Brandon—Souris

Manitoba electoral district
Brandon—Souris in relation to other Manitoba federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		Merv Tweed Conservative
District created	1952
First contested	1953
Last contested	2008
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	84,602
Electors (2006)	61,903
Area (km²)	19,836
Pop. density (per km²)	4.3
Census divisions
Census subdivisions	Brandon, Cornwallis, Virden, Killarney

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

Contents 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:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
"Brandon and Souris" prior to 1953
22nd	1953-1957		Walter Dinsdale	Progressive Conservative
23rd	1957-1958
24th	1958-1962
25th	1962-1963
26th	1963-1965
27th	1965-1968
28th	1968-1972
29th	1972-1974
30th	1974-1979
31st	1979-1980
32nd	1980-1982
1983 By-election	1983-1984		Lee Clark	Progressive Conservative
33rd	1984-1988
34th	1988-1993
35th	1993-1997		Glen McKinnon	Liberal
36th	1997-2000		Rick Borotsik	Progressive Conservative
37th	2000-2004
	2004			Conservative
38th	2004-2006		Merv Tweed	Conservative
39th	2006-2008
40th	2008-present

[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. He is the chair of the 'Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure, and Communities'.

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, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Merv Tweed	19,557	57.1%	+2.7%	$40,902
	New Democrat	Jean Luc Bouché	6,024	17.7%	-2.5%	$16,762
	Green	Dave Barnes	5,408	15.8%	+11.2%	$39,823
	Liberal	Martha Jo Willard	2,836	8.3%	-9.7%	$12,178
	Christian Heritage	Jerome Dondo	292	0.9%	+0.1%	$728
	Communist	Lisa Gallagher	124	0.4%	+0.1%	$622
Total valid votes/Expense limit			34,275	100.0%		$85,829
Total rejected ballots
Turnout				%

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	(x)Merv Tweed	20,247	54.4%	+2.7%	$51,606
	New Democrat	Bob Senff	7,528	20.2%	+1.1%	$7,255
	Liberal	Murray Downing	6,696	18.0%	-6.2%	$20,605
	Green	Brad Bird	1,707	4.6%	+1.0%	$15.50
	Independent	Mike Volek	611	1.6%		$4,238
	Christian Heritage	Colin Atkins	290	0.8%	-0.2%	$1,380
	Communist	Lisa Gallagher	120	0.3%	0.0%	$295
Total valid votes			37,119	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			138	0.4%
Turnout			37,337

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Merv Tweed	18,209	51.7%	-17.5%	$54,647
	Liberal	Murray Downing	8,522	24.2%	+6.4%	$26,903
	New Democrat	Mike Abbey	6,740	19.1%	+6.8%	$13,512
	Green	David Kattenburg	1,264	3.6%		$1,322
	Christian Heritage	Colin Atkins	351	1.0%	+0.7%	$683
	Communist	Lisa Gallagher	118	0.3%	+0.1%	$665
Total valid votes			35,204	100.0%
Total rejected ballots			194	0.5%
Turnout			35,398	56.2%

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Rick Borotsik	13,707	37.4%	+1.8%	$43,992
	Canadian Alliance	Gary Nestibo	11,678	31.9%	-0.1%	$55,926
	Liberal	Dick Scott	6,544	17.9%	+0.1%	$42,965
	New Democrat	Errol Black	4,518	12.3%	-1.1%	$13,475
	Communist	Lisa Gallagher	102	0.3%		$383
	Independent	Colin G. Atkins	94	0.3%	-0.4%	$1,000
Total valid votes			36,643	100.0%
Total rejected ballots			116	0.3%
Turnout			36,759	67.0%

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Rick Borotsik	13,216	35.6%	+13.1%	$51,629
	Reform	Ed Agnew	11,883	32.0%	+1.7%	$52,341
	Liberal	Glen McKinnon	6,583	17.7%	-15.3%	$33,249
	New Democrat	Jennifer Howard	4,983	13.4%	+1.6%	$12,213
	Independent	Geoff Gorf Borden	244	0.7%		$19
	Christian Heritage	Colin George Atkins	229	0.6%	-0.3%	$34
Total valid votes			37,138	100.0%
Total rejected ballots			135	0.4%
Turnout			37,273	66.9%

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Glen McKinnon	12,130	33.1%	+2.4%
	Reform	Edward George Agnew	11,125	30.3%	+26.1%
	Progressive Conservative	Larry Maguire	8,234	22.4%	-24.3%
	New Democrat	Ross C. Martin	4,336	11.8%	-1.7%
	Christian Heritage	Abe Neufeld	340	0.9%
	National	Eldon Obach	335	0.3%
	Natural Law	Robert Roberts	110	0.2%
	Canada Party	George H. Armstrong	83	0.2%
Total valid votes			36,693	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Lee Clark	17,372	46.8%	-5.4%
	Liberal	David Campbell	11,404	30.7%	+16.1%
	New Democrat	Dave Serle	5,018	13.5%	-2.1%
	Reform	Henry Carroll	1,578	4.2%
	Christian Heritage	Abe Neufeld	1,324	3.6%
	Confederation of Regions	Richard Rattai	333	0.9%	-16.6%
	Independent	Tabitha Y. Singha	108	0.3%
Total valid votes			37,137	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Lee Clark	18,813	52.2%	-10.0%
	Confederation of Regions	Dennis Heeney	6,322	17.5%
	New Democrat	Jake Janzen	5,631	15.6%	-4.9%
	Liberal	David Campbell	5,278	14.6%	-2.7%
Total valid votes			36,044	100.0%

By-election on 25 May 1983 On Mr. Dinsdale's death, 20 November 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Lee Clark	19,330	62.2%	+15.3%
	New Democrat	Bill Moore	6,381 14.6%	-2.6%	20.5%
	Liberal	Joe Mullally	5,369	17.3%	-10.9%
Total valid votes			31,080	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Walter Gilbert Dinsdale	16,098	46.9%	-5.8%
	Liberal	Joe Mullally	9,661	28.1%	+6.3%
	New Democrat	David Serle	8,509	24.8%	0.1%
	Marxist-Leninist	Marnie Frain	76	0.2%
Total valid votes			34,344	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Walter Gilbert Dinsdale	19,108	52.7%	-5.1%
	New Democrat	David Serle	8,949	24.7%	+5.1%
	Liberal	Vaughn Ramsay	7,918	21.8%	+1.0%
	Social Credit	John W. Gross	302	0.8%	-1.0%
Total valid votes			36,277	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Walter Gilbert Dinsdale	16,624	57.8%	-2.8%
	Liberal	John W. McRae	5,988	20.8%	+0.6%
	New Democrat	Cam Connor	5,616	19.5%	+0.9%
	Social Credit	John W. Gross	540	1.9%
Total valid votes			28,768	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Walter Gilbert Dinsdale	17,923	60.6%	+8.8%
	Liberal	Gary Belecki	5,968	20.2%	-14.1%
	New Democrat	Kenneth John Singleton	5,501	18.6%	+4.7%
	Independent	William Lea	190	0.6%
Total valid votes			29,582	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Walter Gilbert Dinsdale	15,060	51.8%	-2.7%
	Liberal	James R. Bates	9,963	34.3%	+7.9%
	New Democrat	Harold Van Mulligen	4,031	13.9%	+3.7%
Total valid votes			29,054	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Walter Gilbert Dinsdale	15,554	54.6%	-5.9%
	Liberal	Harry George	7,522	26.4%	+3.0%
	New Democrat	Harold E. Weitman	2,913	10.2%	+5.2%
	Social Credit	A.W. Bassingthwaighte	2,518	8.8%	-2.2%
Total valid votes			28,507	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Walter Gilbert Dinsdale	18,100	60.5%	+0.3%
	Liberal	A.C. Hamilton	7,011	23.4%	+2.7%
	Social Credit	A.W. Bassingthwaighte	3,305	11.0%	-3.2%
	New Democrat	Kathleen Forrest	1,514	5.1%	+0.2%
Total valid votes			29,930	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Walter Gilbert Dinsdale	17,813	60.1%	-13.9%
	Liberal	John Cameron Brown	6,143	20.7%	+3.1%
	Social Credit	Reginald Pearen	4,229	14.3%	+11.1%
	New Democrat	Leslie Victor Robson	1,438	4.9%	-0.3%
Total valid votes			29,623	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Walter Gilbert Dinsdale	22,185	74.0%	+12.4%
	Liberal	Kendric Hambly Williams	5,303	17.7%	-3.0%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Hans Fries	1,552	5.2%	+1.1%
	Social Credit	Walter Robert Jones	946	3.2%	-17.5%
Total valid votes			29,986	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Walter Gilbert Dinsdale	17,389	61.6%	+3.5%
	Liberal	Joseph Francis O'Sullivan	5,831	20.7%	-14.6%
	Social Credit	Walter Duncan Taylor	3,866	13.7%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Hans Fries	1,145	4.1%	-1.3%
Total valid votes			28,231	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Walter Gilbert Dinsdale	13,915	58.0%
	Liberal	James Albert Creighton	8,456	35.3%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Baden-Powell Hathaway	1,277	5.3%
	Labour-Progressive	Dorothy Jessie Johnson	323	1.3%
Total valid votes			23,971	100.0%

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• 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

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