Brandon—Souris

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Brandon—Souris is a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1953.

1 Demographics
2 Geography
3 History
- 3.1 Members of Parliament
- 3.2 Current Member of Parliament
4 Election results
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] Demographics

Population, 2001	83,510
Electors	62,938
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

[edit] Geography

The district is in the extreme southwestern part 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.

[edit] History

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

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

1953-1982: Walter Dinsdale - Progressive Conservative
1983-1993: Lee Clark - Progressive Conservative
1993-1997: Glen McKinnon - Liberal
1997-2004: Rick Borotsik - Progressive Conservative (1997-2004), Conservative (2004)
2004-present: Merv Tweed - Conservative

[edit] Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is Merv Tweed, a former automobile dealer. He was first elected in 2004. He represents the Conservative Party of Canada, and is their critic on Western Economic Diversification. In the last parliamentary session he served as a member on the 'Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage' and the 'Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration'.

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	(x)Merv Tweed	20,247	54.40%	+2.68%	$51,606
	New Democrat	Bob Senff	7,528	20.20%	+1.06%	$7,255
	Liberal	Murray Downing	6,696	18.00%	-6.20%	$20,605
	Green	Brad Bird	1,707	4.60%	+1.01%	$15.50
	Independent	Mike Volek	611	1.60%	+1.60%	$4,238
	Christian Heritage	Colin Atkins	290	0.80%	-0.19%	$1,380
	Communist	Lisa Gallagher	120	0.30%	+0.03%	$295
Total valid votes			37,119	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			138
Turnout			37,337

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Merv Tweed	18,209	51.72%		$54,647
	Liberal	Murray Downing	8,522	24.20%		$26,903
	New Democrat	Mike Abbey	6,740	19.14%		$13,512
	Green	David Kattenburg	1,264	3.59%		$1,322
	Christian Heritage	Colin Atkins	351	0.99%		$683
	Communist	Lisa Gallagher	118	0.33%		$665
Total valid votes			35,204	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			194	0.54%
Turnout			35,398	56.24%

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Rick Borotsik	13,707	37.40%		$43,992
	Canadian Alliance	Gary Nestibo	11,678	31.86%		$55,926
	Liberal	Dick Scott	6,544	17.85%		$42,965
	New Democrat	Errol Black	4,518	12.32%		$13,475
	Communist	Lisa Gallagher	102	0.27%		$383
	Independent	Colin G. Atkins	94	0.25%		$1,000
Total valid votes			36,643	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			116	0.32%
Turnout			36,759	67.04%

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Rick Borotsik	13,216	35.58%		$51,629
	Reform	Ed Agnew	11,883	31.99%		$52,341
	Liberal	Glen McKinnon	6,583	17.72%		$33,249
	New Democrat	Jennifer Howard	4,983	13.41%		$12,213
	Independent	Geoff Gorf Borden	244	0.65%		$19
	Christian Heritage	Colin George Atkins	229	0.61%		$34
Total valid votes			37,138	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			135	0.36%
Turnout			37,273	66.88%

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Glen McKinnon	12,130
	Reform	Edward George Agnew	11,125
	Progressive Conservative	Larry Maguire	8,234
	New Democrat	Ross C. Martin	4,336
	Christian Heritage	Abe Neufeld	340
	National	Eldon Obach	335
	Natural Law	Robert Roberts	110
	Canada Party	George H. Armstrong	83

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Lee Clark	17,372
	Liberal	David Campbell	11,404
	New Democrat	Dave Serle	5,018
	Reform	Henry Carroll	1,578
	Christian Heritage	Abe Neufeld	1,324
	Confederation of Regions	Richard Rattai	333
	Independent	Tabitha Y. Singha	108

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Lee Clark	18,813
	Confederation of Regions	Dennis Heeney	6,322
	New Democrat	Jake Janzen	5,631
	Liberal	David Campbell	5,278

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 25 May 1983 On Mr. Dinsdale's death, 20 November 1982
	Progressive Conservative	Lee Clark	19,330
	New Democrat	Bill Moore	6,381
	Liberal	Joe Mullally	5,369

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Walter Gilbert Dinsdale	16,098
	Liberal	Joe Mullally	9,661
	New Democrat	David Serle	8,509
	Marxist-Leninist	Marnie Frain	76

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Walter Gilbert Dinsdale	19,108
	New Democrat	David Serle	8,949
	Liberal	Vaughn Ramsay	7,918
	Social Credit	John W. Gross	302

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Walter Gilbert Dinsdale	16,624
	Liberal	John W. McRae	5,988
	New Democrat	Cam Connor	5,616
	Social Credit	John W. Gross	540

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Walter Gilbert Dinsdale	17,923
	Liberal	Gary Belecki	5,968
	New Democrat	Kenneth John Singleton	5,501
	Independent	William Lea	190

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Walter Gilbert Dinsdale	15,060
	Liberal	James R. Bates	9,963
	New Democrat	Harold Van Mulligen	4,031

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Walter Gilbert Dinsdale	15,554
	Liberal	Harry George	7,522
	New Democrat	Harold E. Weitman	2,913
	Social Credit	A.W. Bassingthwaighte	2,518

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Walter Gilbert Dinsdale	18,100
	Liberal	A.C. Hamilton	7,011
	Social Credit	A.W. Bassingthwaighte	3,305
	New Democrat	Kathleen Forrest	1,514

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Walter Gilbert Dinsdale	17,813
	Liberal	John Cameron Brown	6,143
	Social Credit	Reginald Pearen	4,229
	New Democrat	Leslie Victor Robson	1,438

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Walter Gilbert Dinsdale	22,185
	Liberal	Kendric Hambly Williams	5,303
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Hans Fries	1,552
	Social Credit	Walter Robert Jones	946

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Walter Gilbert Dinsdale	17,389
	Liberal	Joseph Francis O'Sullivan	5,831
	Social Credit	Walter Duncan Taylor	3,866
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Hans Fries	1,145

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Walter Gilbert Dinsdale	13,915
	Liberal	James Albert Creighton	8,456
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Baden-Powell Hathaway	1,277
	Labour-Progressive	Dorothy Jessie Johnson	323

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

Federal Ridings in Manitoba
Conservative	Brandon—Souris \| Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia \| Dauphin—Swan River—Marquette \| Kildonan—St. Paul \| Portage—Lisgar \| Provencher \| Selkirk—Interlake \| Winnipeg South
Liberal	Churchill \| Saint Boniface \| Winnipeg South Centre
New Democratic	Elmwood—Transcona \| Winnipeg Centre \| Winnipeg North

v • d • e Federal Ridings in the Prairies
Rural Manitoba	Brandon—Souris • Churchill • Dauphin—Swan River—Marquette • Portage—Lisgar • Provencher • Selkirk—Interlake
Winnipeg	Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia • Elmwood—Transcona • Kildonan—St. Paul • Saint Boniface
Saskatchewan (South, North)	Battlefords—Lloydminster • Blackstrap • Cypress Hills—Grasslands • Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River • Palliser • Prince Albert • Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre • Regina—Qu'Appelle • Saskatoon—Humboldt • Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar • Saskatoon—Wanuskewin • Souris—Moose Mountain • Wascana • Yorkton—Melville
Rural Alberta	Crowfoot • Fort McMurray—Athabasca • Lethbridge • Macleod • Medicine Hat • Peace River • Red Deer • Vegreville—Wainwright • Westlock—St. Paul • Wetaskiwin • Wild Rose • Yellowhead
Edmonton and environs	Edmonton Centre • Edmonton East • Edmonton—Leduc • Edmonton—Mill Woods—Beaumont • Edmonton—St. Albert • Edmonton—Sherwood Park • Edmonton—Spruce Grove • Edmonton—Strathcona
Calgary	Calgary Centre • Calgary Centre-North • Calgary East • Calgary Northeast • Calgary—Nose Hill • Calgary Southeast • Calgary Southwest • Calgary West