Brandon—Souris

Brandon—Souris

Manitoba electoral district
Brandon—Souris in relation to other Manitoba federal electoral districts as of the 2013 Representation Order.
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Larry Maguire Conservative
District created	1952
First contested	1953
Last contested	2015
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	83,814
Electors (2015)	59,459
Area (km²)[2]	18,290
Pop. density (per km²)	4.6
Census divisions	Division No. 4, Division No. 5, Division No. 6, Division No. 7,
Census subdivisions	Albert, Argyle, Arthur, Boissevain, Brandon, Brenda, Cameron, Canupawakpa Dakota First Nation, Carberry, Cartwright, Cornwallis, Daly, Deloraine, Edward, Elkhorn, Elton, Glenboro, Glenwood, Hartney, Killarney-Turtle Mountain, Melita, Morton, North Cypress, Oak Lake, Oakland, Pipestone, Rivers, Riverside, Roblin, Sifton, Sioux Valley Dakota Nation, Souris, South Cypress, Strathcona, Virden, Wallace, Waskada, Wawanesa, Whitehead, Whitewater, Winchester, Woodworth

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, 2.3% Latin American, 1.7% Chinese
Languages: 85.8% English, 4.3% German, 2.3% Spanish, 1.7% French, 1.4% Chinese
Religions: 67.4% Christian (23.3% United Church, 16.6% Catholic, 12.5% "Other Christian", 6.1% Anglican, 2.1% Presbyterian, 1.8% Lutheran, 1.6% Baptist), 30.5% None.
Median income: $30,394 (2010)^[3]
Average income: $36,827 (2010) ^[4]

Geography

The district is in the southwestern corner of the Province of Manitoba. It is bordered by the electoral district of Dauphin—Swan River—Marquette to the north, the electoral district of Portage—Lisgar to the east, the Canada–United States border to the south, and the Province of Saskatchewan to the west.

It includes the communities of Brandon, Cornwallis, Virden, Killarney, Souris and North Cypress.

History

The electoral district was created in 1952 from the former districts of Brandon and Souris.

This riding lost territory to Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa and gained territory from Portage—Lisgar during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Brandon—Souris Riding created from Brandon and Souris
22nd	1953–1957		Walter Dinsdale	Progressive Conservative
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
28th	1968–1972
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979
31st	1979–1980
32nd	1980–1982
	1983–1984		Lee Clark
33rd	1984–1988
34th	1988–1993
35th	1993–1997		Glen McKinnon	Liberal
36th	1997–2000		Rick Borotsik	Progressive Conservative
37th	2000–2004
	2004–2004			Conservative
38th	2004–2006		Merv Tweed
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2013
	2013–2015		Larry Maguire
42nd	2015–Present

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Larry Maguire	20,666	50.27	-13.55	$202,921.60
	Liberal	Jodi Wyman	15,338	37.31	+31.57	$49,238.54
	New Democratic	Melissa Joy Wastasecoot	2,576	6.27	-18.37	$5,645.76
	Green	David Neufeld	2,526	6.15	-0.40	$15,550.33
Total valid votes/Expense limit			41,106	100.00		$211,534.32
Total rejected ballots			150	0.36	–
Turnout			41,256	68.27	–
Eligible voters			60,427
	Conservative hold		Swing		-22.56
Source: Elections Canada[5][6][7]

2011 federal election redistributed results[8]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	21,253	63.83
	New Democratic	8,202	24.63
	Green	1,913	5.75
	Liberal	1,912	5.74
	Others	18	0.05

Canadian federal by-election, November 25, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Larry Maguire	12,205	44.16	−19.57	$ 89,503.81
	Liberal	Rolf Dinsdale	11,816	42.75	+37.39	76,203.47
	New Democratic	Cory Szczepanski	1,996	7.22	−17.96	22,981.64
	Green	David Neufeld	1,349	4.88	−0.85	7,502.04
	Libertarian	Frank Godon	271	0.98	–	2,404.04
Total valid votes/Expense limit			27,637	100.0	–	$ 94,534.60
Total rejected ballots			106	0.38	−0.01
Turnout			27,743	44.81	−12.83
Eligible voters			61,910
	Conservative hold		Swing		−28.48
By-election due to the resignation of Merv Tweed.
Source(s)  "November 25, 2013 By-elections". Elections Canada. November 26, 2013. Retrieved December 14, 2013.} "November 25, 2013 By-election – Financial Reports". Retrieved October 29, 2014.

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Merv Tweed	22,386	63.73	+6.67	$42,483
	New Democratic	Jean Luc Bouché	8,845	25.18	+7.52	$11,846
	Green	Dave Barnes	2,012	5.73	-10.06	$10,620
	Liberal	Wes Penner	1,882	5.36	-2.92	$15,300
Total valid votes/Expense limit			35,125	100.0		$ 88,412.19
Total rejected ballots			139	0.39	+0.07
Turnout			35,264	57.54	+1.58
Eligible voters			61,289	–	–
	Conservative hold		Swing		-0.42

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Merv Tweed	19,558	57.06	+2.63	$40,902
	New Democratic	Jean Luc Bouché	6,055	17.67	-2.57	$16,762
	Green	Dave Barnes	5,410	15.78	+11.20	$39,823
	Liberal	Martha Jo Willard	2,836	8.27	-9.73	$12,178
	Christian Heritage	Jerome Dondo	292	0.85	+0.07	$728
	Communist	Lisa Gallagher	124	0.36	+0.04	$622
Total valid votes/Expense limit			34,275	100.0		$ 85,829
Total rejected ballots			112	0.33	-0.04
Turnout			34,387	55.96	-4.36
Eligible voters			61,449	–	–
	Conservative hold		Swing		+2.60

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	(x)Merv Tweed	20,247	54.43	+2.70	$51,606
	New Democratic	Bob Senff	7,528	20.24	+1.09	$7,255
	Liberal	Murray Downing	6,696	18.00	-6.21	$20,605
	Green	Brad Bird	1,707	4.59	+1.00	$15.50
	Independent	Mike Volek	611	1.64	–	$4,238
	Christian Heritage	Colin Atkins	290	0.78	-0.22	$1,380
	Communist	Lisa Gallagher	120	0.32	-0.01	$295
Total valid votes/Expense limit			37,119	100.0		–
Total rejected ballots			138	0.37	-0.18
Turnout			37,337	60.32	+4.07
Eligible voters			61,903	–	–
	Conservative hold		Swing		+0.81

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Merv Tweed	18,209	51.72	-17.64	$54,647
	Liberal	Murray Downing	8,522	24.21	+6.83	$26,903
	New Democratic	Mike Abbey	6,740	19.15	+7.05	$13,512
	Green	David Kattenburg	1,264	3.59	–	$1,322
	Christian Heritage	Colin Atkins	351	1.00		$683
	Communist	Lisa Gallagher	118	0.34		$665
Total valid votes			35,204	100.0		–
Total rejected ballots			194	0.55
Turnout			35,398	56.24	-8.96
Eligible voters			62,938	–	–
	Conservative notional hold		Swing		+12.23

^ Conservative change is from combined Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative. Percent change based on redistributed results.

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Rick Borotsik	13,707	37.4	+1.8	$43,992
	Alliance	Gary Nestibo	11,678	31.9	-0.1	$55,926
	Liberal	Dick Scott	6,544	17.9	+0.1	$42,965
	New Democratic	Errol Black	4,518	12.3	-1.1	$13,475
	Communist	Lisa Gallagher	102	0.3	–	$383
	Independent	Colin G. Atkins	94	0.3	-0.4	$1,000
Total valid votes			36,643	100.0		–
Total rejected ballots			116	0.3	0.0
Turnout			36,759	67.0	+0.2

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Rick Borotsik	13,216	35.6	+13.1	$51,629
	Reform	Ed Agnew	11,883	32.0	+1.7	$52,341
	Liberal	Glen McKinnon	6,583	17.7	-15.3	$33,249
	New Democratic	Jennifer Howard	4,983	13.4	+1.6	$12,213
	Independent	Geoff Gorf Borden	244	0.7	–	$19
	Christian Heritage	Colin George Atkins	229	0.6	-0.3	$34
Total valid votes			37,138	100.0		–
Total rejected ballots			135	0.4
Turnout			37,273	66.9

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Glen McKinnon	12,130	33.1	+2.4
	Reform	Edward George Agnew	11,125	30.3	+26.1
	Progressive Conservative	Larry Maguire	8,234	22.4	-24.3
	New Democratic	Ross C. Martin	4,336	11.8	-1.7
	Christian Heritage	Abe Neufeld	340	0.9	–
	National	Eldon Obach	335	0.3	–
	Natural Law	Robert Roberts	110	0.2	–
	Canada Party	George H. Armstrong	83	0.2	–
Total valid votes			36,693	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Lee Clark	17,372	46.8	-5.4
	Liberal	David Campbell	11,404	30.7	+16.1
	New Democratic	Dave Serle	5,018	13.5	-2.1
	Reform	Henry Carroll	1,578	4.2	–
	Christian Heritage	Abe Neufeld	1,324	3.6	–
	Confederation of Regions	Richard Rattai	333	0.9	-16.6
	Independent	Tabitha Y. Singha	108	0.3	–
Total valid votes			37,137	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Lee Clark	18,813	52.2	-10.0
	Confederation of Regions	Dennis Heeney	6,322	17.5	–
	New Democratic	Jake Janzen	5,631	15.6	-4.9
	Liberal	David Campbell	5,278	14.6	-2.7
Total valid votes			36,044	100.0

Canadian federal by-election, 24 May 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On Mr. Dinsdale's death, 20 November 1982
	Progressive Conservative	Lee Clark	19,330	62.2	+15.3
	New Democratic	Bill Moore	6,381	20.5	-4.2
	Liberal	Joe Mullally	5,369	17.3	-10.9
Total valid votes			31,080	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Walter Gilbert Dinsdale	16,098	46.9	-5.8
	Liberal	Joe Mullally	9,661	28.1	+6.3
	New Democratic	David Serle	8,509	24.8	+0.1
	Marxist–Leninist	Marnie Frain	76	0.2	–
Total valid votes			34,344	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Walter Gilbert Dinsdale	19,108	52.7	-5.1
	New Democratic	David Serle	8,949	24.7	+5.1
	Liberal	Vaughn Ramsay	7,918	21.8	+1.0
	Social Credit	John W. Gross	302	0.8	-1.0
Total valid votes			36,277	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Walter Gilbert Dinsdale	16,624	57.8	-2.8
	Liberal	John W. McRae	5,988	20.8	+0.6
	New Democratic	Cam Connor	5,616	19.5	+0.9
	Social Credit	John W. Gross	540	1.9	–
Total valid votes			28,768	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Walter Gilbert Dinsdale	17,923	60.6	+8.8
	Liberal	Gary Belecki	5,968	20.2	-14.1
	New Democratic	Kenneth John Singleton	5,501	18.6	+4.7
	Independent	William Lea	190	0.6
Total valid votes			29,582	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Walter Gilbert Dinsdale	15,060	51.8	-2.7
	Liberal	James R. Bates	9,963	34.3	+7.9
	New Democratic	Harold Van Mulligen	4,031	13.9	+3.7
Total valid votes			29,054	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Walter Gilbert Dinsdale	15,554	54.6	-5.9
	Liberal	Harry George	7,522	26.4	+3.0
	New Democratic	Harold E. Weitman	2,913	10.2	+5.2
	Social Credit	A.W. Bassingthwaighte	2,518	8.8	-2.2
Total valid votes			28,507	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Walter Gilbert Dinsdale	18,100	60.5	+0.3
	Liberal	A.C. Hamilton	7,011	23.4	+2.7
	Social Credit	A.W. Bassingthwaighte	3,305	11.0	-3.2
	New Democratic	Kathleen Forrest	1,514	5.1	+0.2
Total valid votes			29,930	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Walter Gilbert Dinsdale	17,813	60.1	-13.9
	Liberal	John Cameron Brown	6,143	20.7	+3.1
	Social Credit	Reginald Pearen	4,229	14.3	+11.1
	New Democratic	Leslie Victor Robson	1,438	4.9	-0.3
Total valid votes			29,623	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Walter Gilbert Dinsdale	22,185	74.0	+12.4
	Liberal	Kendric Hambly Williams	5,303	17.7	-3.0
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Hans Fries	1,552	5.2	+1.1
	Social Credit	Walter Robert Jones	946	3.2	-17.5
Total valid votes			29,986	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Walter Gilbert Dinsdale	17,389	61.6	+3.5
	Liberal	Joseph Francis O'Sullivan	5,831	20.7	-14.6
	Social Credit	Walter Duncan Taylor	3,866	13.7	–
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Hans Fries	1,145	4.1	-1.3
Total valid votes			28,231	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Walter Gilbert Dinsdale	13,915	58.0
	Liberal	James Albert Creighton	8,456	35.3
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Baden-Powell Hathaway	1,277	5.3
	Labor–Progressive	Dorothy Jessie Johnson	323	1.3
Total valid votes			23,971	100.0

See also

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

References

• "(Code 46001) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
• Riding history for Brandon–Souris (1952– ) from the Library of Parliament
• Brandon–Souris in Elections Canada's 308 Electoral Districts Database
• Brandon–Souris in Elections Canada's 301 Electoral Districts Database
• Expenditures - 2008
• Expenditures - 2004
• Expenditures - 2000
• Expenditures - 1997

Notes

1. Stastistics Canada: 2012
2. Stastistics Canada: 2012
3. http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FED&Code1=46001&Data=Count&SearchText=Brandon&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1
4. http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FED&Code1=46001&Data=Count&SearchText=Brandon&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1
5. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Brandon—Souris, 30 September 2015
6. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
7. http://www.elections.ca/WPAPPS/WPF/EN/CC/DistrictReport?act=C23&eventid=41&returntype=1&option=3&queryid=eea56c4dde1e47529832ad994757c555
8. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

Coordinates: 49°43′26″N 100°01′12″W / 49.724°N 100.020°W