Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainGrant Jackson (Conservative Party of Canada) holds Brandon—Souris, the riding that includes Grassland
Of the 14 Commons seats from Manitoba, the Conservative Party of Canada holds 7. Statistics Canada lists Grassland as a municipality. Who leads Grassland’s council isn’t on an open record: there’s no open list of councils in Manitoba. Grassland’s riding for the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba isn’t named: the licence for the province’s boundary file couldn’t be read, so it isn’t used.
Three governments, and who does what
Grassland, a 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.
The census places Grassland in Division No. 5, a division that governs nothing; no county council sits above the town’s.
From the council table to Ottawa
Every elected tier that speaks for Grassland, from the most recent elections.
- 1Grassland councilMunicipality
- 2Legislative Assembly of Manitoba–
- 3House of CommonsBrandon—Souris
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 Grassland votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Grassland council | 28 October 2026 | 23 October 2030 |
| Legislative Assembly of Manitoba | 3 October 2023 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
The 2025 results are left out because elections.ca’s terms forbid commercial reproduction; the open catalogue’s latest is 2021. Voters last chose Grassland council on 28 October 2026 and will again on 23 October 2030. The The Municipal Councils and School Boards Elections Act fixes that date: the fourth Wednesday in October every four years. Provincially the last general election was on 3 October 2023, for the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba; federally, on 28 April 2025.
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
Grant Jackson represents Brandon—Souris in Ottawa
Each riding elects one MP to the House of Commons; the general election of 28 April 2025 chose the 45th Parliament.
Brandon—Souris · Conservative Party of Canada
en.wikipedia.org ↗- Conservative Party of Canada7
- Liberal Party of Canada6
- New Democratic Party1
As Wikidata records them.
The MP’s record
Grant Jackson is new to Parliament, first elected in the April 2025 vote. On today’s boundaries, the 2021 vote in Brandon—Souris would have gone to the Conservative Party of Canada with 59%, and Grant Jackson kept it for them in 2025.
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
Brandon—Souris returned Larry Maguire (Conservative Party of Canada) in 2021
These are the 2019 and 2021 results on the 2013 map of Brandon—Souris; its boundaries changed for the 2025 election.
At 62%, fewer of Brandon—Souris voted in 2021 than Canada as a whole (63%). Larry Maguire was the sitting MP, elected there in 2019 with 63%. Larry Maguire (Conservative Party of Canada) took Brandon—Souris in 2021 with 60% of the vote, 14,895 votes ahead of Whitney Hodgins (New Democratic Party).
All 4 candidates in Brandon—Souris, 2021
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Maguire | Conservative Party of Canada | 22,733 | 59.6% |
| Whitney Hodgins | New Democratic Party | 7,838 | 20.5% |
| Linda Branconnier | Liberal Party of Canada | 4,608 | 12.1% |
| Tylor Baer | People's Party of Canada | 2,981 | 7.8% |
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 Grassland 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
- Election results. The 2019 and 2021 figures are Elections Canada’s official counts on the ridings drawn in 2013; the “today’s boundaries” figures are its transposition of the 2021 vote onto the 2023 ridings, an estimate built from polling divisions.
- Not on this page. No council budgets, no band councils, and no party tally for the council, which the open lists don’t record.
- Who holds each seat. MPs come from Wikidata’s records of the 45th Parliament, which can lag a resignation or a by-election by some days.
- Which riding. Each place is put in its ridings by where its 2021 Census residents live; a riding holding 5% or more of them is listed.
Questions about how Grassland is run
Who is the MP for Grassland?
Grant Jackson (Conservative Party of Canada) sits for Brandon—Souris, the riding Grassland is in.
Which party won Grassland in the 2021 federal election?
The Conservative Party of Canada, with Larry Maguire in Brandon—Souris; since 2025 Grant Jackson represents Brandon—Souris.
Who is the MLA for Grassland?
Every MLA of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba is on its members page, which is where to find the one for Grassland.
Who heads the council in Grassland?
Grassland is a municipality; its own website or the province’s municipal directory names the head of council.
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).