The electoral district was created in 1996 from the former districts of
Lisgar—Marquette and
Portage—Interlake. It originally consisted of the rural municipalities of
Argyle,
Cartier,
Dufferin,
Grey,
Lakeview,
Lorne,
Louise,
Macdonald,
North Cypress,
North Norfolk,
Pembina,
Portage la Prairie (except for the northeast corner),
Roblin,
Roland,
South Norfolk,
Stanley,
Thompson,
Victoria and
Westbourne; the cities of
Portage la Prairie and
Winkler; the towns of
Carberry,
Carman,
Gladstone,
Manitou,
Morden,
Pilot Mound, and
Treherne; the villages of
Cartwright,
Crystal City,
MacGregor,
Notre Dame de Lourdes,
Somerset, and
St. Claude; and the Indian reserves of
Dakota Plains 6A,
Long Plain 6, and
Swan Lake 7. In the 2003 redistribution, it lost the rural municipalities of Lakeview and Westbourne and the town of Gladstone to
Dauphin—Swan River; and the rural municipalities of Argyle, North Cypress and Roblin, the town of Carberry, and the village of Cartwright to the riding of
Brandon—Souris. It gained the rural municipalities of
Rhineland and
St. François Xavier; and the towns of
Altona,
Gretna and
Plum Coulee from
Provencher. In the
2012 electoral redistribution, this riding lost the rural municipality of North Norfolk and the town of MacGregor to
Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa and the rural municipalities of Victoria, and Louise and the town of Pilot Mound and the village of Crystal City to
Brandon—Souris. It gained the
rural municipality and the
town of Morris from
Provencher and remainder of the rural municipality of Portage la Prairie from
Selkirk—Interlake.
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==