Photo: Krazytea · CC BY-SA 4.0Branden Leslie (Conservative Party of Canada) holds Portage—Lisgar, the riding that includes Grey
Without a readable licence for the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba’s ridings map, Grey isn’t placed in a riding here. In the census’s list of municipalities, Grey is a rural municipality. Who leads Grey’s council isn’t on an open record: there’s no open list of councils in Manitoba. The Conservative Party of Canada has 7 of the 14 MPs elected in Manitoba.
Three governments, and who does what
Grey, 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.
The census places Grey in Division No. 9, 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 Grey, from the most recent elections.
- 1Grey 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 Grey votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Grey council | 28 October 2026 | 23 October 2030 |
| Legislative Assembly of Manitoba | 3 October 2023 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
Provincially the last general election was on 3 October 2023, for the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba; federally, on 28 April 2025. The council elected on 28 October 2026 serves until 23 October 2030, when Grey council is chosen again. The The Municipal Councils and School Boards Elections Act fixes that date: the fourth Wednesday in October every four years. Counts from April 2025 can’t appear here, since Elections Canada allows only non-commercial reuse of them.
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
Branden Leslie has sat in the Commons since 2023, now for the 2nd Parliament. Had the 2021 ballots been cast in today’s Portage—Lisgar, the Conservative Party of Canada would have led with 52%; Branden Leslie held 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
In 2021, Portage—Lisgar re-elected Candice Bergen of the Conservative Party of Canada
Counts for Portage—Lisgar within its 2013 boundaries, used in 2019 and 2021; the 2025 election ran on a new map.
66% of electors in Portage—Lisgar voted in 2021, above the 63% turnout across Canada. Candice Bergen won the 2021 race in Portage—Lisgar for the Conservative Party of Canada, polling 53% and beating Solomon Wiebe (People's Party of Canada) by 14,029 votes. The 2019 result had favoured Candice Bergen as well, at 71%.
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 Grey 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. Each place is put in its ridings by where its 2021 Census residents live; a riding holding 5% or more of them is listed.
- 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.
- Not on this page. Party control (Canadian councils are mostly elected without parties, and the open lists record none), council budgets, and band councils.
- Election results. Where the page says “today’s boundaries”, it means Elections Canada’s estimate of the 2021 vote on the 2023 ridings; every other count is official and on the 2013 map.
Questions about how Grey is run
Who is the MP for Grey?
Branden Leslie (Conservative Party of Canada) sits for Portage—Lisgar, the riding Grey is in.
Which party won Grey in the 2021 federal election?
Portage—Lisgar went to Candice Bergen (Conservative Party of Canada) in 2021. Since 2025, Branden Leslie has been the MP for Portage—Lisgar.
Who is the MLA for Grey?
Use the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba’s own list: every MLA is there by riding, though Grey isn’t placed in one here.
Who heads the council in Grey?
Ask the municipality itself: Grey, 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).