Portage—Lisgar

Portage—Lisgar

Manitoba electoral district
Portage—Lisgar in relation to other Manitoba federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Candice Hoeppner Conservative
District created	1996
First contested	1997
Last contested	2008
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	92,863
Electors (2011)	60,246
Area (km²)	14,236.32
Pop. density (per km²)	6.5
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.

Demographics

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

Geography

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

History

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

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Lisgar—Marquette, Portage—Interlake and Provencher prior to 1996
36th	1997–2000		Jake Hoeppner	Reform
	2000			Canadian Alliance
37th	2000–2003		Brian Pallister	Canadian Alliance
	2003–2004			Conservative
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011		Candice Hoeppner	Conservative
41st	2011–present

Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is Candice Hoeppner. She was elected in 2008. She is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada. On November 19, 2008, Hoeppner was afforded the honour of presenting the motion in the House of Commons to accept the Speech from the Throne (the traditional speech in which the Governor General outlines the government's agenda at the start of a new Parliament). Traditionally this honour is given by the prime minister of the day to a newly-elected backbench MP from the governing party who is regarded as being particularly worthy of recognition.

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	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	–	–

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	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	%	±pp	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	%	±pp	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	%	±pp	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	%	±pp	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

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

References

• "(Code 46007) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FED&Code1=46007&Geo2=PR&Code2=46&Data=Count&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All. 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