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Portage—Lisgar

Portage—Lisgar is a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997.

Portage—Lisgar
Manitoba electoral district
Map
Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2025 federal election
Federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
 
 		 
Branden Leslie
Conservative
District created1996
First contested1997
Last contested2025
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
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)Winkler, Portage la Prairie, Morden, Stanley, Macdonald, Portage la Prairie (part), Rhineland, Altona, Cartier, Carman

Demographics

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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 82.3% 78,120 85.34% 75,645 88.41%
Indigenous 10,835 11.46% 10,475 11.44% 7,870 9.2%
Southeast Asian[b] 2,170 2.3% 975 1.07% 510 0.6%
South Asian 1,425 1.51% 555 0.61% 340 0.4%
African 750 0.79% 430 0.47% 435 0.51%
Latin American 605 0.64% 220 0.24% 245 0.29%
East Asian[c] 395 0.42% 390 0.43% 70 0.08%
Middle Eastern[d] 310 0.33% 235 0.26% 280 0.33%
Other/multiracial[e] 265 0.28% 155 0.17% 15 0.02%
Total responses 94,550 94.16% 91,545 94.03% 85,565 94.01%
Total population 100,417 100% 97,354 100% 91,019 100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses.
Demographics based on 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] Only 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

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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

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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

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This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Portage—Lisgar
Riding created from Lisgar—Marquette, and Portage—Interlake
36th  1997–2000     Jake Hoeppner Reform
 2000–2000     Alliance
37th  2000–2003 Brian Pallister
 2003–2004     Conservative
38th  2004–2006
39th  2006–2008
40th  2008–2011 Candice Bergen
41st  2011–2015
42nd  2015–2019
43rd  2019–2021
44th  2021–2023
 2023–2025 Branden Leslie
45th  2025–present

Current member of Parliament

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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

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Graph of election results in Portage—Lisgar (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
2025 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
ConservativeBranden Leslie31,88969.38
LiberalRobert Kreis10,49322.82
New DemocraticLisa Tessier2,0114.38
People'sKevin Larson9772.13
GreenJanine G. Gibson5951.29
Total valid votes/expense limit 45,96599.28
Total rejected ballots 3350.72
Turnout 46,30067.94
Eligible voters 68,152
Source: Elections Canada[8]
2021 federal election redistributed results[9]
Party Vote %
  Conservative22,44552.15
  People's9,41821.88
  New Democratic5,77813.42
  Liberal4,72010.97
  Others6811.58
Canadian federal by-election, June 19, 2023
Resignation of Candice Bergen
Party Candidate Votes%±%
ConservativeBranden Leslie20,25064.95+12.43
People'sMax Bernier5,35217.16−4.42
LiberalKerry Smith2,6668.55−2.40
New DemocraticLisa Tessier-Burch2,2087.08−6.30
GreenNicolas Geddert7042.26–
Total valid votes 31,18099.40
Total rejected ballots 1880.60−0.15
Turnout 31,36845.47−20.77
Eligible voters 68,988
Conservative hold Swing +8.42
Source: Elections Canada[10]
2021 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
ConservativeCandice Bergen23,81952.52–18.28$75,005.66
People'sSolomon Wiebe9,79021.58+18.97$12,104.29
New DemocraticKen Friesen6,06813.38+4.70$2,822.40
LiberalAndrew Carrier4,96710.95+0.24$14,348.06
Christian HeritageJerome Dondo7121.57–0.36$7,509.16
Total valid votes/expense limit 45,35699.25–$111,667.24
Total rejected ballots 3410.75+0.13
Turnout 45,69766.24–0.40
Eligible voters 68,991
Conservative hold Swing –18.62
Source: Elections Canada[11]
2019 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
ConservativeCandice Bergen31,60070.79+9.95$60,166.75
LiberalKen Werbiski4,77910.71−15.08$18,673.74
New DemocraticCindy Friesen3,8728.67+2.47$0.00
GreenBeverley Eert2,3565.28+1.30$6,945.06
People'sAaron Archer1,1692.62$1,048.91
Christian HeritageJerome Dondo8601.93−1.27$21,830.60
Total valid votes/expense limit 44,63699.39
Total rejected ballots 2750.61+0.23
Turnout 44,91168.64+1.19
Eligible voters 67,397
Conservative hold Swing +12.52
Source: Elections Canada[12][13]
2015 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
ConservativeCandice Bergen25,06060.84−14.95$91,365.21
LiberalKen Werbiski10,62125.79+19.81$12,481.25
New DemocraticDean Harder2,5546.20−4.01$7,315.22
GreenBev Eert1,6373.97−1.67$7,832.39
Christian HeritageJerome Dondo1,3153.19$20,134.89
Total valid votes/expense limit 41,18799.62 $208,924.52
Total rejected ballots 1590.38–
Turnout 41,34665.44–
Eligible voters 63,180
Conservative hold Swing −17.38
Source: Elections Canada[14][15]

^ Change is from redistributed results

2011 federal election redistributed results[16]
Party Vote %
  Conservative25,73875.79
  New Democratic3,46710.21
  Liberal2,0315.98
  Green1,9165.64
  Others8072.38
2011 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
ConservativeCandice Hoeppner26,89975.99+7.72–
New DemocraticMohamed Alli3,4789.83+2.54–
LiberalMJ Willard2,2216.27−7.28–
GreenMatthew Friesen1,9965.64−2.43–
Christian HeritageJerome Dondo8052.27−0.55–
Total valid votes/expense limit 35,39999.59 –
Total rejected ballots 1470.41+0.06
Turnout 35,54659.44+5.67
Eligible voters 59,799––
Conservative hold Swing +2.59
2008 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
ConservativeCandice Hoeppner22,03668.27−1.52$57,186
LiberalTed Klassen4,37413.55+2.16$19,807
GreenCharlie Howatt2,6068.07+2.97$3,649
New DemocraticMohamed Alli2,3537.29−3.76$2,873
Christian HeritageLen Lodder9112.82+0.14$8,429
Total valid votes/expense limit 32,28099.64 $83,296
Total rejected ballots 1160.36+0.03
Turnout 32,39653.77–7.89
Eligible voters 60,246––
Conservative hold Swing −1.84
2006 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
ConservativeBrian Pallister25,71969.78+3.85$44,321.83
LiberalGarry McLean4,19911.39−6.35$13,875.88
New DemocraticDaren Van Den Bussche4,07211.05+1.70$2,450.07
GreenCharlie Howatt1,8805.10+2.64$4,073.82
Christian HeritageDavid Reimer9872.68−1.51$9,372.57
Total valid votes 36,85799.67 
Total rejected ballots 1230.33−0.09
Turnout 36,89061.66+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
ConservativeBrian Pallister22,93965.93−0.02$55,524.92
LiberalDon Kuhl6,17417.74−1.75$70,773.27
New DemocraticDaren Van Den Bussche3,2519.34+3.89$13,159.49
Christian HeritageDavid Reimer1,4584.19$12,986.64
GreenMarc Payette8562.46$649.69
CommunistAllister Cucksey1170.34$741.52
Total valid votes 34,79599.58 
Total rejected ballots 1460.42
Turnout 34,94157.35
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 federal election redistributed results[17]
Party Vote %
  Canadian Alliance17,68051.63
  Liberal6,67619.50
  Progressive Conservative4,90214.32
  Independents3,1189.11
  New Democratic1,8665.45
2000 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
AllianceBrian Pallister17,31850.31+10.07$44,417.63
LiberalGerry J.E. Gebler6,13317.82+3.21$44,267.57
Progressive ConservativeMorley McDonald5,33915.51−20.42$16,872.28
IndependentJake Hoeppner3,55810.34$40,395.49
New DemocraticDiane Beresford2,0736.02−1.17$3,880.73
Total valid votes 34,42199.71 
Total rejected ballots 1010.29−0.15
Turnout 34,52261.56+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
ReformJake Hoeppner13,53240.25$55,221
Progressive ConservativeBrian Pallister12,08335.94$52,473
LiberalHeather Mack4,91314.61$14,412
New DemocraticGlen Hallick2,4207.20$9,391
Christian HeritageMartin Dewit5171.54$2,674
Canadian ActionRoy Lyall1590.47$1,210
Total valid votes 33,62499.56
Total rejected ballots 1490.44
Turnout 33,77360.63
Eligible voters 55,706–
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada, Official Voting Results and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

See also

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References

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Notes

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  1. ↑ Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
  2. ↑ Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
  3. ↑ Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
  4. ↑ Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
  5. ↑ Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.
  1. 1 2 Statistics Canada: 2023
  2. ↑ "Census Profile, 2021 Census: Portage--Lisgar [Federal electoral district], Manitoba". Statistics Canada. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
  3. ↑ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (February 1, 2023). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Portage--Lisgar [Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)], Ontario". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved March 29, 2023.
  4. ↑ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 26, 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved October 22, 2023.
  5. ↑ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 27, 2021). "Census Profile, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved October 22, 2023.
  6. ↑ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (November 27, 2015). "NHS Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved October 22, 2023.
  7. ↑ "2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations | Detailed Mother Tongue (232), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2011 Census". 2.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved November 16, 2012.
  8. ↑ "Voter information service". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 18, 2025.
  9. ↑ "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
  10. ↑ "June 19, 2023, by-elections—Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 13, 2023.
  11. ↑ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved June 2, 2023.
  12. ↑ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  13. ↑ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved June 2, 2023.
  14. ↑ Official Voting Results
  15. ↑ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
  16. ↑ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
  17. ↑ Election Prediction Project

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