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| Established | August 10, 1953 |
| Disbanded | Still Active |
| Contributor | User 13 |
| Last Modified | Campari_007 November 11, 2020 02:43am |
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This riding is in the southwest corner of Manitoba with Saskatchewan as the western border and the United States as the southern border.
It is both urban and rural. Brandon is the largest city while Virden, Killarney, Souris and Roblin are the riding's larger communities. Turtle Mountain Provincial Park is on the southern boundary and the western part of Spruce Woods Provincial Park is in the northeast of the riding.
Agriculture and related industries form the main economic base in this riding, followed by health and social services and government services. The Brandon General Hospital and Brandon University are in the riding.
There is a small native population (Sioux Valley and Oak Lake reserves) as well as a small francophone population. Almost 88 per cent of the people here speak English as their mother tongue. The average family income is $53,298 with an unemployment rate of 4.60 per cent.
The riding was created from the Brandon and Souris ridings. In 1996, Brandon-Souris added 10 per cent of Lisgar-Marquette. In 2004, the riding added seven per cent of Portage-Lisgar on its east side.
Population: 83,510
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