Provencher
Federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada
title: "Provencher" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["manitoba-federal-electoral-districts", "steinbach,-manitoba", "george-étienne-cartier", "louis-riel", "canadian-federal-electoral-districts-established-in-1871", "1871-establishments-in-manitoba"] description: "Federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada" topic_path: "geography/canada" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provencher" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox Canada electoral district"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Provencher |
| province | Manitoba |
| image | |
| caption | Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2025 federal election |
| fed-status | active |
| fed-district-number | 46008 |
| fed-created | 1871 |
| fed-election-first | 1871 |
| fed-election-last | 2025 |
| fed-rep | Ted Falk |
| fed-rep-party | Conservative |
| demo-pop-ref | |
| demo-area-ref | |
| demo-census-date | 2011 |
| demo-pop | 88640 |
| demo-electors | 63356 |
| demo-electors-date | 2015 |
| demo-area | 18773 |
| demo-cd | Division No. 1, Division No. 2, Division No. 3, Division No. 12, Division No. 19 |
| demo-csd | Steinbach, Hanover, Springfield (part), Taché, Ritchot, La Broquerie, Niverville, Ste. Anne, De Salaberry, Ste. Anne |
| :: |
::callout[type=note] the electoral district in the Canadian province of Manitoba ::
| name = Provencher | province = Manitoba | image = | caption = Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2025 federal election | fed-status = active | fed-district-number = 46008 | fed-created = 1871 | fed-abolished = | fed-election-first = 1871 | fed-election-last = 2025 | fed-rep = Ted Falk | fed-rep-link = | fed-rep-party = Conservative | fed-rep-party-link = | demo-pop-ref = | demo-area-ref = | demo-electors-ref = | demo-census-date = 2011 | demo-pop = 88640 | demo-electors = 63356 | demo-electors-date = 2015 | demo-area = 18773 | demo-cd = Division No. 1, Division No. 2, Division No. 3, Division No. 12, Division No. 19 | demo-csd = Steinbach, Hanover, Springfield (part), Taché, Ritchot, La Broquerie, Niverville, Ste. Anne, De Salaberry, Ste. Anne
Provencher is a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1871. It is a largely rural constituency in the province's southeast corner. Its largest community is the city of Steinbach, which makes up 15% of the riding's total population.
Geography
The district is in the most southeastern part of Manitoba.
Demographics
::data[format=table title="[[Panethnicity|Panethnic]] groups in Provencher (2011−2021)"]
| Panethnic group | 2021 | 2016 | 2011 | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Total responses | 107,220 | 97,880 | 86,480 | Total population | 109,445 | 99,946 | 88,640 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| European | 85,500 | 81,390 | 74,400 | ||||||||||||||
| Indigenous | 15,825 | 12,560 | 10,140 | ||||||||||||||
| Southeast Asian | 2,415 | 1,775 | 845 | ||||||||||||||
| African | 1,185 | 830 | 430 | ||||||||||||||
| South Asian | 935 | 410 | 195 | ||||||||||||||
| Latin American | 485 | 240 | 175 | ||||||||||||||
| East Asian | 345 | 345 | 170 | ||||||||||||||
| Middle Eastern | 170 | 115 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Other/multiracial | 365 | 225 | 120 | ||||||||||||||
| Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. | |||||||||||||||||
| Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries. | |||||||||||||||||
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:According to the 2011 Canadian census
Languages: 67.7% English, 17.3% German, 10.5% French, 1.2% Russian, 1.1% Ukrainian
Religions: 79.6% Christian (35.8% "Other Christian", 23.6% Catholic, 6.3% United Church, 4.8% Lutheran, 2.5% Anglican, 2.2% Baptist), 19.5% None.
Median income: $29,184 (2010)
Average income: $36,186 (2010)
History
The electoral district was created in 1871, and was one of the four original ridings allocated to Manitoba when it joined the Canadian Confederation in 1870. It is notable for being the riding that elected Louis Riel to the House of Commons as an independent.
Through its history the riding has alternated between representation by the Liberals and Progressive Conservatives (or Conservative Party of Canada).
This riding lost territory to Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman and Portage—Lisgar, and gained territory from Selkirk—Interlake during the 2012 electoral redistribution.
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
| FromYr = 1871 | ToYr = 1872 | Assembly# = 1 | CanParty = Conservative (historical) | RepName = Pierre Delorme | FromYr = 1872 | ToYr = 1873 | Assembly# = 2 | CanParty = Liberal-Conservative | RepName = George-Étienne Cartier | #ByElections = 1 | FromYr = 1873 | ToYr = 1874 | CanParty = Independent | RepName = Louis Riel | RepTerms# = 2 | PartyTerms# = 2 | FromYr = 1874 | ToYr = 1875 | Assembly# = 3 | #ByElections = 1 | FromYr = 1875 | ToYr = 1878 | CanParty = Liberal | RepName = Andrew Bannatyne | FromYr = 1878 | ToYr = 1879 | Assembly# = 4 | CanParty = Conservative (historical) | RepName = Joseph Dubuc | PartyTerms# = 8 | #ByElections = 1 | FromYr = 1879 | ToYr = 1882 | RepName = Joseph Royal | RepTerms# = 3 | FromYr = 1882 | ToYr = 1887 | Assembly# = 5 | FromYr = 1887 | ToYr = 1889 | Assembly# = 6 | #ByElections = 1 | FromYr = 1889 | ToYr = 1891 | RepName = Alphonse Alfred Clément Larivière | RepTerms# = 4 | FromYr = 1891 | ToYr = 1896 | Assembly# = 7 | FromYr = 1896 | ToYr = 1900 | Assembly# = 8 | FromYr = 1900 | ToYr = 1904 | Assembly# = 9 | FromYr = 1904 | ToYr = 1908 | Assembly# = 10 | CanParty = Liberal | RepName = Joseph Ernest Cyr | PartyTerms# = 4 | FromYr = 1908 | ToYr = 1911 | Assembly# = 11 | RepName = John Patrick Molloy | RepTerms# = 3 | FromYr = 1911 | ToYr = 1917 | Assembly# = 12 | FromYr = 1917 | ToYr = 1921 | Assembly# = 13 | FromYr = 1921 | ToYr = 1925 | CanParty = Progressive | Assembly# = 14 | RepName = Arthur-Lucien Beaubien | RepTerms# = 5 | PartyTerms# = 2 | FromYr = 1925 | ToYr = 1926 | Assembly# = 15 | FromYr = 1926 | ToYr = 1930 | Assembly# = 16 | CanParty = Liberal-Progressive | PartyTerms# = 2 | FromYr = 1930 | ToYr = 1935 | Assembly# = 17 | FromYr = 1935 | ToYr = 1940 | Assembly# = 18 | CanParty = Liberal | PartyTerms# = 5 | FromYr = 1940 | ToYr = 1945 | Assembly# = 19 | RepName = René Jutras | RepTerms# = 4 | FromYr = 1945 | ToYr = 1949 | Assembly# = 20 | FromYr = 1949 | ToYr = 1953 | Assembly# = 21 | FromYr = 1953 | ToYr = 1957 | Assembly# = 22 | FromYr = 1957 | ToYr = 1958 | Assembly# = 23 | CanParty = PC | RepName = Warner Jorgenson | RepTerms# = 5 | PartyTerms# = 5 | FromYr = 1958 | ToYr = 1962 | Assembly# = 24 | FromYr = 1962 | ToYr = 1963 | Assembly# = 25 | FromYr = 1963 | ToYr = 1965 | Assembly# = 26 | FromYr = 1965 | ToYr = 1968 | Assembly# = 27 | FromYr = 1968 | ToYr = 1972 | Assembly# = 28 | CanParty = Liberal | RepName = Mark Smerchanski | FromYr = 1972 | ToYr = 1974 | Assembly# = 29 | CanParty = PC | RepName = Jake Epp | RepTerms# = 6 | PartyTerms# = 6 | FromYr = 1974 | ToYr = 1979 | Assembly# = 30 | FromYr = 1979 | ToYr = 1980 | Assembly# = 31 | FromYr = 1980 | ToYr = 1984 | Assembly# = 32 | FromYr = 1984 | ToYr = 1988 | Assembly# = 33 | FromYr = 1988 | ToYr = 1993 | Assembly# = 34 | FromYr = 1993 | ToYr = 1997 | Assembly# = 35 | CanParty = Liberal | RepName = David Iftody | RepTerms# = 2 | PartyTerms# = 2 | FromYr = 1997 | ToYr = 2000 | Assembly# = 36 | FromYr = 2000 | ToYr = 2003 | Assembly# = 37 | CanParty = Canadian Alliance | RepName = Vic Toews | RepTerms# = 6 | #ByElections = 1 | FromYr = 2003 | ToYr = 2004 | CanParty = Conservative | PartyTerms# = 10 | FromYr = 2004 | ToYr = 2006 | Assembly# = 38 | FromYr = 2006 | ToYr = 2008 | Assembly# = 39 | FromYr = 2008 | ToYr = 2011 | Assembly# = 40 | FromYr = 2011 | ToYr = 2013 | Assembly# = 41 | #ByElections = 1 | FromYr = 2013 | ToYr = 2015 | RepName = Ted Falk | RepTerms# = 5 | FromYr = 2015 | ToYr = 2019 | Assembly# = 42 | FromYr = 2019 | ToYr = 2021 | Assembly# = 45 | FromYr = 2021 | ToYr = 2025 | Assembly# = 44 | FromYr = 2025 | ToYr = | Assembly# = 45
Election results
| width = 925 | content = | caption=Graph of election results in Provencher (since 1945, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted) | align=center
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| 2021 federal election redistributed results | Party | Vote | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 21,713 | ||
| People's | 7,856 | ||
| Liberal | 7,413 | ||
| New Democratic | 5,487 | ||
| Green | 1,150 | ||
| Others | 1,302 | ||
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Minister of Public Safety Vic Toews resigned from cabinet and as an MP, effective 9 July 2013, to spend more time with his family and join the private sector. ::data[format=table]
| 2011 federal election redistributed results | Party | Vote | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 24,628 | ||
| New Democratic | 6,358 | ||
| Liberal | 2,355 | ||
| Green | 1,039 | ||
| Others | 623 | ||
| :: |
Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.
Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.
References
Notes
References
- [[#2011fed. Statistics Canada]]: 2012
- Government of Canada, Statistics Canada. (2022-10-26). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population".
- Government of Canada, Statistics Canada. (2021-10-27). "Census Profile, 2016 Census".
- Government of Canada, Statistics Canada. (2015-11-27). "NHS Profile".
- (May 8, 2013). "NHS Profile, Provencher, Manitoba, 2011". Statistics Canada.
- "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders".
- Mas, Susana. "Vic Toews resigns ahead of cabinet shuffle". CBC News.
- [http://www.punditsguide.ca/riding.php?riding=2075 Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections]
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