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 2019 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, 2016 census[3]
97,354
Electors
60,246[4]
Area (km²)
12,509.09
Population density (people per km²)
7.8
Portage—Lisgar is the riding with the highest percentage of native German speakers (23.6% of the population) in all of Canada.[5] 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 2008 Canadian federal election
Election results [ edit ]
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
+.89
$20,134.89
Total valid votes/Expense limit
41,187
100.00
$208,924.52
Total rejected ballots
159
0.38
–
Turnout
41,346
66.52
–
Eligible voters
62,153
Conservative hold
Swing
-17.38
Source: Elections Canada [7] [8]
2008 Canadian federal election
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
–
2006 Canadian federal election
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
–
2004 Canadian federal election
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
2000 Canadian federal election
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
1997 Canadian federal election
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 ]
^ Statistics Canada : 2012
^ Statistics Canada : 2012
^ "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Portage--Lisgar [Federal electoral district], Manitoba" . Statistics Canada. Retrieved November 9, 2019 .
^ a b "Election Night Results" . Elections Canada. Retrieved November 9, 2019 .
^ "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 2012-11-16 .
^ "List of confirmed candidates" . Elections Canada . Retrieved 4 October 2019 .
^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Portage—Lisgar, 30 September 2015
^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
^ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
Coordinates : 49°40′01″N 98°18′18″W / 49.667°N 98.305°W / 49.667; -98.305