Portage—Lisgar
Federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada
Portage—Lisgar electoral district Portage—Lisgar in relation to other Manitoba federal electoral districts as of the 2013 Representation Order.
Legislature House of Commons MP Branden Leslie Conservative District created 1996 First contested 1997 Last contested 2023 by-election District webpage profile , map Population (2021 )[ 1] 100,417 Electors (2021)68,241 Area (km²)[ 1] 12,559.18 Pop. density (per km²) 8 Census division(s) Division No. 3 , Division No. 4 , Division No. 8 , Division No. 9 , Division No. 10 Census subdivision(s) Altona , Carman , Cartier , Dakota Plains 6A , Dakota Tipi 1 , Dufferin , Grey , Long Plain 6 , Lorne , Macdonald , Morden , Morris (RM) , Morris (town) , Norfolk-Treherne , Pembina , Portage la Prairie (city) , Portage la Prairie (RM) , Rhineland , Roland , Stanley , St. François Xavier , Swan Lake 7 , Thompson (RM) , Winkler
Portage—Lisgar is a federal electoral district in Manitoba , Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997.
Demographics
Population, 2021 census[ 2]
100,417
Electors
68,241
Area (km2 )
12,559.18
Population density (people per km2 )
8
According to the 2021 Canadian census [ 3] Ethnic groups: 82.3% White , 11.5% Indigenous , 2.2% Filipino , 1.5% South Asian Languages: 70.5% English, 11.7% German, 7.7% Plautdietsch/Low German/Low Saxon, 3.5% French, 1.5% Russian, 1.2% Tagalog Median income: $37,200 (2020)Average income: $45,560 (2020)
Panethnic groups in Portage—Lisgar (2011−2021)
Panethnic group
2021[ 4]
2016[ 5]
2011[ 6]
Pop. %
Pop.
%
Pop.
%
European [ a] 77,810
78,120
75,645
Indigenous
10,835
10,475
7,870
Southeast Asian [ b] 2,170
975
510
South Asian
1,425
555
340
African
750
430
435
Latin American
605
220
245
East Asian [ c] 395
390
70
Middle Eastern [ d] 310
235
280
Other/multiracial [ e]
265
155
15
Total responses
94,550
91,545
85,565
Total population
100,417
97,354
91,019
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses.2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.
According to the 2011 Census, Portage—Lisgar was the riding with the highest percentage of native German speakers (23.6% of the population at the time) in all of Canada.[ 7] Inuktitut (Nunavut : 66.8%) and Panjabi (Punjabi) (Newton—North Delta , in British Columbia : 33.4%) exceed this concentration of native speakers of a non-official language in a single riding.
Geography
This is a rural district that encompasses most of Central Manitoba. It includes the cities of Portage la Prairie , Winkler , and Morden , and the towns of Carman , Morris and Altona .
As a rural Western riding, the Conservatives dominate this riding, except for in First Nations areas. In 2021, due to opposition to COVID-19 restrictions, the People's Party broke through and were able to do strongly in areas with large Mennonite populations like the Rural Municipality of Stanley , the Municipality of Rhineland and Winkler, municipalities that went heavily Conservative in 2019. Because of this shift in 2021, the Conservatives did best in rural areas with fewer Mennonites, such as the Municipality of Norfolk Treherne . In 2021, the NDP was able to win both the Swan Lake First Nation and Long Plain First Nation . The Liberals are also strong in the Long Plain First Nation, which they won in 2019, and also have some residual strength in the Rural Municipality of St. François Xavier .
History
The electoral district was created in 1996 from the former districts of Lisgar—Marquette and Portage—Interlake . It originally consisted of the rural municipalities of Argyle , Cartier , Dufferin , Grey , Lakeview , Lorne , Louise , Macdonald , North Cypress , North Norfolk , Pembina , Portage la Prairie (except for the northeast corner), Roblin , Roland , South Norfolk , Stanley , Thompson , Victoria and Westbourne ; the cities of Portage la Prairie and Winkler ; the towns of Carberry , Carman , Gladstone , Manitou , Morden , Pilot Mound , and Treherne ; the villages of Cartwright , Crystal City , MacGregor , Notre Dame de Lourdes , Somerset , and St. Claude ; and the Indian reserves of Dakota Plains 6A , Long Plain 6 , and Swan Lake 7 .
In the 2003 redistribution, it lost the rural municipalities of Lakeview and Westbourne and the town of Gladstone to Dauphin—Swan River ; and the rural municipalities of Argyle, North Cypress and Roblin, the town of Carberry, and the village of Cartwright to the riding of Brandon—Souris . It gained the rural municipalities of Rhineland and St. François Xavier ; and the towns of Altona , Gretna and Plum Coulee from Provencher .
In the 2012 electoral redistribution , this riding lost the rural municipality of North Norfolk and the town of MacGregor to Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa and the rural municipalities of Victoria, and Louise and the town of Pilot Mound and the village of Crystal City to Brandon—Souris . It gained the rural municipality and the town of Morris from Provencher and remainder of the rural municipality of Portage la Prairie from Selkirk—Interlake .
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of Parliament :
Current member of Parliament
Its most recent member of Parliament was Candice Bergen , who resigned on February 1, 2023. She was first elected in the 2008 Canadian federal election .
Election results
Graph of election results in Portage—Lisgar (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
2021 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Conservative Candice Bergen 23,819
52.52
–18.28
$75,005.66
People's Solomon Wiebe
9,790
21.58
+18.97
$12,104.29
New Democratic Ken Friesen
6,068
13.38
+4.70
$2,822.40
Liberal Andrew Carrier
4,967
10.95
+0.24
$14,348.06
Christian Heritage Jerome Dondo
712
1.57
–0.36
$7,509.16
Total valid votes/expense limit
45,356 99.25 – $111,667.24
Total rejected ballots
341 0.75 +0.13
Turnout
45,697 66.24 –0.40
Eligible voters
68,991
Conservative hold
Swing
–18.62
Source: Elections Canada [ 9]
2019 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Conservative Candice Bergen 31,600
70.79
+9.95
$60,166.75
Liberal Ken Werbiski
4,779
10.71
−15.08
$18,673.74
New Democratic Cindy Friesen
3,872
8.67
+2.47
$0.00
Green Beverley Eert
2,356
5.28
+1.30
$6,945.06
People's Aaron Archer
1,169
2.62
$1,048.91
Christian Heritage Jerome Dondo
860
1.93
−1.27
$21,830.60
Total valid votes/expense limit
44,636 99.39
Total rejected ballots
275 0.61 +0.23
Turnout
44,911 68.64 +1.19
Eligible voters
67,397
Conservative hold
Swing
+12.52
Source: Elections Canada [ 11] [ 12]
2015 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Conservative Candice Bergen 25,060
60.84
−14.95
$91,365.21
Liberal Ken Werbiski
10,621
25.79
+19.81
$12,481.25
New Democratic Dean Harder
2,554
6.20
−4.01
$7,315.22
Green Bev Eert
1,637
3.97
−1.67
$7,832.39
Christian Heritage Jerome Dondo
1,315
3.19
$20,134.89
Total valid votes/expense limit
41,187 99.62 $208,924.52
Total rejected ballots
159 0.38 –
Turnout
41,346 65.44 –
Eligible voters
63,180
Conservative hold
Swing
−17.38
Source: Elections Canada [ 13] [ 14]
^ Change is from redistributed results
2008 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Conservative Candice Hoeppner 22,036
68.27
−1.52
$57,186
Liberal Ted Klassen
4,374
13.55
+2.16
$19,807
Green Charlie Howatt
2,606
8.07
+2.97
$3,649
New Democratic Mohamed Alli
2,353
7.29
−3.76
$2,873
Christian Heritage Len Lodder
911
2.82
+0.14
$8,429
Total valid votes/expense limit
32,280 99.64 $83,296
Total rejected ballots
116 0.36 +0.03
Turnout
32,396 53.77 –7.89
Eligible voters
60,246 – –
Conservative hold
Swing
−1.84
2006 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Conservative Brian Pallister 25,719
69.78
+3.85
$44,321.83
Liberal Garry McLean
4,199
11.39
−6.35
$13,875.88
New Democratic Daren Van Den Bussche
4,072
11.05
+1.70
$2,450.07
Green Charlie Howatt
1,880
5.10
+2.64
$4,073.82
Christian Heritage David Reimer
987
2.68
−1.51
$9,372.57
Total valid votes
36,857 99.67
Total rejected ballots
123 0.33 −0.09
Turnout
36,890 61.66 +4.31
Eligible voters
59,970 – –
Conservative hold
Swing
+5.10
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada .
2004 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Conservative Brian Pallister 22,939
65.93
−0.02
$55,524.92
Liberal Don Kuhl
6,174
17.74
−1.75
$70,773.27
New Democratic Daren Van Den Bussche
3,251
9.34
+3.89
$13,159.49
Christian Heritage David Reimer
1,458
4.19
$12,986.64
Green Marc Payette
856
2.46
$649.69
Communist Allister Cucksey
117
0.34
$741.52
Total valid votes
34,795 99.58
Total rejected ballots
146 0.42
Turnout
34,941 57.35
Eligible voters
60,922 – –
Conservative notional hold
Swing
+0.87
Percentage change figures are compared to redistributed results from 2000. Conservative Party percentages are contrasted with the combined Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative percentages.
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada .
2000 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Alliance Brian Pallister 17,318
50.31
+10.07
$44,417.63
Liberal Gerry J.E. Gebler
6,133
17.82
+3.21
$44,267.57
Progressive Conservative Morley McDonald
5,339
15.51
−20.42
$16,872.28
Independent Jake Hoeppner 3,558
10.34
$40,395.49
New Democratic Diane Beresford
2,073
6.02
−1.17
$3,880.73
Total valid votes
34,421 99.71
Total rejected ballots
101 0.29 −0.15
Turnout
34,522 61.56 +0.93
Eligible voters
56,082 – –
Alliance hold
Swing
+3.43
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada , Official Voting Results and Financial Returns, Elections Canada .
^ Canadian Alliance results compared to Reform
1997 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Reform Jake Hoeppner 13,532
40.25
$55,221
Progressive Conservative Brian Pallister 12,083
35.94
$52,473
Liberal Heather Mack
4,913
14.61
$14,412
New Democratic Glen Hallick
2,420
7.20
$9,391
Christian Heritage Martin Dewit
517
1.54
$2,674
Canadian Action Roy Lyall
159
0.47
$1,210
Total valid votes
33,624 99.56
Total rejected ballots
149 0.44
Turnout
33,773 60.63
Eligible voters
55,706 –
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada , Official Voting Results and Financial Returns, Elections Canada .
See also
References
Notes
^ Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
^ Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
^ Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
^ Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
^ Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e. " and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.
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