Photo: Carsten Hanebaum · Public domainRiding Mountain, which takes in Russell, is held by Dan Mazier (Conservative Party of Canada)
From Manitoba come 14 MPs, 7 of them with the Conservative Party of Canada. Locally, Russell is governed as part of Russell-Binscarth, a municipality. No open list of councils exists in Manitoba, so no mayor of Russell is named here. Without a readable licence for the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba’s ridings map, Russell isn’t placed in a riding here.
Three governments, and who does what
Russell, 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.
There is no county government over Russell-Binscarth; Division No. 16 is a census division, not a council.
From the council table to Ottawa
Every elected tier that speaks for Russell, from the most recent elections.
- 1Russell-Binscarth councilMunicipality
- 2Legislative Assembly of Manitoba–
- 3House of CommonsRiding Mountain
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 Russell votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Russell-Binscarth council | 28 October 2026 | 23 October 2030 |
| Legislative Assembly of Manitoba | 3 October 2023 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
This page stops at the 2021 vote: elections.ca keeps the 2025 counts under non-commercial terms. The last general elections came on 3 October 2023 for the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba and on 28 April 2025 for Parliament. The council elected on 28 October 2026 serves until 23 October 2030, when Russell-Binscarth council is chosen again. The The Municipal Councils and School Boards Elections Act fixes that date: the fourth Wednesday in October every four years.
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
Dan Mazier represents Riding Mountain in Ottawa
Each riding elects one MP to the House of Commons; the general election of 28 April 2025 chose the 45th Parliament.
Riding Mountain · Conservative Party of Canada · first elected 2019
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 Riding Mountain, the 2021 vote gives the Conservative Party of Canada 59%; in 2025 Dan Mazier kept the seat in the same hands. Dan Mazier has sat in the Commons since 2019, now for the 3rd Parliament.
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
Dan Mazier kept Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa for the Conservative Party of Canada in 2021
Results in Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa, the riding Russell belonged to on the 2013 map used in 2019 and 2021; since 2025 it votes in Riding Mountain.
Turnout in Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa was 61% in 2021, against 63% nationally. Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa elected Dan Mazier (Conservative Party of Canada) in 2021: 59% of the vote, a lead of 17,040 over Arthur Holroyd (New Democratic Party). Dan Mazier already held it after the 2019 election, won with 64%.
All 6 candidates in Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa, 2021
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Mazier | Conservative Party of Canada | 22,718 | 59.0% |
| Arthur Holroyd | New Democratic Party | 5,678 | 14.7% |
| Kevin Carlson | Liberal Party of Canada | 4,892 | 12.7% |
| Donnan McKenna | People's Party of Canada | 4,052 | 10.5% |
| Shirley Lambrecht | Green Party of Canada | 835 | 2.2% |
| Lori Falloon-Austin | Maverick Party | 339 | 0.9% |
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 Russell 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. The open lists stop short of party labels, council budgets and band councils, so those are missing here.
- 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.
- Which riding. Ridings are assigned from the 2021 Census: the one with most residents first, then any holding 5% or more.
Questions about how Russell is run
Who is the MP for Russell?
For Russell, it’s Dan Mazier (Conservative Party of Canada), who holds Riding Mountain.
Which party won Russell in the 2021 federal election?
In 2021 it was Dan Mazier (Conservative Party of Canada), in Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa; Dan Mazier represents Riding Mountain today.
Who is the MLA for Russell?
Use the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba’s own list: every MLA is there by riding, though Russell isn’t placed in one here.
Who heads the council in Russell?
Russell 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).