Portage—Lisgar

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
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District created	1996
First contested	1997
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	91,019
Electors (2015)	61,350
Area (km²)	12,665
Pop. density (per km²)	7.2
Census subdivision(s)	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[]

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		Party
Portage—Lisgar Riding created from Lisgar—Marquette, Portage—Interlake and Provencher
36th	1997–2000	Jake Hoeppner	Reform
36th	2000–2000	Jake Hoeppner	Alliance
37th	2000–2003	Brian Pallister	Alliance
37th	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)

v t 2021 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Candice Bergen	23,819	52.52	–18.28
	People's	Solomon Wiebe	9,790	21.58	+18.98
	New Democratic	Ken Friesen	6,068	13.38	+4.68
	Liberal	Andrew Carrier	4,967	10.95	+0.25
	Christian Heritage	Jerome Dondo	712	1.57	–0.36
Total valid votes			45,356	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			341	0.75	+0.14
Turnout			45,697	66.96	–1.54
Eligible voters			68,241
	Conservative hold		Swing		–18.63
Source: Elections Canada^[6]

v 2019 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Candice Bergen	31,600	70.8	+9.96	$60,166.75
	Liberal	Ken Werbiski	4,779	10.7	-15.09	$18,673.74
	New Democratic	Cindy Friesen	3,872	8.7	+2.5	$0.00
	Green	Beverley Eert	2,356	5.3	+1.33	$6,945.06
	People's	Aaron Archer	1,169	2.6		$1,048.91
	Christian Heritage	Jerome Dondo	860	1.9	-1.29	$21,830.60
Total valid votes/expense limit			44,636	100.0
Total rejected ballots			275
Turnout			44,911	68.5
Eligible voters			65,546
	Conservative hold		Swing		+12.53
Source: Elections Canada^[7]^[4]

v t 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^[8]^[9]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[10]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	25,738	75.79
	New Democratic	3,467	10.21
	Liberal	2,031	5.98
	Green	1,916	5.64
	Others	807	2.38

v t 2011 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Candice Hoeppner	26,899	76.0	+7.7	–
	New Democratic	Mohamed Alli	3,478	9.8	+2.5	–
	Liberal	MJ Willard	2,221	6.3	-7.3	–
	Green	Matthew Friesen	1,996	5.6	-2.5	–
	Christian Heritage	Jerome Dondo	805	2.3	-0.5	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			35,399	100.0		–
Total rejected ballots			147	0.4	0.0
Turnout			35,546	60.6	+6.8
Eligible voters			58,624	–	–

v t 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	–

v t 2006 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Brian Pallister	25,719	69.78	$44,321.83
	Liberal	Garry McLean	4,199	11.39	$13,875.88
	New Democratic	Daren Van Den Bussche	4,072	11.05	$2,450.07
	Green	Charlie Howatt	1,880	5.10	$4,073.82
	Christian Heritage	David Reimer	987	2.68	$9,372.57
Total valid votes			36,857	100.00
Total rejected ballots			123
Turnout			36,980	62.04
Electors on lists			59,609
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

v t 2004 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Brian Pallister	22,939	65.93	$55,524.92
	Liberal	Don Kuhl	6,174	17.74	$70,773.27
	New Democratic	Daren Van Den Bussche	3,251	9.34	$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	100.00
Total rejected ballots			146	0.42
Turnout			34,941	57.35
Electors on lists			60,922
Percentage change figures are factored for redistribution. Conservative Party percentages are contrasted with the combined Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative percentages from 2000.
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

v t 2000 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Alliance	Brian Pallister	17,318	50.31	$44,417.63
	Liberal	Gerry J.E. Gebler	6,133	17.82	$44,267.57
	Progressive Conservative	Morley McDonald	5,339	15.51	$16,872.28
	Independent	Jake Hoeppner	3,558	10.34	$40,395.49
	New Democratic	Diane Beresford	2,073	6.02	$3,880.73
Total valid votes			34,421	100.00
Total rejected ballots			101	0.29
Turnout			34,522	61.56
Electors on lists			56,082
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

v t 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	1.53	$2,674
	Canadian Action	Roy Lyall	159	0.47	$1,210
Total Valid Votes			33,624	100.00
Total Rejected Ballots			149	0.44
Turnout			33,773	60.63
Electors on lists			55,706
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

References[]

"(Code 46007) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved March 3, 2011.
Riding history for Portage—Lisgar (1996– ) from the Library of Parliament
Expenditure - 2008
Expenditures - 2004
Expenditures - 2000
Expenditures - 1997
2008 Results

Notes[]

^ 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 November 16, 2012.
^ "Election Night Resuts — Portage—Lisgar — Elections Canada". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 28, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 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

[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.

[vote2019-4] "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 November 16, 2012.

[6] "Election Night Resuts — Portage—Lisgar — Elections Canada". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 28, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[7] "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.

[8] Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Portage—Lisgar, 30 September 2015

[9] Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates

[10] Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

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v t Federal ridings in Manitoba
Conservative	Brandon—Souris Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia—Headingley Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa Kildonan—St. Paul Portage—Lisgar Provencher Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman
Liberal	Saint Boniface—Saint Vital Winnipeg North Winnipeg South Winnipeg South Centre
New Democratic	Churchill—Keewatinook Aski Elmwood—Transcona Winnipeg Centre

v t Federal ridings in the Canadian Prairies
Rural Manitoba	Brandon—Souris Churchill—Keewatinook Aski Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa Portage—Lisgar Provencher Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman
Winnipeg	Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia—Headingley Elmwood—Transcona Kildonan—St. Paul Saint Boniface—Saint Vital Winnipeg Centre Winnipeg North Winnipeg South Winnipeg South Centre
Saskatchewan (South, North)	Battlefords—Lloydminster Carlton Trail—Eagle Creek Cypress Hills—Grasslands Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River Prince Albert Moose Jaw—Lake Centre—Lanigan Regina—Lewvan Regina—Qu'Appelle Regina—Wascana Saskatoon—Grasswood Saskatoon—University Saskatoon West Souris—Moose Mountain Yorkton—Melville
Rural Alberta	Banff—Airdrie Battle River—Crowfoot Bow River Foothills Fort McMurray—Cold Lake Grande Prairie—Mackenzie Lakeland Lethbridge Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner Peace River—Westlock Red Deer—Lacombe Red Deer—Mountain View Sturgeon River—Parkland Yellowhead
Edmonton and environs	Edmonton Centre Edmonton Griesbach Edmonton Manning Edmonton Mill Woods Edmonton Riverbend Edmonton Strathcona Edmonton West Edmonton—Wetaskiwin St. Albert—Edmonton Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan
Calgary	Calgary Centre Calgary Confederation Calgary Forest Lawn Calgary Heritage Calgary Midnapore Calgary Nose Hill Calgary Rocky Ridge Calgary Shepard Calgary Signal Hill Calgary Skyview