Photo: Gretnaite · CC BY-SA 4.0Rhineland’s MP is Branden Leslie (Conservative Party of Canada), for Portage—Lisgar
From Manitoba come 14 MPs, 7 of them with the Conservative Party of Canada. Without a readable licence for the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba’s ridings map, Rhineland isn’t placed in a riding here. For local government, Rhineland is a municipality. This page names no head of council for Rhineland, as no open list of councils exists in Manitoba.
Three governments, and who does what
Rhineland, 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 Rhineland in Division No. 3, 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 Rhineland, from the most recent elections.
- 1Rhineland councilMunicipality
- 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 Rhineland votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Rhineland council | 28 October 2026 | 23 October 2030 |
| Legislative Assembly of Manitoba | 3 October 2023 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
Why not 2025? Elections Canada publishes those counts under non-commercial terms, and its open data stop at the 2021 election. Elected on 28 October 2026, Rhineland council is up again 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 Legislative Assembly of Manitoba was last elected on 3 October 2023, and the House of Commons 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
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 was first elected in 2023; the current Parliament is Branden Leslie’s 2nd. Elections Canada’s transposition of the 2021 vote onto today’s Portage—Lisgar puts the Conservative Party of Canada first at 52%; Branden Leslie held it for the party 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
Portage—Lisgar returned Candice Bergen (Conservative Party of Canada) in 2021
These are the 2019 and 2021 results on the 2013 map of Portage—Lisgar; its boundaries changed for the 2025 election.
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. Candice Bergen was the sitting MP, elected there in 2019 with 71%. Turnout in Portage—Lisgar reached 66% in 2021, against 63% nationally.
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 Rhineland 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
- Not on this page. Band councils, municipal budgets and party control are left out; most councils sit without parties anyway.
- Election results. Official counts for 2019 and 2021 are by the 2013 ridings; Elections Canada also re-counted the 2021 ballots onto the 2023 ridings by polling division, and that estimate is what “today’s boundaries” means here.
- 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. The members named here are Wikidata’s, kept up by volunteers; a by-election or a floor crossing may take a few days to show.
Questions about how Rhineland is run
Who is the MP for Rhineland?
For Rhineland, it’s Branden Leslie (Conservative Party of Canada), who holds Portage—Lisgar.
Which party won Rhineland 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 Rhineland?
The Legislative Assembly of Manitoba’s website names each MLA by riding; the riding of Rhineland has to be looked up there.
Who heads the council in Rhineland?
Ask the municipality itself: Rhineland, a 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).