The Political Record · Federal electoral districts
Portage—Lisgar
Federal riding · MB · No. 46005 · 2023 representation order
- Member
- Branden Leslie Conservative
- 2025 result
- Conservative hold by 21,396 votes
- Turnout
- 67.9% of 68,152 electors
- Population
- 94,835 2021 census
- Area
- 10,649 km²
- Figures as of
- 2026-09-25
Distinctions · ranked against all 343 ridings
- Widest margin in ManitobaWon by 46.6 points (21,396 votes) · 1st of 14 in Manitoba · 23rd of 343 in Canada
- Population, smallest first94,835 people, 2021 census · 60th of 343 in Canada
- Area, largest first10,649 km² · 72nd of 343 in Canada
In brief
Illustration after: © House of Commons
Member of Parliament
Branden Leslie
- Member: Environment and Sustainable Development
IDid this riding change?
Yes — it shrank. All of today's Portage—Lisgar comes from the old Portage—Lisgar, but it is only 84% of that riding. The rest went elsewhere.
Share of today's areaFormer riding
100.0%Portage—Lisgar 84% of it kept
How this is measured. Share of the current riding's area that came from each former riding, by intersecting the 2013 and 2023 boundary files. It is area, not population. Elections Canada counts 48 of 343 ridings as entirely unchanged.
IIThe 2025 result
Conservative hold
Elected
Branden Leslie
Conservative
31,889
69.4% of valid votes
Margin
21,396
votes · +46.6 pts
Runner-up
Robert Kreis
Liberal
10,493
22.8% of valid votes
Conservative 69.4% · Liberal 22.8% · New Democratic 4.4% · People's 2.1% · Green 1.3%
Turnout67.9% of 68,152 electors
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | 2021 | ± |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Branden Leslie | Conservative | 31,889 | 69.4% | 51.8% | +17.6 |
| Robert Kreis | Liberal | 10,493 | 22.8% | 10.9% | +11.9 |
| Lisa Tessier | New Democratic | 2,011 | 4.4% | 13.3% | −8.9 |
| Kevin Larson | People's | 977 | 2.1% | 21.7% | −19.6 |
| Janine G. Gibson | Green | 595 | 1.3% | 0.0% | +1.3 |
The 2021 column is Elections Canada's official transposition of the 2021 result onto these 2023 boundaries. ± is the change in each party's share. It is not "swing": with four or more competitive parties there is no single pair to swing between.
IIIHow close was it, really
Swing needed to flip
23.3 pts
Half the margin: the share that would have had to move from first to second.
Third place vs. the margin
2,011 votes
New Democratic took fewer than the 21,396-vote margin.
Election-day polls won by others
2 of 163
No poll ended in a tie.
Flip the seatHypothetical
It would have taken 10,699 voters switching from Conservative to Liberal — 23.3% of the 45,965 valid votes, 23.3 points — to change the result. No ballot was cast this way; this only moves votes between the top two.
Conservative31,889
Liberal10,493
Still Conservative by 21,396 votes. Actual margin: 21,396.
IVElection day versus advance
Only 66.9% of this riding's votes were cast at election-day polls. The rest were advance or special ballots.
Election dayAdvance & specialGap
Conservative71.0%66.1%−4.9
Liberal20.9%26.7%+5.8
New Democratic4.4%4.4%+0.0
People's2.4%1.5%−0.9
Green1.3%1.3%+0.0
An association, not a cause. Voters who cast ballots before election day differed from those who turned out on the day. It does not say why. There is no poll-level turnout figure on this page: the elector count on a polling division includes people who voted in advance and were counted elsewhere.
VWhat kind of place this is
- Median total household income is $79,500 — a little lower than the median riding's $84,000.highestlowest141st lowest of 343
- Median age is 36.0 — a little lower than the median riding's 41.6.highestlowest32nd lowest of 343
- Share aged 25-64 with a bachelor's degree or higher is 19.1% — about 68 percent of the median riding's 28.2%.highestlowest81st lowest of 343
- Share who are immigrants is 15.6% — a little lower than the median riding's 17.3%.highestlowest165th lowest of 343
- Share of households that own their home is 78.4% — a little higher than the median riding's 71.4%.highestlowest75th highest of 343
- Share with French as a mother tongue is 2.8% — about 1.7 times the median riding's 1.6%.highestlowest118th highest of 343
2021 Census, keyed to the 2023 representation order. Comparisons are against the median riding, not Canada as a whole. Each rule places this riding among all 343.
VIWhere it is
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The card
No. 46005MB · 2025
Portage—Lisgar
Branden Leslie
- Result
- Conservative hold by 21,396
- Turnout
- 67.9%
- Population
- 94,835
- Area
- 10,649 km²
Widest margin in ManitobaPopulation, smallest firstArea, largest first
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