Brandon—Souris

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

Demographics

Panethnic groups in Brandon—Souris (2011−2021)

Panethnic group	2021		2016		2011
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
EuropeanTemplate:Efn	63,385		66,660		67,425
Indigenous	10,235		8,760		6,805
African	3,050		1,140		590
South Asian	2,705		1,495		545
Latin American	2,230		2,435		2,005
Southeast AsianTemplate:Efn	1,885		1,045		745
East AsianTemplate:Efn	1,740		2,120		1,635
Middle EasternTemplate:Efn	145		165		135
Other/multiracialTemplate:Efn	330		300		145
Total responses	85,700		84,115		80,020
Total population	89,812		88,170		83,814
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

According to the 2011 Canadian census

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)
Average income: $36,827 (2010)

Geography

The district is in the southwestern corner of the Province of Manitoba. It is bordered by the electoral district of Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa to the north, the electoral district of Portage—Lisgar to the east, the Canada–United States border in North Dakota 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. It has been held by a centre-right party for all but one term of its existence. This tradition was broken in 1993 when massive vote-splitting between the Progressive Conservatives and Reform allowed the Liberals to sneak up the middle and take the riding. However, the seat reverted to form in 1997 when the PCs reclaimed it. The PCs and their successors, the modern Conservatives, have held the seat ever since. While Brandon has some Liberal and NDP support, it is not enough to overcome the conservative bent in the more rural areas of the riding.

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:

Election results

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Graph of election results in Brandon—Souris (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2021 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
Template:Canadian party colour |	Conservative	23,659	59.37
Template:Canadian party colour |	New Democratic	8,126	20.39
Template:Canadian party colour |	Liberal	4,759	11.94
Template:Canadian party colour |	People's	3,277	8.22
Template:Canadian party colour |	Green	9	0.02
Template:Canadian party colour |	Others	19	0.05

2011 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
Template:Canadian party colour |	Conservative	21,253	63.83
Template:Canadian party colour |	New Democratic	8,202	24.63
Template:Canadian party colour |	Green	1,913	5.75
Template:Canadian party colour |	Liberal	1,912	5.74
Template:Canadian party colour |	Others	18	0.05

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

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See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

References

• Template:SCref
• 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