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
Portage—Lisgar in relation to other Manitoba federal electoral districts as of the 2013 Representation Order.
Federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
 
 		 
Candice Bergen
Conservative
District created1996
First contested1997
Last contested2019
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]91,019
Electors (2015)61,350
Area (km²)[2]12,665
Pop. density (per km²)7.2
Census subdivision(s)Portage la Prairie, Winkler, Morden, Stanley, Macdonald, Rhineland, Altona, Cartier, Carman

Demographics
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

This is a rural district that includes the cities of Portage la Prairie, Winkler, and Morden, and the towns of Carman and Altona.

History

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

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Portage—Lisgar
Riding created from Lisgar—Marquette,
Portage—Interlake and Provencher
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–present

Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is Candice Bergen. 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)
2019 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
ConservativeCandice Bergen31,60070.8$60,166.75
LiberalKen Werbiski4,77910.7$18,673.74
New DemocraticCindy Friesen3,8728.7$0.00
GreenBeverley Eert2,3565.3$6,945.06
People'sAaron Archer1,1692.6$1,048.91
Christian HeritageJerome Dondo8601.9$21,830.60
Total valid votes/Expense limit 44,636100.0
Total rejected ballots 275
Turnout 44,91168.5
Eligible voters 65,546
Source: Elections Canada[6][4]
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+.89$20,134.89
Total valid votes/Expense limit 41,187100.00 $208,924.52
Total rejected ballots 1590.38–
Turnout 41,34666.52–
Eligible voters 62,153
Conservative hold Swing -17.38
Source: Elections Canada[7][8]
2011 federal election redistributed results[9]
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 Hoeppner26,89976.0+7.7–
New DemocraticMohamed Alli3,4789.8+2.5–
LiberalMJ Willard2,2216.3-7.3–
GreenMatthew Friesen1,9965.6-2.5–
Christian HeritageJerome Dondo8052.3-0.5–
Total valid votes/Expense limit 35,399100.0 –
Total rejected ballots 1470.40.0
Turnout 35,54660.6+6.8
Eligible voters 58,624 ––
2008 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
ConservativeCandice Hoeppner22,03668.3-1.5$57,186
LiberalTed Klassen4,37413.6+2.2$19,807
GreenCharlie Howatt2,6068.1+3.0$3,649
New DemocraticMohamed Alli2,3537.3-4.1$2,873
Christian HeritageLen Lodder9112.8+0.1$8,429
Total valid votes/Expense limit 32,280 100.0 $83,296
Total rejected ballots 1160.40.0
Turnout 32,39653.8–
2006 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
ConservativeBrian Pallister25,71969.8+3.9$44,321
LiberalGarry McLean4,19911.4-6.3$13,875
New DemocraticDaren Van Den Bussche4,07211.0+1.7$2,450
GreenCharlie Howatt1,8805.1+2.6$4,073
Christian HeritageDavid Reimer9872.7-1.5$9,372
Total valid votes 36,857100.00 –
Total rejected ballots 1230.3-0.1
Turnout 36,98062–
2004 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
ConservativeBrian Pallister22,93965.9+0.1$55,524
LiberalDon Kuhl6,17417.7-0.1$70,474
New DemocraticDaren Van Den Bussche3,2519.3+3.3$13,159
Christian HeritageDavid Reimer1,4584.2–$10,620
GreenMarc Payette8562.5–$649
CommunistAllister Cucksey1170.3–$741
Total valid votes 34,795100.0 –
Total rejected ballots 1460.4+0.1
Turnout 34,94157.4-4.2
2000 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
AllianceBrian Pallister17,31850.3+10.1$44,417
LiberalGerry J.E. Gebler6,13317.8+3.2$44,267
Progressive ConservativeMorley McDonald5,33915.5-20.4$16,872
IndependentJake Hoeppner3,55810.3–$40,395
New DemocraticDiane Beresford2,0736.0-1.2$3,880
Total valid votes 34,421100.0 –
Total rejected ballots 1010.3-0.2
Turnout 34,52261.6+0.9
1997 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
ReformJake Hoeppner13,53240.2–$55,221
Progressive ConservativeBrian Pallister12,08335.9–$52,473
LiberalHeather Mack4,91314.6–$14,412
New DemocraticGlen Hallick2,4207.2–$9,391
Christian HeritageMartin Dewit5171.5–$2,674
Canadian ActionRoy Lyall1590.5–$1,210
Total valid votes 33,624100.0 –
Total rejected ballots 1490.4–
Turnout 33,77360.6–

See also

References
  • "(Code 46007) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
  • Riding history for Portage—Lisgar (1996– ) from the Library of Parliament
  • Expenditure - 2008
  • Expenditures - 2004
  • Expenditures - 2000
  • Expenditures - 1997
  • 2008 Results

Notes
  1. Statistics Canada: 2012
  2. Statistics Canada: 2012
  3. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Portage--Lisgar [Federal electoral district], Manitoba". Statistics Canada. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
  4. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
  5. "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.
  6. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  7. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Portage—Lisgar, 30 September 2015
  8. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
  9. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

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