Portage—Lisgar

Portage—Lisgar is a federal electoral district in Manitoba that was created in 1996 from the former ridings of Lisgar—Marquette and Portage—Interlake. It has been represented in the House of Commons since 1997.

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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, the 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.

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Recently, in 2023, Portage—Lisgar was once again redistributed, losing the RM of Treherne-Norfolk to Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa and the RM of Pembina to Brandon—Souris. 

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Information adapted from Wikipedia.