Portage—Lisgar is a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997. Demographics According to the Canada 2021 Census Ethnic groups: 82.3% White, 11.5% Indigenous, 2.2% Filipino, 1.5% South Asian Portage—Lisgar is the riding with the highest percentage of native German speakers (23.6% of the population) in all of Canada. Only Inuktitut (Nunavut: 66.8%) and Panjabi (Punjabi) (Newton—North Delta, in British Columbia: 33.4%) exceed this concentration of native speakers of a non-official language in a single riding. Geography This is a rural district that includes the cities of Portage la Prairie, Winkler, and Morden, and the towns of Carman and Altona. History The electoral district was created in 1996 from the former districts of Lisgar—Marquette, Portage—Interlake and Provencher. This riding lost territory to Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa and Brandon—Souris, and gained territory from Provencher and Selkirk—Interlake during the 2012 electoral redistribution. Members of Parliament This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament: Current Member of Parliament Its most recent Member of Parliament was Candice Bergen, who resigned on February 1, 2023. She was first elected in the 2008 Canadian federal election Election results See also List of Canadian federal electoral districts Past Canadian electoral districts References Expenditure - 2008 Expenditures - 2004 Expenditures - 2000 Expenditures - 1997 2008 Results Notes Manitoba federal electoral districts Morden, Manitoba Portage la Prairie Winkler, Manitoba 1996 establishments in Manitoba Constituencies established in 1996