Portage—Lisgar
Manitoba electoral district
Portage—Lisgar in relation to other Manitoba federal electoral districts as of the 2013 Representation Order.
Federal electoral district
Legislature
House of Commons
MP
Candice Bergen
Conservative
District created
1996
First contested
1997
Last contested
2015
District webpage
profile , map
Demographics
Population (2011 )[ 1]
91,019
Electors (2015)
61,350
Area (km²)[ 2]
12,665
Pop. density (per km²)
7.2
Census subdivisions
Portage la Prairie , Winkler , Morden , Stanley , Macdonald , Rhineland , Altona , Cartier , Carman
Portage—Lisgar is a federal electoral district in Manitoba , Canada , that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997.
Demographics [ edit ]
Population, 2001
92,863
Electors
60,246
Area (km²)
14236.32
Population density (people per km²)
Portage—Lisgar is the riding with the highest percentage of native German speakers (23.6% of the population) in all of Canada.[ 3] 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 [ edit ]
This is a rural district that includes the cities of Portage la Prairie , Winkler , and Morden , and the towns of Carman and Altona .
History [ edit ]
The electoral district was created in 1996 from the former districts of Lisgar—Marquette , Portage—Interlake and Provencher .
This riding lost territory to Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa and Brandon—Souris , and gained territory from Provencher and Selkirk—Interlake during the 2012 electoral redistribution .
Members of Parliament [ edit ]
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament :
Current Member of Parliament [ edit ]
Its Member of Parliament is Candice Bergen . She was first elected in the Canadian federal election, 2008
Election results [ edit ]
Canadian federal election, 2008
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
∆%
Expenditures
Conservative
Candice Hoeppner
22,036
68.3
-1.5
$57,186
Liberal
Ted Klassen
4,374
13.6
+2.2
$19,807
Green
Charlie Howatt
2,606
8.1
+3.0
$3,649
New Democratic
Mohamed Alli
2,353
7.3
-4.1
$2,873
Christian Heritage
Len Lodder
911
2.8
+0.1
$8,429
Total valid votes/Expense limit
32,280
100.0
$83,296
Total rejected ballots
116
0.4
0.0
Turnout
32,396
53.8
–
Canadian federal election, 2006
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
∆%
Expenditures
Conservative
Brian Pallister
25,719
69.8
+3.9
$44,321
Liberal
Garry McLean
4,199
11.4
-6.3
$13,875
New Democratic
Daren Van Den Bussche
4,072
11.0
+1.7
$2,450
Green
Charlie Howatt
1,880
5.1
+2.6
$4,073
Christian Heritage
David Reimer
987
2.7
-1.5
$9,372
Total valid votes
36,857
100.00
–
Total rejected ballots
123
0.3
-0.1
Turnout
36,980
62
–
Canadian federal election, 2004
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
∆%
Expenditures
Conservative
Brian Pallister
22,939
65.9
+0.1
$55,524
Liberal
Don Kuhl
6,174
17.7
-0.1
$70,474
New Democratic
Daren Van Den Bussche
3,251
9.3
+3.3
$13,159
Christian Heritage
David Reimer
1,458
4.2
–
$10,620
Green
Marc Payette
856
2.5
–
$649
Communist
Allister Cucksey
117
0.3
–
$741
Total valid votes
34,795
100.0
–
Total rejected ballots
146
0.4
+0.1
Turnout
34,941
57.4
-4.2
Canadian federal election, 2000
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
∆%
Expenditures
Alliance
Brian Pallister
17,318
50.3
+10.1
$44,417
Liberal
Gerry J.E. Gebler
6,133
17.8
+3.2
$44,267
Progressive Conservative
Morley McDonald
5,339
15.5
-20.4
$16,872
Independent
Jake Hoeppner
3,558
10.3
–
$40,395
New Democratic
Diane Beresford
2,073
6.0
-1.2
$3,880
Total valid votes
34,421
100.0
–
Total rejected ballots
101
0.3
-0.2
Turnout
34,522
61.6
+0.9
Canadian federal election, 1997
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
∆%
Expenditures
Reform
Jake Hoeppner
13,532
40.2
–
$55,221
Progressive Conservative
Brian Pallister
12,083
35.9
–
$52,473
Liberal
Heather Mack
4,913
14.6
–
$14,412
New Democratic
Glen Hallick
2,420
7.2
–
$9,391
Christian Heritage
Martin Dewit
517
1.5
–
$2,674
Canadian Action
Roy Lyall
159
0.5
–
$1,210
Total valid votes
33,624
100.0
–
Total rejected ballots
149
0.4
–
Turnout
33,773
60.6
–
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
Coordinates : 49°40′01″N 98°18′18″W / 49.667°N 98.305°W / 49.667; -98.305