Riding profile

Portage--Lisgar

Federal riding — MB · Mixed · mb rural

The question

Portage--Lisgar: a safe seat for the Conservative Party?

Current forecast

Conservative

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
25.0
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Conservative 55.8%
  • Liberal 30.7%
  • PPC 2.6%
  • Green 2.3%
  • NDP 1.1%

Watch list

The tightest races

Smallest projected margin. Open one for the numbers.

  1. North Island--Powell RiverConservative45 %1.2 pt margin
  2. Central NewfoundlandConservative57 %1.4 pt margin
  3. Richmond Hill SouthLiberal55 %1.4 pt margin

In context

How this riding stacks up

Conservative Liberal PPC Green
HerePortage--Lisgar 55.8%30.7%2.6%2.3%
Provincial averageManitoba 31.7% +24.1 49.9% −19.2 1.5% +1.1 1.7% +0.6
National averageCanada 32.1% +23.6 48.0% −17.3 1.0% +1.6 2.7% −0.4

Provincial averages computed across the 343 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Editorial read

Portage--Lisgar, a mixed riding in Manitoba, elected a member with the Conservative Party in the previous cycle, with a 46-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Conservative Party ahead at 56% vote share, against 31% for the Liberal Party, and the probability of a close race is negligible. Linguistic profile: 1% francophone, 85% anglophone.

Sitting member

Branden Leslie

Sits with Conservative

Since
2025-04-28
Parliament
45th

Previous election · 2025

Won by
Conservative
Margin
46.2 pts
Turnout
67.9%
Margin shift vs current projection
-21.2 pts

Detailed result · FED 2025

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Branden Leslie Elected Conservative 31,889 69.4 Parliamentarian
Robert Kreis Liberal 10,493 22.8 Retired
Lisa Tessier NDP 2,011 4.4 Teacher
Kevin Larson PPC 977 2.1 Store Manager
Janine G. Gibson Green 595 1.3 Organic Agriculture Inspector

Demographics

Who lives here

Linguistic profile

  • Francophone 1.1%
  • Anglophone 84.8%
  • Non-francophone (other) 14.1%

Data source : Statistics Canada — 2021 Census

Last model run
Cycle
fed_46