Brandon—Souris

Brandon—Souris

Manitoba electoral district
Brandon—Souris in relation to other Manitoba federal electoral districts as of the 2013 Representation Order.
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Larry Maguire Conservative
District created	1952
First contested	1953
Last contested	2015
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)	88,170
Electors (2015)	59,459
Area (km²)	17,842.36
Pop. density (per km²)	4.9
Census divisions	Division No. 4, Division No. 5, Division No. 6, Division No. 7,
Census subdivisions	Albert, Argyle, Arthur, Boissevain, Brandon, Brenda, Cameron, Canupawakpa Dakota First Nation, Carberry, Cartwright, Cornwallis, Daly, Deloraine, Edward, Elkhorn, Elton, Glenboro, Glenwood, Hartney, Killarney-Turtle Mountain, Melita, Morton, North Cypress, Oak Lake, Oakland, Pipestone, Rivers, Riverside, Roblin, Sifton, Sioux Valley Dakota Nation, Souris, South Cypress, Strathcona, Virden, Wallace, Waskada, Wawanesa, Whitehead, Whitewater, Winchester, Woodworth

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

Ethnic groups: 83.4% White, 9.8% Aboriginal, 2.3% Latin American, 1.7% Chinese
Languages: 85.8% English, 4.3% German, 2.3% Spanish, 1.7% French, 1.4% Chinese
Religions: 67.4% Christian (23.3% United Church, 16.6% Catholic, 12.5% "Other Christian", 6.1% Anglican, 2.1% Presbyterian, 1.8% Lutheran, 1.6% Baptist), 30.5% None.
Median income: $30,394 (2010)
Average income: $36,827 (2010)

The district is in the southwestern corner 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.

The electoral district was created in 1952 from the former districts of Brandon and Souris.

This riding lost territory to Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa and gained territory from Portage—Lisgar during the 2012 electoral redistribution.