Photo: HS01 · CC BY-SA 4.0Dufferin’s MP is Branden Leslie (Conservative Party of Canada), for Portage—Lisgar
The Legislative Assembly of Manitoba’s boundary file has no licence page we could read, so this page doesn’t place Dufferin in a riding. In the census’s list of municipalities, Dufferin is a rural municipality. No open list of councils exists in Manitoba, so no mayor of Dufferin is named here. From Manitoba come 14 MPs, 7 of them with the Conservative Party of Canada.
Three governments, and who does what
Dufferin, a rural municipality in Manitoba, shares the work with the province and Ottawa.
Local services, by-laws and property tax.
Schools, health care, highways, municipal law.
gov.mb.ca ↗Passports, pensions, EI, defence, immigration.
ourcommons.ca ↗Who to ask
Green: municipal. Gold: provincial. Grey: federal.
Dufferin has no upper-tier council: Division No. 3, its census division, exists for statistics only.
From the council table to Ottawa
Every elected tier that speaks for Dufferin, from the most recent elections.
- 1Dufferin councilRural municipality
- 2Legislative Assembly of Manitoba–
- 3House of CommonsPortage—Lisgar
Party colours are neutral on purpose: they tell parties apart and aren’t the parties’ own. MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada
When Dufferin votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Dufferin council | 28 October 2026 | 23 October 2030 |
| Legislative Assembly of Manitoba | 3 October 2023 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
The Legislative Assembly of Manitoba was last elected on 3 October 2023, and the House of Commons on 28 April 2025. After the 28 October 2026 election, Dufferin council next goes to the polls on 23 October 2030. It is the fourth Wednesday in October every four years, as the The Municipal Councils and School Boards Elections Act provides. The latest vote shown is 2021: the 2025 counts carry Elections Canada’s non-commercial terms.
Election dates: the legislatures, MMAH and MAMH
The Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: riding not placed
Provinces and territories run schools, health care and municipal law; each riding elects one MLA.
Find your MLA on the legislature’s site
gov.mb.ca ↗Legislatures: their own member pages
Branden Leslie represents Portage—Lisgar in Ottawa
Each riding elects one MP to the House of Commons; the general election of 28 April 2025 chose the 45th Parliament.
Portage—Lisgar · Conservative Party of Canada · first elected 2023
en.wikipedia.org ↗- Conservative Party of Canada7
- Liberal Party of Canada6
- New Democratic Party1
As Wikidata records them.
The MP’s record
Mapped onto today’s Portage—Lisgar, the 2021 vote gives the Conservative Party of Canada 52%; in 2025 Branden Leslie kept the seat in the same hands. Branden Leslie was first elected in 2023; the current Parliament is Branden Leslie’s 2nd.
MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada · MPs’ records: Wikidata (CC0), positions held and party memberships, read 8 November 2026
Portage—Lisgar returned Candice Bergen (Conservative Party of Canada) in 2021
Counts for Portage—Lisgar within its 2013 boundaries, used in 2019 and 2021; the 2025 election ran on a new map.
Turnout in Portage—Lisgar reached 66% in 2021, against 63% nationally. In 2019, Candice Bergen had won the same riding with 71%. In 2021, Portage—Lisgar went to Candice Bergen (Conservative Party of Canada) on 53%; Solomon Wiebe (People's Party of Canada) finished 14,029 votes behind.
All 5 candidates in Portage—Lisgar, 2021
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Candice Bergen | Conservative Party of Canada | 23,819 | 52.5% |
| Solomon Wiebe | People's Party of Canada | 9,790 | 21.6% |
| Ken Friesen | New Democratic Party | 6,068 | 13.4% |
| Andrew Carrier | Liberal Party of Canada | 4,967 | 11.0% |
| Jerome Dondo | Christian Heritage Party of Canada | 712 | 1.6% |
Federal results: Elections Canada, 43rd and 44th general elections and the 44th’s transposition to the 2023 ridings, via open.canada.ca. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada
Having a say in how Dufferin is run
Check or update the federal list.
elections.ca ↗Every MP lists an office.
ourcommons.ca ↗Ridings, registration and voting dates.
electionsmanitoba.ca ↗What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which riding. A riding is listed when 5% or more of the place’s 2021 Census residents live in it; the largest share comes first.
- Who holds each seat. Each MP’s name and party are Wikidata’s statements for the 45th Parliament, read in November 2026.
- Not on this page. Who controls the council by party (the open lists give none, and most Canadian councils sit without parties), budgets and band councils.
- Election results. Elections Canada redrew the ridings in 2023 and re-tallied the 2021 ballots onto the new map from polling divisions; that estimate, and the official 2019 and 2021 counts on the old map, are what you see.
Questions about how Dufferin is run
Who is the MP for Dufferin?
Portage—Lisgar’s MP, Branden Leslie of the Conservative Party of Canada, represents Dufferin.
Which party won Dufferin in the 2021 federal election?
Candice Bergen won Portage—Lisgar for the Conservative Party of Canada in 2021; the riding is now Portage—Lisgar, held by Branden Leslie.
Who is the MLA for Dufferin?
This page can’t say which riding Dufferin is in; the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba lists every MLA with theirs.
Who heads the council in Dufferin?
Ask the municipality itself: Dufferin, a rural municipality, isn’t on an open list of councils we can use.
Sources: MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada · Next municipal election: the province’s municipal election act · Municipality types: Statistics Canada census subdivisions · Federal results: Elections Canada, 43rd and 44th general elections and the 44th’s transposition to the 2023 ridings, via open.canada.ca. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada · MPs’ records: Wikidata (CC0), positions held and party memberships, read 8 November 2026. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).