Mannville, Alberta

History

The settlement was named for Sir Donald Mann, vice-president of the Canadian Northern Railway.

On July 9, 1928, Vernon Booher killed his mother, brother, and two farm hands in Mannville following his argument with his mother. Booher had killed the others to eliminate witnesses. Booher's case drew attention after Adolph Langsner, a psychiatrist who claimed to be able to read minds, correctly guessed that he was the murderer and where he had hidden the weapon used. Booher was hanged for the murders in 1929.

The Mannville Group, an oil and gas bearing unit of the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin, was named for the village by A.W. Nauss in 1945.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Mannville had a population of 765 living in 339 of its 397 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 828. With a land area of 1.64 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Mannville recorded a population of 828 living in 341 of its 377 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 803. With a land area of 1.64 km2, it had a population density of in 2016.

Notable people

• Frances Bay (1919–2011): actress
• Vernon Booher (1907–1929): mass murderer
• Kyle Calder (born 1979): professional hockey player
• Peter Gadsden (1929–2006): Lord Mayor of London
• Erving Goffman (1922–1982): sociologist
• Mike Rathje (born 1974): professional hockey player
• Miles Zaharko (born 1957): professional hockey player

References

References

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6. Nauss, Arthur William, 1945. Cretaceous stratigraphy of Vermilion area, Alberta, Canada; American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), [[AAPG Bulletin]], vol. 29, no. 11 (November), pp. 1605-1629.
7. (February 9, 2022). "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities)". [[Statistics Canada]].
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