Portage—Lisgar is a federal

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, Canada, that has been represented in the

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since 1997.

Demographics

Portage—Lisgar is the riding with the highest percentage of native

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speakers (23.6% of the population) in all of Canada. Only

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(

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: 66.8%) and Panjabi (Punjabi) (

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, in

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: 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 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 Hi ...

, Winkler, and

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, and the towns of

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and Altona.

History

The electoral district was created in 1996 from the former districts of

Lisgar—Marquette Lisgar—Marquette was a federal electoral district in the province of Manitoba, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 1997. This riding was created in 1987 from parts of Lisgar and Portage—Marquette ri ...

Portage—Interlake Portage—Interlake was a federal electoral district in the province of Manitoba, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 1997. This riding was created in 1987 from parts of Lisgar, Portage—Marquette and ...

and

Provencher Provencher is a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1871. It is a largely rural district in the province's southeast corner. Its largest community is the city of St ...

. This riding lost territory to

Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa is a federal electoral district in Manitoba. It encompasses a portion of Manitoba previously included in the electoral districts of Dauphin—Swan River—Marquette, Brandon—Souris and Portage—Lisgar. Dauphin ...

and

Brandon—Souris Brandon—Souris is a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1953. Demographics :''According to the Canada 2011 Census'' Ethnic groups: 83.4% White, 9.8% Aboriginal, ...

, and gained territory from

and Selkirk—Interlake during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following

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Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is

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. She was first elected in the

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Election results

References

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Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Portage-Lisgar Manitoba federal electoral districts Morden, Manitoba Portage la Prairie Winkler, Manitoba 1996 establishments in Manitoba Constituencies established in 1996