First Council Meeting, Brandon Looks to the Future
6/30/2010 at 9:27 PM
July 3, 1882 - The first full council meeting of the City of Brandon is held in a school on 10th. The mayor presiding over the meeting was the Hon. Thomas Mayne Daly.
I also found this great article from the The Winnipeg Evening Tribune (June 22, 1940) "Brandon Has Eyes Looking to the Future"
http://manitobia.ca/cocoon/launch/newspapers/WPT/1940/06/22/articles/images/294-0_sm.jpg