Portage—Lisgar

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Portage—Lisgar

Manitoba electoral district
Portage—Lisgar in relation to other Manitoba federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		Brian Pallister Conservative
District created	1996
First contested	1997
Last contested	2006
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	85,653
Electors (2006)	59,970
Area (km²)	14,419
Pop. density (per km²)	5.9
Census divisions
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 Canadian House of Commons since 1997.

Contents 1 Demographics 2 Geography 3 History 3.1 Members of Parliament 3.2 Current Member of Parliament 4 Election results 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Demographics

Population, 2001	83,381
Electors	60,922
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

[edit] Geography

This is a rural district that include the towns of Portage La Prairie, Carman, Winkler and Morden.

[edit] History

The electoral district was created in 1996 from the former districts of Lisgar—Marquette, Portage—Interlake and Provencher.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

• 1997-2000: Jake Hoeppner - Reform
• 2000-present: Brian Pallister - Canadian Alliance (2000-2003), Conservative (2003-present)

[edit] Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is Brian Pallister, a former financial analyst. He was first elected in 2000. He represents the Conservative Party of Canada. He is currently the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Trade and the Minister of International Cooperation. He has announced that he will not be running in the next election.

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Brian Pallister	25,719	69.8		$44,321
	Liberal	Garry McLean	4,199	11.4		$13,875
	New Democrat	Daren Van Den Bussche	4,072	11.0		$2,450
	Green	Charlie Howatt	1,880	5.1		$4,073
	Christian Heritage	David Reimer	987	2.7		$9,372
Total valid votes			36,857	100.00
Total rejected ballots			123
Turnout			36,980

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Brian Pallister	22,939	65.92%		$55,524
	Liberal	Don Kuhl	6,174	17.74%		$70,474
	New Democrat	Daren Van Den Bussche	3,251	9.34%		$13,159
	Christian Heritage	David Reimer	1,458	4.19%		$10,620
	Green	Marc Payette	856	2.46%		$649
	Communist	Allister Cucksey	117	0.33%		$741
Total valid votes			34,795	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			146	0.42%
Turnout			34,941	57.35%

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Canadian Alliance	Brian Pallister	17,318	50.31%		$44,417
	Liberal	Gerry J.E. Gebler	6,133	17.81%		$44,267
	Progressive Conservative	Morley McDonald	5,339	15.51%		$16,872
	Not affiliated	E. Jake Hoeppner	3,558	10.33%		$40,395
	New Democrat	Diane Beresford	2,073	6.02%		$3,880
Total valid votes			34,421	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			101	0.29%
Turnout			34,522	61.56%

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Reform	Jake Hoeppner	13,532	40.24%		$55,221
	Progressive Conservative	Brian Pallister	12,083	35.93%		$52,473
	Liberal	Heather Mack	4,913	14.61%		$14,412
	New Democrat	Glen Hallick	2,420	7.19%		$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%

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• Riding history for Portage—Lisgar (1996– ) from the Library of Parliament
• Expenditures - 2004
• Expenditures - 2000
• Expenditures - 1997

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