. October 2, 2014. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
"Speech from the Throne: At the Opening of the Second Session of the 40th Legislature of the Province of Manitoba". Government of Manitoba. November 19, 2012. Retrieved October 4, 2014.

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[2015amalg-1] "The Municipal Amalgamations Act (C.C.S.M. c. M235): Rural Municipality of Shellmouth-Boulton and Rural Municipality of Silver Creek Amalgamation Regulation" (PDF). Government of Manitoba. Retrieved October 4, 2014.

[MAA-2] "The Municipal Amalgamations Act (C.C.S.M. c. M235)". Government of Manitoba. October 2, 2014. Retrieved October 4, 2014.

[Speech-3] "Speech from the Throne: At the Opening of the Second Session of the 40th Legislature of the Province of Manitoba". Government of Manitoba. November 19, 2012. Retrieved October 4, 2014.