It was originally incorporated as a rural municipality on November 15, 1902.
[1] It ceased on January 1, 2015 as a result of its provincially mandated amalgamation with the RM of Odanah to form the Rural Municipality of Minto-Odanah.
[2] The former RM is located north of Brandon and was named after Sir Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto.
It had a land area of 363.65 square kilometres (140 sq mi).
The historic community of Clanwilliam lies in the northern part of the former RM.