- Portage—Lisgar
Infobox Canada electoral district
province = Manitoba
caption = Portage—Lisgar in relation to other Manitoba federal electoral districts
fed-status = active
fed-district-number = 46007
fed-created = 1996
fed-abolished =
fed-election-first = 1997
fed-election-last = 2006
fed-rep = Brian Pallister
fed-rep-link =
fed-rep-party = Conservative
fed-rep-party-link = Conservative Party of Canada
demo-census-date = 2006
demo-pop = 85653
demo-electors = 59970
demo-electors-date = 2006
demo-area = 14419
demo-cd =
demo-csd = Portage la Prairie, Winkler, Morden, Stanley, Macdonald, Rhineland, Altona, Cartier, CarmanPortage—Lisgar is a federal electoral district in
Manitoba ,Canada , that has been represented in theCanadian House of Commons since 1997.Demographics
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:
* 1997-2000:
Jake Hoeppner - Reform
* 2000-present:Brian Pallister -Canadian Alliance (2000-2003), Conservative (2003-present)Current Member of Parliament
Its Member of Parliament is
Brian Pallister , a former financial analyst. He was first elected in 2000. He represents theConservative Party of Canada . He is currently theParliamentary 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.Election results
See also
*
List of Canadian federal electoral districts
*Past Canadian electoral districts External links
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=1046 Riding history for Portage—Lisgar (1996– ) from the]
Library of Parliament
* [http://www.elections.ca/scripts/webpep/fin/select_election.aspx?entity=1&lang=e Expenditures - 2004]
* [http://www.elections.ca/scripts/ecCandidates2/Default.asp?L=E&Page=SearchByEdResult&DB=AsSubmitted&EL=226&ST=ED&ID=47005 Expenditures - 2000]
* [http://www.elections.ca/eccandidates/district.asp?ran=2008.092&objectType=district&action=provinces&ul=1&ElectionID=191 Expenditures - 1997]
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