History of the RM of Torch River

The RM of Torch River No. 488 was organized in 1949 and held its first meeting on January 4, 1950. The area was formerly under the L.I.D. Branch of the Department of Municipal Affairs and the establishment of the Municipality was an experiment in a larger area of local government. The late Hon. L.T. McIntosh encouraged the establishment of larger areas of local government as he felt that they could be administered more efficiently and give better service to rural people.

The RM of Torch River No.488 is located north of Nipawin, Saskatchewan.  The Municipality includes all the lands lying on the north side of the Saskatchewan River in ranges 13 to 21, to the northerly boundary of Township 55. 

The total area of the Municipality is 60 townships (some partial) of which approximately 28 are settled.  The settled portion of the Muncipality is almost entirely surrounded by forest.  There are 3  provincial forests within the RM;  Provincial Forest, Torch River Forest and Fort a la Corne.

Included under the administration of the RM of Torch River No. 488 is the Hamlet of Garrick, Hamlet of Snowden, Hamlet of Shipman, Scot's Landing and Pruden's Point.  Municipalities within the RM of Torch River No. 488 are the Village of White Fox, Village of Love, Town of Choiceland and the Village of Smeaton.
 

History of Council & Staff

Division 1	​	Division 2		Division 3
​James Kreihbel	1950-1953	Wilbur Anderson	1950-1953	Harold Johnson	1950
William Tatlow	1956-1966	Gordon Brazier	1956-1957	Daniel Smears	1951-1952
Don McMillan	1967-1976	W. Hayden	1958-1962	Harold Thompson	1953
Delmer Anderson	1977-1978	Phil Isaac	1962-1971	R.V. Hounsell	1956-1966
Ada Lundgren	1979-1980	Morris Bodnarchuk	1972-1991	Steve Kuchirka	1967-1990
Al Deutsch	1981-1982	Albert Mollison	1992	Richard Mardell	1991-1996
Stan Smith	1983-2008	Dennis Scott	1993-2002	Mike Rudnicki	1997-2008
Russell Astrope	2008-2010	Morley Doerksen	2003-2011	Alden Paul	2008-2010
Terry Cunningham	2010-2014	Richard Pickett	2011-2014	Mike Rudnicki	2010-2014
Connie Black-Sturby	2014-2016	Jason Newton	2014-2016	Kevin Dahl	2014-2016
Dave LaRose	2016-	Carissa Schmidt	2016-2018	Peter Lubyk	2016-
​	​	Lyle Lindbergh	2018-	​	​

Division 4		Division 5		Division 6
Elmer Carlson	1950-1953	Peter Lund	1950-1953	Clarence King	1950
N.L. Schofield	1956-1957	Ken Keeping	1956-1965	Fred Lowe	1951-1953
Thomas Fox	1957-1963	Lorne Jordan	1966-1976	C.H. Taylor	1956-1957
David Halland	1964-1973	Albert Pfrimmer	1977-1982	James Lundy	1958-1961
Virgil Terry	1974-1979	Amel Twarzinski	1983-2006	Milton Finkbeiner	1961-1965
Lyle Nowlin	1980-1983	Ron Smith	2006-2010	James Lundy	1965-1967
Robert Allen	1984-2000	Dave Smith	2010-2012	Harold Falloon	1968-1993
Gerald Todd	2001-2003	Tyler Shymanski	2012-2017	Larry Backlund	1994-2000
Per Dahl	2004-2005	Richard Pickett	2017-	Duane Ealey	2000-2005
Robert Allen	2005-2009			Lucien Prince	2005-2007
Keivn Dahl	2009-2014			Ryan Reid	2007-2009
Michelle Fox-Waddington	2014-2017			Tom Jensen	2009-2018
Ken Runn	​2017-	​	​	Ken Rein	2018-

Division 7		Reeve		Administrator
Cornie Peters	1950-1952	Harold Guloien	1950-1953	Sid Sigurdson	1950
Robin Coleman	1953	George Evans	1956-1957	Don Hrenewich	1950-1953
		Harold Thompson	1957-1965	J.J. Morrow	1953-1956
Division 8		Ken Keeping	1966-1976	J.E. Redmond	1953-1954
Stan Cousins	1950-1953	George Lidster	1977-1983	Georgina Cavers	1954-1964
		Bruce Grandfield	1984-1992	Clara Vickers	1964-1965
		Albert Mollison	1993-1998	Gerald Thorson	1965-1975
		Tom Keeping	1999-2002	Helen Garinger	1975-1986
​		Dennis Scott	2003-2012	Jacques Bertrand	1986-2001
		Dave Smith	2012-2016	Wendy Nycholat	2001-2012
		Louise Nicklen	2016-2017	Barry Katschke	2011-2012
​		Jerry Kindrat	2017-	Nathalie Hipkins	2012-2018
​	​	​	​	David Yorke	2018-