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rural municipality
noun
- any lightly settled area in Canada lacking a local elected government and administered directly by a provincial government.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of rural municipality1
First recorded in 1860–65
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Example Sentences
At present, however, each rural municipality only chooses one elector, but for the future at least three must be elected.
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