Brandon—Souris
Federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada
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Brandon—Souris is a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1953.
 Manitoba electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2025 federal election. Points indicate the city of Brandon and the town of Souris. | |||
| Federal electoral district | |||
| Legislature | House of Commons | ||
| MP |
Conservative | ||
| District created | 1952 | ||
| First contested | 1953 | ||
| Last contested | 2025 | ||
| District webpage | profile, map | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2016)[1] | 88,170 | ||
| Electors (2015) | 59,459 | ||
| Area (km²)[1] | 17,842.36 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 4.9 | ||
| Census division(s) | Division No. 4, Division No. 5, Division No. 6, Division No. 7, | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Brandon, Cornwallis, Killarney - Turtle Mountain, Virden, North Cypress-Langford (part), Wallace-Woodworth (part), Souris-Glenwood, Pembina, Boissevain-Morton, Louise | ||
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Demographics
| Panethnic group | 2021[2] | 2016[3] | 2011[4] | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |||||||||
| European[a] | 63,385 | 73.96% | 66,660 | 79.25% | 67,425 | 84.26% | ||||||||
| Indigenous | 10,235 | 11.94% | 8,760 | 10.41% | 6,805 | 8.5% | ||||||||
| African | 3,050 | 3.56% | 1,140 | 1.36% | 590 | 0.74% | ||||||||
| South Asian | 2,705 | 3.16% | 1,495 | 1.78% | 545 | 0.68% | ||||||||
| Latin American | 2,230 | 2.6% | 2,435 | 2.89% | 2,005 | 2.51% | ||||||||
| Southeast Asian[b] | 1,885 | 2.2% | 1,045 | 1.24% | 745 | 0.93% | ||||||||
| East Asian[c] | 1,740 | 2.03% | 2,120 | 2.52% | 1,635 | 2.04% | ||||||||
| Middle Eastern[d] | 145 | 0.17% | 165 | 0.2% | 135 | 0.17% | ||||||||
| Other/multiracial[e] | 330 | 0.39% | 300 | 0.36% | 145 | 0.18% | ||||||||
| Total responses | 85,700 | 95.42% | 84,115 | 95.4% | 80,020 | 95.47% | ||||||||
| Total population | 89,812 | 100% | 88,170 | 100% | 83,814 | 100% | ||||||||
| Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries. | ||||||||||||||
- According to the 2011 Canadian census
Languages: 85.8% English, 4.3% German, 2.3% Spanish, 1.7% French, 1.4% Chinese
Religions: 67.4% Christian (23.3% United Church, 16.6% Catholic, 12.5% "Other Christian", 6.1% Anglican, 2.1% Presbyterian, 1.8% Lutheran, 1.6% Baptist), 30.5% None.
Median income: $30,394 (2010)[5]
Average income: $36,827 (2010) [5]
Geography
The district is in the southwestern corner of the province of Manitoba. It is bordered by the electoral district of Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa to the north, the electoral district of Portage—Lisgar to the east, the Canada–United States border in North Dakota to the south, and the province of Saskatchewan to the west.
It includes the communities of Brandon, Cornwallis, Virden, Killarney, Souris and North Cypress.
History
The electoral district was created in 1952 from the former districts of Brandon and Souris. It has been held by a centre-right party for all but one term of its existence. This tradition was broken in 1993 when massive vote-splitting between the Progressive Conservatives and Reform allowed the Liberals to sneak up the middle and take the riding. However, the seat reverted to form in 1997 when the PCs reclaimed it. The PCs and their successors, the modern Conservatives, have held the seat ever since. While Brandon has some Liberal and NDP support, it is not enough to overcome the conservative bent in the more rural areas of the riding.
This riding lost territory to Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa and gained territory from Portage—Lisgar during the 2012 electoral redistribution.
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon—Souris Riding created from Brandon and Souris |
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| 22nd | 1953–1957 | Walter Dinsdale | Progressive Conservative | |
| 23rd | 1957–1958 | |||
| 24th | 1958–1962 | |||
| 25th | 1962–1963 | |||
| 26th | 1963–1965 | |||
| 27th | 1965–1968 | |||
| 28th | 1968–1972 | |||
| 29th | 1972–1974 | |||
| 30th | 1974–1979 | |||
| 31st | 1979–1980 | |||
| 32nd | 1980–1982 | |||
| 1983–1984 | Lee Clark | |||
| 33rd | 1984–1988 | |||
| 34th | 1988–1993 | |||
| 35th | 1993–1997 | Glen McKinnon | Liberal | |
| 36th | 1997–2000 | Rick Borotsik | Progressive Conservative | |
| 37th | 2000–2003 | |||
| 2003–2004 | Conservative | |||
| 38th | 2004–2006 | Merv Tweed | ||
| 39th | 2006–2008 | |||
| 40th | 2008–2011 | |||
| 41st | 2011–2013 | |||
| 2013–2015 | Larry Maguire | |||
| 42nd | 2015–2019 | |||
| 43rd | 2019–2021 | |||
| 44th | 2021–2025 | |||
| 45th | 2025–present | Grant Jackson | ||
Election results
View source data.
Graph of election results in Brandon—Souris (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
| 2025 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Grant Jackson | 28,624 | 62.19 | +2.82 | ||||
| Liberal | Ghazanfar Ali Tarar | 10,766 | 23.39 | +11.45 | ||||
| New Democratic | Quentin Robinson | 6,637 | 14.42 | −5.97 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 46,027 | 99.19 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 376 | 0.81 | ||||||
| Turnout | 46,403 | 69.56 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 66,710 | |||||||
| Conservative notional hold | Swing | −4.32 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[6][7] | ||||||||
| Note: number of eligible voters does not include voting day registrations. | ||||||||
| 2021 federal election redistributed results[8] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Conservative | 23,659 | 59.37 | |
| New Democratic | 8,126 | 20.39 | |
| Liberal | 4,759 | 11.94 | |
| People's | 3,277 | 8.22 | |
| Green | 9 | 0.02 | |
| Others | 19 | 0.05 | |
| 2021 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Larry Maguire | 22,733 | 59.57 | -3.89 | $54,605.35 | |||
| New Democratic | Whitney Hodgins | 7,838 | 20.54 | +6.46 | $2,209.23 | |||
| Liberal | Linda Branconnier | 4,608 | 12.07 | +0.01 | $3,827.05 | |||
| People's | Tylor Baer | 2,981 | 7.81 | +6.13 | $790.60 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 38,162 | – | – | $112,170.52 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | 61.50 | -3.85 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 62,053 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -5.17 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[9] | ||||||||
| 2019 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Larry Maguire | 26,148 | 63.46 | +13.19 | $76,622.34 | |||
| New Democratic | Ashley Duguay | 5,805 | 14.09 | +7.82 | $1,382.10 | |||
| Liberal | Terry Hayward | 4,972 | 12.07 | -25.24 | $17,298.99 | |||
| Green | Bill Tiessen | 2,984 | 7.24 | +1.07 | $2,661.43 | |||
| People's | Robin Lussier | 691 | 1.68 | – | none listed | |||
| Christian Heritage | Rebecca Hein | 280 | 0.68 | – | none listed | |||
| Independent | Vanessa Hamilton | 219 | 0.53 | – | $0.00 | |||
| Independent | Robert Eastcott | 107 | 0.26 | – | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 41,206 | 99.46 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 224 | 0.54 | ||||||
| Turnout | 41,430 | 65.35 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 63,401 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +2.70 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[10][11] | ||||||||
| 2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Larry Maguire | 20,666 | 50.27 | -13.55 | $199,886.51 | |||
| Liberal | Jodi Wyman | 15,338 | 37.31 | +31.57 | $49,711.29 | |||
| New Democratic | Melissa Joy Wastasecoot | 2,576 | 6.27 | -18.37 | $5,845.76 | |||
| Green | David Neufeld | 2,526 | 6.15 | -0.40 | $15,550.33 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 41,106 | 100.00 | $212,589.96 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 150 | 0.36 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 41,256 | 68.27 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 60,427 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -22.56 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[12][13] | ||||||||
| 2011 federal election redistributed results[14] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Conservative | 21,253 | 63.83 | |
| New Democratic | 8,202 | 24.63 | |
| Green | 1,913 | 5.75 | |
| Liberal | 1,912 | 5.74 | |
| Others | 18 | 0.05 | |
| Canadian federal by-election, November 25, 2013 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Larry Maguire | 12,205 | 44.16 | −19.57 | $ 89,503.81 | |||
| Liberal | Rolf Dinsdale | 11,816 | 42.75 | +37.39 | 76,203.47 | |||
| New Democratic | Cory Szczepanski | 1,996 | 7.22 | −17.96 | 22,981.64 | |||
| Green | David Neufeld | 1,349 | 4.88 | −0.85 | 7,502.04 | |||
| Libertarian | Frank Godon | 271 | 0.98 | – | 2,404.04 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 27,637 | 100.0 | – | $ 94,534.60 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 106 | 0.38 | −0.01 | |||||
| Turnout | 27,743 | 44.81 | −12.83 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 61,910 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −28.48 | ||||||
| By-election due to the resignation of Merv Tweed. | ||||||||
Source(s)
"November 25, 2013 By-elections". Elections Canada. November 26, 2013. Retrieved December 14, 2013.} "November 25, 2013 By-election – Financial Reports". Retrieved October 29, 2014. | ||||||||
| 2011 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Merv Tweed | 22,386 | 63.73 | +6.67 | $42,483 | |||
| New Democratic | Jean Luc Bouché | 8,845 | 25.18 | +7.52 | $11,846 | |||
| Green | Dave Barnes | 2,012 | 5.73 | -10.06 | $10,620 | |||
| Liberal | Wes Penner | 1,882 | 5.36 | -2.92 | $15,300 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 35,125 | 100.0 | $ 88,412.19 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 139 | 0.39 | +0.07 | |||||
| Turnout | 35,264 | 57.54 | +1.58 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 61,289 | – | – | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -0.42 | ||||||
| 2008 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Merv Tweed | 19,558 | 57.06 | +2.63 | $40,902 | |||
| New Democratic | Jean Luc Bouché | 6,055 | 17.67 | -2.57 | $16,762 | |||
| Green | Dave Barnes | 5,410 | 15.78 | +11.20 | $39,823 | |||
| Liberal | Martha Jo Willard | 2,836 | 8.27 | -9.73 | $12,178 | |||
| Christian Heritage | Jerome Dondo | 292 | 0.85 | +0.07 | $728 | |||
| Communist | Lisa Gallagher | 124 | 0.36 | +0.04 | $622 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 34,275 | 100.0 | $ 85,829 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 112 | 0.33 | -0.04 | |||||
| Turnout | 34,387 | 55.96 | -4.36 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 61,449 | – | – | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +2.60 | ||||||
| 2006 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | (x)Merv Tweed | 20,247 | 54.43 | +2.70 | $51,606 | |||
| New Democratic | Bob Senff | 7,528 | 20.24 | +1.09 | $7,255 | |||
| Liberal | Murray Downing | 6,696 | 18.00 | -6.21 | $20,605 | |||
| Green | Brad Bird | 1,707 | 4.59 | +1.00 | $15.50 | |||
| Independent | Mike Volek | 611 | 1.64 | – | $4,238 | |||
| Christian Heritage | Colin Atkins | 290 | 0.78 | -0.22 | $1,380 | |||
| Communist | Lisa Gallagher | 120 | 0.32 | -0.01 | $295 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 37,119 | 100.0 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 138 | 0.37 | -0.18 | |||||
| Turnout | 37,337 | 60.32 | +4.07 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 61,903 | – | – | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +0.81 | ||||||
| 2004 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Merv Tweed | 18,209 | 51.72 | -17.64 | $54,647 | |||
| Liberal | Murray Downing | 8,522 | 24.21 | +6.83 | $26,903 | |||
| New Democratic | Mike Abbey | 6,740 | 19.15 | +7.05 | $13,512 | |||
| Green | David Kattenburg | 1,264 | 3.59 | – | $1,322 | |||
| Christian Heritage | Colin Atkins | 351 | 1.00 | $683 | ||||
| Communist | Lisa Gallagher | 118 | 0.34 | $665 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 35,204 | 100.0 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 194 | 0.55 | ||||||
| Turnout | 35,398 | 56.24 | -8.96 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 62,938 | – | – | |||||
| Conservative notional hold | Swing | +12.23
| ||||||
| 2000 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Rick Borotsik | 13,707 | 37.41 | +1.82 | $43,992.66 | |||
| Alliance | Gary Nestibo | 11,678 | 31.87 | −0.13 | $59,234.19 | |||
| Liberal | Dick Scott | 6,544 | 17.86 | +0.13 | $42,860.78 | |||
| New Democratic | Errol Black | 4,518 | 12.33 | −1.09 | $13,475.28 | |||
| Communist | Lisa Gallagher | 102 | 0.28 | $383.70 | ||||
| Christian Heritage | Colin Atkins | 94 | 0.26 | −0.36 | $1,000.00 | |||
| Total valid votes | 36,643 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 116 | |||||||
| Turnout | 36,759 | 67.04 | +0.16 | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 54,829 | |||||||
| Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada. | ||||||||
^ Conservative change is from combined Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative. Percent change based on redistributed results.
| 1997 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Rick Borotsik | 13,216 | 35.59 | +13.18 | $51,629 | |||
| Reform | Ed Agnew | 11,883 | 32.00 | +1.63 | $52,341 | |||
| Liberal | Glen McKinnon | 6,583 | 17.73 | -15.27 | $33,249 | |||
| New Democratic | Jennifer Howard | 4,983 | 13.42 | +1.56 | $12,213 | |||
| Independent | Geoff Gorf Borden | 244 | 0.66 | $19 | ||||
| Christian Heritage | Colin Atkins | 229 | 0.62 | -0.3 | $34 | |||
| Total valid votes | 37,138 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 135 | |||||||
| Turnout | 37,273 | 66.88 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 55,735 | |||||||
| Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada. | ||||||||
| 1993 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Glen McKinnon | 12,130 | 33.00 | +2.3 | $34,664 | |||
| Reform | Edward Agnew | 11,163 | 30.37 | +26.17 | $32,210 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Larry Maguire | 8,236 | 22.41 | -24.39 | $52,740 | |||
| New Democratic | Ross C. Martin | 4,359 | 11.86 | -1.9 | $13,827 | |||
| Christian Heritage | Abe Neufeld | 339 | 0.92 | -2.68 | $2,184 | |||
| National | Eldon Obach | 336 | 0.91 | +0.91 | $5,524 | |||
| Natural Law | Robert Roberts | 112 | 0.30 | $0 | ||||
| Canada Party | George H. Armstrong | 82 | 0.22 | $0 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 36,757 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 128 | |||||||
| Turnout | 36,885 | 68.74 | ||||||
| Electors on lists | 53,659 | |||||||
| Source: Thirty-fifth General Election, 1993: Official Voting Results, Published by the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada. Financial figures taken from official contributions and expenses provided by Elections Canada. | ||||||||
| 1988 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Lee Clark | 17,372 | 46.8 | -5.4 | ||||
| Liberal | David Campbell | 11,404 | 30.7 | +16.1 | ||||
| New Democratic | Dave Serle | 5,018 | 13.5 | -2.1 | ||||
| Reform | Henry Carroll | 1,578 | 4.2 | – | ||||
| Christian Heritage | Abe Neufeld | 1,324 | 3.6 | – | ||||
| Confederation of Regions | Richard Rattai | 333 | 0.9 | -16.6 | ||||
| Independent | Tabitha Y. Singha | 108 | 0.3 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 37,137 | 100.0 | ||||||
| 1984 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Lee Clark | 18,813 | 52.2 | -10.0 | ||||
| Confederation of Regions | Dennis Heeney | 6,322 | 17.5 | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Jake Janzen | 5,631 | 15.6 | -4.9 | ||||
| Liberal | David Campbell | 5,278 | 14.6 | -2.7 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 36,044 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Canadian federal by-election, 24 May 1983 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| On Mr. Dinsdale's death, 20 November 1982 | ||||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Lee Clark | 19,330 | 62.2 | +15.3 | ||||
| New Democratic | Bill Moore | 6,381 | 20.5 | -4.2 | ||||
| Liberal | Joe Mullally | 5,369 | 17.3 | -10.9 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 31,080 | 100.0 | ||||||
| 1980 Canadian federal election: Brandon—Souris | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Walter Gilbert Dinsdale | 16,098 | 46.9 | -5.8 | ||||
| Liberal | Joe Mullally | 9,661 | 28.1 | +6.3 | ||||
| New Democratic | David Serle | 8,509 | 24.8 | +0.1 | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Marnie Frain | 76 | 0.2 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 34,344 | 100.0 | ||||||
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| 1979 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Walter Dinsdale | 19,108 | 52.67 | |||||
| New Democratic | David Serle | 8,949 | 24.67 | |||||
| Liberal | Vaughn Ramsay | 7,918 | 21.83 | |||||
| Social Credit | John W. Gross | 302 | 0.83 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 36,277 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 75 | |||||||
| Turnout | 36,352 | 74.48 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 48,808 | |||||||
| 1974 Canadian federal election: Brandon—Souris | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Walter Gilbert Dinsdale | 16,624 | 57.8 | -2.8 | ||||
| Liberal | John W. McRae | 5,988 | 20.8 | +0.6 | ||||
| New Democratic | Cam Connor | 5,616 | 19.5 | +0.9 | ||||
| Social Credit | John W. Gross | 540 | 1.9 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 28,768 | 100.0 | ||||||
| 1972 Canadian federal election: Brandon—Souris | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Walter Gilbert Dinsdale | 17,923 | 60.6 | +8.8 | ||||
| Liberal | Gary Belecki | 5,968 | 20.2 | -14.1 | ||||
| New Democratic | Kenneth John Singleton | 5,501 | 18.6 | +4.7 | ||||
| Independent | William Lea | 190 | 0.6 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 29,582 | 100.0 | ||||||
| 1968 Canadian federal election: Brandon—Souris | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Walter Gilbert Dinsdale | 15,060 | 51.8 | -2.7 | ||||
| Liberal | James R. Bates | 9,963 | 34.3 | +7.9 | ||||
| New Democratic | Harold Van Mulligen | 4,031 | 13.9 | +3.7 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 29,054 | 100.0 | ||||||
| 1965 Canadian federal election: Brandon—Souris | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Walter Gilbert Dinsdale | 15,554 | 54.6 | -5.9 | ||||
| Liberal | Harry George | 7,522 | 26.4 | +3.0 | ||||
| New Democratic | Harold E. Weitman | 2,913 | 10.2 | +5.2 | ||||
| Social Credit | A.W. Bassingthwaighte | 2,518 | 8.8 | -2.2 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 28,507 | 100.0 | ||||||
| 1962 Canadian federal election: Brandon—Souris | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Walter Gilbert Dinsdale | 17,813 | 60.1 | -13.9 | ||||
| Liberal | John Cameron Brown | 6,143 | 20.7 | +3.1 | ||||
| Social Credit | Reginald Pearen | 4,229 | 14.3 | +11.1 | ||||
| New Democratic | Leslie Victor Robson | 1,438 | 4.9 | -0.3 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 29,623 | 100.0 | ||||||
| 1958 Canadian federal election: Brandon—Souris | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Walter Gilbert Dinsdale | 22,185 | 74.0 | +12.4 | ||||
| Liberal | Kendric Hambly Williams | 5,303 | 17.7 | -3.0 | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Hans Fries | 1,552 | 5.2 | +1.1 | ||||
| Social Credit | Walter Robert Jones | 946 | 3.2 | -17.5 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 29,986 | 100.0 | ||||||
| 1957 Canadian federal election: Brandon—Souris | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Walter Gilbert Dinsdale | 17,389 | 61.6 | +3.5 | ||||
| Liberal | Joseph Francis O'Sullivan | 5,831 | 20.7 | -14.6 | ||||
| Social Credit | Walter Duncan Taylor | 3,866 | 13.7 | – | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Hans Fries | 1,145 | 4.1 | -1.3 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 28,231 | 100.0 | ||||||
| 1953 Canadian federal election: Brandon—Souris | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Walter Gilbert Dinsdale | 13,915 | 58.0 | |||||
| Liberal | James Albert Creighton | 8,456 | 35.3 | |||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Baden-Powell Hathaway | 1,277 | 5.3 | |||||
| Labor–Progressive | Dorothy Jessie Johnson | 323 | 1.3 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 23,971 | 100.0 | ||||||