Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainBranden Leslie (Conservative Party of Canada) holds Portage—Lisgar, the riding that includes Roland
Roland’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. Locally, Roland is run as a rural municipality. This page names no head of council for Roland, as no open list of councils exists in Manitoba. 7 of the 14 MPs from Manitoba belong to the Conservative Party of Canada.
Three governments, and who does what
Roland, 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.
No county or regional government sits above Roland’s council; Division No. 3 is only a census division, a unit for statistics.
From the council table to Ottawa
Every elected tier that speaks for Roland, from the most recent elections.
- 1Roland 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 Roland votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Roland council | 28 October 2026 | 23 October 2030 |
| Legislative Assembly of Manitoba | 3 October 2023 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
Elections Canada’s open records end with the 2021 election; its 2025 results are under terms that rule out commercial use. Provincially the last general election was on 3 October 2023, for the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba; federally, on 28 April 2025. Voters last chose Roland council on 28 October 2026 and will 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.
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
First elected in 2023, Branden Leslie is serving the 2nd term of a Commons career. 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.
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
Portage—Lisgar as it stood from 2013: the 2019 and 2021 counts, before the riding was redrawn for 2025.
14,029 votes separated Candice Bergen (Conservative Party of Canada) from Solomon Wiebe (People's Party of Canada) in Portage—Lisgar in 2021, when the winner took 53%. 71% had elected Candice Bergen there in 2019. Portage—Lisgar turned out at 66% in 2021; the country managed 63%.
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 Roland 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 place belongs to the riding where most of its 2021 Census residents live, plus any other with 5% or more.
- Who holds each seat. Wikidata, edited by volunteers, is the source for each MP, and it can trail a change of seat by a little.
- Not on this page. The open lists stop short of party labels, council budgets and band councils, so those are missing here.
- 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 Roland is run
Who is the MP for Roland?
Portage—Lisgar’s MP, Branden Leslie of the Conservative Party of Canada, represents Roland.
Which party won Roland in the 2021 federal election?
The Conservative Party of Canada, with Candice Bergen in Portage—Lisgar; since 2025 Branden Leslie represents Portage—Lisgar.
Who is the MLA for Roland?
Roland’s riding isn’t placed on this page; the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba’s members page lists every MLA by riding.
Who heads the council in Roland?
Roland is a rural 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).