The Political RecordFederal electoral districtsNo. 46009Manitoba

Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman

Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman is a federal riding in Manitoba. James Bezan (Conservative, first elected to the House in 2004) represents Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman. James Bezan (Conservative) held Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman for the Conservatives in the 2025 election by 16,218 votes (29.8 points), with 60.2% of the vote. Rhonda Nichol (Liberal) was second with 30.4%, on a turnout of 70.8% of 77,468 electors. Member as of 2026-11-01.

Fig. 1 — Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman on the board, 2023 boundaries; the ridings next door as the House holds them on 2026-11-01. Open it on the board →

Who represents Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman

James Bezan's piece from the board. Illustration after the official portrait © House of Commons.

James Bezan

Member of Parliament for Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman

Conservative

MP since 2004-06-28 · 8 terms

National Defence committee
Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure
Vice-Chair, National Defence committee

168 speeches in the 45th Parliament, most often on Military Justice System Modernization Act.

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The 2025 result: Conservative hold

Share of the valid votes by candidate, Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman, April 28, 2025

Shares of the 54,479 valid votes; a candidate under 1% is counted with the others. Source: Elections Canada, official voting results, the 2025 general election.

The figures

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
James Bezan	Conservative	32,788	60.2%
Rhonda Nichol	Liberal	16,570	30.4%
Josef Estabrooks	New Democratic	3,535	6.5%
Wayne James	Green	709	1.3%
Others (2)		877	1.6%

James Bezan (Conservative) won Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman on April 28, 2025 with 32,788 votes, 60.2% of the 54,479 valid votes. Rhonda Nichol (Liberal) was second with 16,570 (30.4%), 16,218 votes and 29.8 points behind.

Of the 54,479 valid votes, James Bezan (Conservative) took 60.2%, Rhonda Nichol (Liberal) 30.4%, Josef Estabrooks (New Democratic) 6.5% and Wayne James (Green) 1.3%; the 2 other candidates took 1.6% together. Turnout was 70.8% of 77,468 electors: 54,810 ballots cast, 54,479 of them valid, for 6 candidates.

Since 2021

Against the 2021 result on these boundaries, the Conservatives are up 3.6 (56.6% to 60.2%), the Liberals up 17.2 (13.2% to 30.4%), the New Democrats down 12.8 (19.3% to 6.5%) and the Greens down 1.4 (2.7% to 1.3%), in points of the valid votes.

2021 is Elections Canada's transposition of that election onto the 2023 boundaries, not an election held on these lines.

Since 2004: a Conservative stronghold

The party first in Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman at each general election, 2004 to 2025, on today's boundaries

2004Conservative48.8%by 24.0 points over the New Democrats
2006Conservative50.6%by 15.9 points over the New Democrats
2008Conservative61.0%by 37.4 points over the New Democrats
2011Conservative65.7%by 40.0 points over the New Democrats
2015Conservative51.9%by 20.5 points over the Liberals
2019Conservative62.7%by 44.8 points over the New Democrats
2021Conservative56.6%by 37.3 points over the New Democrats
2025Conservative60.2%by 29.8 points over the Liberals

Each election carried onto today's boundaries by where the riding's 2025 electors lived: our estimate to 2019, Elections Canada's transposition for 2021, the official result for 2025. Parties are counted as they ran.

The figures

Year	First	Share	Second	Margin (pts)	Basis
2004	Conservative	48.8%	New Democratic	24.0	carried, our estimate
2006	Conservative	50.6%	New Democratic	15.9	carried, our estimate
2008	Conservative	61.0%	New Democratic	37.4	carried, our estimate
2011	Conservative	65.7%	New Democratic	40.0	carried, our estimate
2015	Conservative	51.9%	Liberal	20.5	carried, our estimate
2019	Conservative	62.7%	New Democratic	44.8	carried, our estimate
2021	Conservative	56.6%	New Democratic	37.3	transposed by Elections Canada
2025	Conservative	60.2%	Liberal	29.8	official result

The Conservatives were first here at all eight general elections from 2004 to 2025, by an average of 31.2 points over the next party. In 2025 the Conservatives took 60.2% of the vote here, 3.4 points above their average of 56.8% at the seven general elections from 2004 to 2021.

On today's boundaries the Conservatives were first here in 2004 (48.8%), 2006 (50.6%), 2008 (61.0%), 2011 (65.7%), 2015 (51.9%), 2019 (62.7%), 2021 (56.6%) and 2025 (60.2%), each with the share of the valid votes shown.

A stronghold is a party first at every general election since 2004, by an average of 20 points or more over the next party; held, first at every one; usually, first at all but one. By-elections are not counted. By this rule 77 of the 343 ridings are strongholds. The results before 2021 are carried onto today's boundaries by where the riding's 2025 electors lived: our estimate, from the older boundaries of Taylor, Lucas, Kirby and Hewitt and the results in Sevi's "Who Runs?". 2021 is Elections Canada's transposition, and 2025 the official result.

Before 2025

2021 Conservative · James Bezan, by 18,704 votes (37.7 pts)
2019 Conservative · James Bezan, by 22,236 votes (44.8 pts)
2015 Conservative · James Bezan, by 10,109 votes (20.5 pts)

In the old Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman on the 2013 boundaries, the riding most of the 2025 electors in today's Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman lived in; Elections Canada's official results.

What kind of place Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman is

Population: 98,6152021 census
Area: 25,694km²
Density: 3.8people per km²
Electors: 77,468on the 2025 lists

Distinctions · ranked against all 343 ridings

2nd-most candidates on the ballot in Manitoba
6 candidates stood · 2nd of 14 in Manitoba · 61st of 343 in Canada
3rd-largest by area in Manitoba
25,694 km² · 3rd of 14 in Manitoba · 45th of 343 in Canada

Share of households that own their home is 83.9% — about 1.2 times the median riding's 71.4%.
highestlowest24th highest of 343
Share aged 25-64 with a bachelor's degree or higher is 15.1% — about 54 percent of the median riding's 28.2%.
highestlowest34th lowest of 343
Median age is 47.2 — a little higher than the median riding's 41.6.
highestlowest47th highest of 343
Share who are immigrants is 6.8% — about 39 percent of the median riding's 17.3%.
highestlowest76th lowest of 343
Share with French as a mother tongue is 2.1% — about 1.3 times the median riding's 1.6%.
highestlowest135th highest of 343
Median total household income is $80,000 — a little lower than the median riding's $84,000.
highestlowest147th lowest of 343

2021 Census on the 2023 boundaries; each rule places this riding among all 343. Density is the census population over the riding's area.

IDid this riding change?

Yes. 100% of the 2025 electors in today's Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman lived in the old Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman; by area, 2% of the riding came from other ridings.

Share of today's electorsFormer riding

100.0%Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman 98.5% of the area · 98% of it kept

0.0%Churchill—Keewatinook Aski 1.5% of the area · 0.1% of it kept

How this is measured. Electors: the share of the current riding's 2025 ordinary-list electors who lived in each former riding, each 2025 polling division placed in the 2013 riding a point inside it falls in. Area: the share of the current riding's area that came from each former riding, by intersecting the 2013 and 2023 boundary files, and how much of the former riding that part was. Area is land, not population. Elections Canada counts 48 of 343 ridings as entirely unchanged.

IIThe 2025 result

Candidate	Party	Votes	%	2021	±
James Bezan	Conservative	32,788	60.2%	56.6%	+3.6
Rhonda Nichol	Liberal	16,570	30.4%	13.2%	+17.2
Josef Estabrooks	New Democratic	3,535	6.5%	19.3%	−12.8
Wayne James	Green	709	1.3%	2.7%	−1.4

2 further candidates, each under 1% of the vote

Byron Gryba	People's	473	0.9%
Chris Riddell	Other	404	0.7%

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

Third place vs. the margin

3,535 votes

New Democratic took fewer than the 16,218-vote margin.

Election-day polls won by others

6 of 208

1 poll ended in an exact tie.

Fig. 2 — Each square is one election-day poll: ■ won by the Conservatives (201) · ■ won by another party (6) · ▨ tied (1).

Flip the seatHypothetical

It would have taken 8,110 voters switching from Conservative to Liberal — 14.9% of the 54,479 valid votes, 14.9 points — to change the result. No ballot was cast this way; this only moves votes between the top two.

Voters who switch: 0016,220

Conservative32,788

Liberal16,570

Still Conservative by 16,218 votes. Actual margin: 16,218.

IVElection day versus advance

Only 56.9% of this riding's votes were cast at election-day polls. The rest were advance or special ballots.

On election day the Conservatives took 62.9%, the Liberals 26.7%, the New Democrats 7.1% and the Greens 1.4%; in advance and special ballots, 56.6%, 35.4%, 5.6% and 1.1%, in that order.

Share of the valid votes by party, election-day polls against advance and special ballots, Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman, April 28, 2025

Shares of the valid votes cast at election-day polls, and of those cast at advance polls, at mobile polls and by special ballot; the gap is the second less the first, in points. Source: Elections Canada, poll-by-poll results, the 2025 general election.

The figures

Party	Election day	Advance and special	Gap
Conservative	62.9%	56.6%	−6.3
Liberal	26.7%	35.4%	+8.7
New Democratic	7.1%	5.6%	−1.5
Green	1.4%	1.1%	−0.3

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.

VWhere it is

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Fig. 3 — Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman and its 6 neighbouring ridings.

Sources and citation

"Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman — federal riding profile and 2025 results."
The Political Record. https://politicalrecord.ca/riding/selkirk-interlake-eastman/
Accessed 2026-11-10.

Results and transposition: Elections Canada. Boundaries: Elections Canada / Statistics Canada, Open Government Licence – Canada. Census: Statistics Canada 2021 Census. Member: House of Commons.

Figures reconcile to the certified national total of 19,641,663 votes. The member is as the House of Commons listed them on 2026-11-01. Page built 2026-11-10.