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 group202120162011 European 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 Asian 1,885 1,045 745 East Asian 1,740 2,120 1,635 Middle Eastern 145 165 135 Other/multiracial 330 300 145 Total responses 85,700 84,115 80,020 Total population 89,812 88,170 83,814
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.
The district includes the Brandon Municipal Airport, which is an exclave of Brandon in the Rural Municipality of Elton. It is the only currently extant non-contiguous federal electoral district in Canada.
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
2021 federal election redistributed results Party Vote % Conservative 23,659 59.37 New Democratic 8,126 20.39 Liberal 4,759 11.94 People's 3,277 8.22 Green 9 0.02 Others 19 0.05
2011 federal election redistributed resultsPundits' Guide to Canadian Elections Party Vote % Conservative 21,253 63.83 New Democratic 8,202 24.63 Green 1,913 5.75 Liberal 1,912 5.74 Others 18 0.05
^ Conservative change is from combined Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative. Percent change based on redistributed results.
See also List of Canadian electoral districts Historical federal electoral districts of Canada
References
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 - 1997
Notes