The Municipality of WestLake – Gladstone is a

rural municipality A rural municipality is a classification of municipality, a type of local government, found in several countries. These include: * Rural municipalities in Canada, a type of municipal status in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, ...

(RM) in the

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History

The RM was incorporated on January 1, 2015 via the amalgamation of the RMs of Lakeview and Westbourne and the

Town of Gladstone The City of Gladstone is a former local government area in central Queensland, Australia. It covered the urban locality of Gladstone and parts of the surrounding area. History Following the report of the Local Government Reform Commission re ...

. 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. 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.

Communities

Gladstone William Ewart Gladstone ( ; 29 December 1809 – 19 May 1898) was a British statesman and Liberal politician. In a career lasting over 60 years, he served for 12 years as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, spread over four non-cons ...

* Plumas * Westbourne

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, WestLake-Gladstone had a population of 3,273 living in 1,091 of its 1,216 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 3,154. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:WestLake 2015 establishments in Manitoba Manitoba municipal amalgamations, 2015 Populated places established in 2015 Rural municipalities in Manitoba