Portage la Prairie is a provincial electoral division in the
Canadian province
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of
Manitoba
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. It has existed since the province's creation in 1870.
Portage la Prairie is located in southern Manitoba. It is bordered to the north by
Lake Manitoba, to the south by
Carman
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, to the west by
Turtle Mountain, and to the east by
Lakeside and
Morris
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Portage la Prairie
Portage la Prairie () is a small city in the Central Plains Region of Manitoba, Canada. As of 2016, the population was 13,304 and the land area of the city was .
Portage la Prairie is approximately west of Winnipeg, along the Trans-Canada Hig ...
itself is in the central part of the riding. Other communities in the riding include
Oakville,
Newton
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Dakota Plains Wahpeton First Nation Dakota Plains First Nation, Dakota Plains Wahpeton Oyate, or Wakhpetunwin Otinta (Waȟpéthuŋwaŋ Otina Dakhóta Oyáte, "Leaf dwellers") is a Wahpeton band Dakota First Nations entity southwest of Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. It borders the somew ...
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The riding's population in 1996 was 18,785. In 1999, the average family income was $45,302, and the unemployment rate was 7%. The health and service sector accounts for 18% of the riding's industry, followed by agriculture at 13%.
Thirteen per cent of Portage la Prairie's residents are aboriginal, while a further 6% are
German
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Portage la Prairie has been held since by the
Progressive Conservative Party for most of its history, although the
New Democratic Party
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has increased its standing in the riding in recent years.
List of provincial representatives
Electoral results
1870 general election
1874 general election
1878 general election
1879 general election
1883 general election
1883 by-election
1886 general election
1888 by-election
1888 general election
1891 by-election
1892 general election
1896 general election
1899 general election
1902 by-election
1903 general election
1907 general election
1908 by-election
1910 general election
1914 general election
1915 general election
1920 general election
1922 general election
1927 general election
1932 general election
1933 by-election
1936 general election
1941 general election
1943 by-election
1945 general election
1949 general election
1953 general election
1958 general election
1959 general election
1962 general election
1966 general election
1969 general election
1973 general election
1977 general election
1981 general election
1986 general election
1988 general election
1990 general election
1992 by-election
1995 general election
1997 by-election
1999 general election
2003 general election
2007 general election
2011 general election
2016 general election
2019 general election
Previous boundaries
References
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Manitoba provincial electoral districts
Portage la Prairie
1870 establishments in Manitoba