Portage la Prairie (provincial electoral district) explained

Portage la Prairie
Province:Manitoba
Prov-Status:active
Prov-Rep:Jeff Bereza
Prov-Rep-Link:Jeff Bereza
Prov-Rep-Party:PC
Prov-Rep-Party-Link:Manitoba Progressive Conservative Party
Demo-Census-Date:2016
Demo-Pop:21755
Prov-Created:1870
Prov-Election-First:1870
Prov-Election-Last:2023
Demo-Electors:14279
Demo-Electors-Date:2019
Demo-Area:2119

Portage la Prairie (French: Portage-la-Prairie) is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. 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, to the west by Turtle Mountain, and to the east by Lakeside and Morris.

Portage la Prairie itself is in the central part of the riding. Other communities in the riding include Oakville, Newton, St. Marks, and Dakota Plains Wahpeton First Nation.

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.

Portage la Prairie has been held since by the Progressive Conservative Party for most of its history, although the New Democratic Party has increased its standing in the riding in recent years.

List of provincial representatives

AssemblyYearsMemberParty1st1870-1874Frederick BirdOpposition
2nd1874-1878Kenneth McKenzie
1875-1878Government
3rd1878-1879James Cowan
4th1880-1882
5th1882-1886Joseph MartinLiberal
6th1886-1888
7th1888-1892
8th1892-1895Robert Watson
9th1895-1899
10th1899-1903William GarlandConservative
11th1903-1907Hugh Armstrong
12th1907-1910
13th1910-1914
14th1914-1915Ewan McPhersonLiberal
15th1915-1920
16th1920-1922Fawcett TaylorConservative Party
17th1922-1927
18th1927-1932
19th1932-1936Toby Sexsmith
20th1936-1941
21st1941-1943
1943-1945Charles GreenlayConservative
22nd1945-1949Progressive Conservative
23rd1949-1953Liberal–Progressive
24th1953-1958
25th1958-1959
26th1959-1962John ChristiansonProgressive Conservative
27th1962-1966Gordon JohnstonLiberal
28th1966-1969
29th1969-1972Peter BurtniakNew Democratic
30th1973-1977
31st1977-1981Lloyd HydeProgressive Conservative
32nd1981-1985
33rd1985-1988Ed Connery
34th1988-1990
35th1990-1992
1992-1995Brian Pallister
36th1995-1997
1997-1999David Faurschou
37th1999-2003
38th2003-2007
39th2007-2011
40th2011-2016Ian Wishart
41st2016–2019
42nd2019–2023
43rd2023–presentJeff Bereza

Election results

1870

References

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