Dauphin

Dauphin is a city in Manitoba, Canada, with a populace of 8,457 as of the 2016 Canadian Census, with an extra 2,388 living in the encompassing Rural Municipality of Dauphin, for an aggregate of 10,845 in the RM and City combined. Dauphin is Manitoba's ninth biggest network and fills in as a center to the territory's Parkland Region. The adjacent lake was given the name "Dauphin" by the pioneer Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye in 1741 to pay tribute to the beneficiary to the French throne.

Settlers started touching base in the territory in 1883 and two early settlements, Gartmore and "Old Dauphin" were established. With the happening to the railroad in 1896 – the line ran generally somewhere between the two towns – settlement moved to the present site. This corresponded with the start of Ukrainian settlement in the territory: already most landings had been of British extraction.

Consolidated as a town in 1898 and as a town in 1901, Dauphin turned into an imperative place for the transportation of grain. Cultivating still assumes a focal job in the economy of the region, however its job has been extraordinarily diminished. The present chairman of Dauphin is Allen Dowhan. Moderate Robert Sopuck has been the Member of Parliament for the Dauphin—Swan River—Marquette riding since November 2010. Dynamic Conservative Brad Michaleski is the present Member of the Legislative Assembly.