Riding Mountain (federal electoral district)

Riding Mountain (formerly Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa) is a federal electoral district in Manitoba. It encompasses a portion of Manitoba previously included in the electoral districts of Dauphin—Swan River—Marquette, Brandon—Souris and Portage—Lisgar.^[3]

Riding Mountain

Manitoba electoral district
Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa from the 2015 federal election to 2025 Riding Mountain from the 2025 federal election Interactive map of riding boundaries. Points indicate the city of Dauphin and the towns of Swan River and Neepawa.
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Dan Mazier Conservative
District created	2013
First contested	2015
Last contested	2025
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2021)[1]	89,503
Electors (2015)	61,579
Area (km²)[2]	56,820
Pop. density (per km²)	1.6
Census division(s)	Division No. 6, Division No. 7, Division No. 8, Division No. 15, Division No. 16, Division No. 17, Division No. 19, Division No. 20,
Census subdivision(s)	Dauphin, Portage la Prairie (part), Neepawa, Swan River, North Norfolk, WestLake-Gladstone, Roblin, North Cypress-Langford (part), Swan Valley West, Wallace-Woodworth (part)

Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, which was held on 19 October 2015.^[4]

Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, this riding will be renamed Riding Mountain at the first election held after approximately April 2024. It will lose the Sioux Valley Dakota Nation plus the part of the Rural Municipality of Wallace – Woodworth that it exclaves, and the CFB Shilo area to Brandon—Souris and will gain the Municipality of Norfolk Treherne and the area around Long Plain 6 from Portage—Lisgar.^[5]

Demographics

Panethnic groups in Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa (2011−2021)

Panethnic group	2021[6]		2016[7]		2011[8]
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
European[a]	56,230	65.5%	57,725	69.63%	61,800	73.62%
Indigenous	24,265	28.26%	21,980	26.51%	20,705	24.66%
Southeast Asian[b]	3,785	4.41%	2,240	2.7%	580	0.69%
South Asian	460	0.54%	250	0.3%	250	0.3%
African	365	0.43%	210	0.25%	140	0.17%
East Asian[c]	330	0.38%	325	0.39%	260	0.31%
Latin American	230	0.27%	85	0.1%	130	0.15%
Middle Eastern[d]	60	0.07%	40	0.05%	50	0.06%
Other/multiracial[e]	130	0.15%	85	0.1%	40	0.05%
Total responses	85,850	95.92%	82,905	94.72%	83,950	96.08%
Total population	89,503	100%	87,527	100%	87,374	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^[9][10]

Languages: 83.5% English, 5.3% German, 3.7% Ukrainian, 2.3% Ojibway, 2.1% French
Religions: 72.0% Christian (24.4% Catholic, 20.5% United Church, 5.1% Anglican, 3.2% Lutheran, 1.9% Pentecostal, 1.9% Baptist, 1.7% Christian Orthodox, 1.2% Presbyterian, 12.3% Other), 1.9% Traditional Aboriginal Spirituality, 25.4% No religion
Median income (2010): $23,271
Average income (2010): $30,399

Riding associations

Riding associations are the local branches of the national political parties:^[11]

Party		Association name	CEO	HQ address	Neighbourhood
	Maverick Party	Dauphin-Swan River-Neepawa Maverick Party EDA	Daniel Bouchard,		Dauphin, Manitoba
	Green		Katharine Storey	Rural Route 1	Grandview
	Conservative Party of Canada	Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa Conservative Association	Norman Sims	76 Main Street South	Minnedosa
	Liberal Party of Canada	Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa Federal Liberal Association	Crawford Halliday		Dauphin
	New Democratic Party		David Rehaluk	24 Kerr Avenue	Dauphin

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa Riding created from Brandon—Souris Dauphin—Swan River—Marquette and Portage—Lisgar
42nd	2015–2019		Robert Sopuck	Conservative
43rd	2019–2021		Dan Mazier
44th	2021–2025
Riding Mountain
45th	2025–present		Dan Mazier	Conservative

Election results

Graph of election results in Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

Riding Mountain, 2023 representation order

v t e 2025 Canadian federal election
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Dan Mazier	27,924	67.4	+8.4
	Liberal	Terry Hayward	9,321	22.5	+9.8
	New Democratic	Andrew Douglas Maxwell	3,085	7.4	-7.3
	People's	Jim Oliver	555	1.3	-9.2
	Green	Liz Clayton	537	1.3	-0.9
Total valid votes/expense limit			41,422
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters			63,710
Source: Elections Canada[12]

2021 federal election redistributed results[13]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	23,165	59.19
	New Democratic	5,680	14.51
	Liberal	4,987	12.74
	People's	4,128	10.55
	Green	826	2.11
	Others	351	0.90

Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa, 2013 representation order

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election: Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Dan Mazier	22,718	59.0	-5.2	$38,088.60
	New Democratic	Arthur Holroyd	5,678	14.7	+0.6	$0.00
	Liberal	Kevin Carlson	4,892	12.7	-0.5	$12,490.55
	People's	Donnan McKenna	4,052	10.5	+8.7	$13,188.78
	Green	Shirley Lambrecht	835	2.2	-3.3	$0.00
	Maverick	Lori Falloon-Austin	339	0.9	N/A	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			38,514	99.4	–	$129,256.28
Total rejected ballots			226	0.6
Turnout			38,740	62.2
Eligible voters			62,242
	Conservative hold		Swing		-2.9
Source: Elections Canada[14]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election: Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Dan Mazier	26,103	64.2	+17.86	$47,835.45
	New Democratic	Laverne Lewycky	5,724	14.1	+1.85	none listed
	Liberal	Cathy Scofield-Singh	5,344	13.2	-16.31	$10,110.34
	Green	Kate Storey	2,214	5.5	+1.67	none listed
	People's	Frank Godon	711	1.8	–	none listed
	Christian Heritage	Jenni Johnson	470	1.2	–	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			40,566	100.0		–
Total rejected ballots			279	–	–
Turnout			40,845	66.2	–
Eligible voters			61,722
	Conservative hold		Swing		+8.01
Source: Elections Canada[15][16]

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election: Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Robert Sopuck	19,276	46.34	-18.18	$96,511.06
	Liberal	Ray Piché	12,276	29.51	+23.18	$30,343.94
	New Democratic	Laverne Lewycky	5,097	12.25	-12.56	$18,323.29
	Independent	Inky Mark	3,397	8.07	–	$7,495.11
	Green	Kate Storey	1,592	3.83	-0.44	$8,600.31
Total valid votes/expense limit			41,598	100.00		$247,596.77
Total rejected ballots			160	0.38	–
Turnout			41,758	66.09	–
Eligible voters			63,187
	Conservative hold		Swing		-20.68
Source: Elections Canada[17][18]

2011 federal election redistributed results[19]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	22,213	64.52
	New Democratic	8,541	24.81
	Liberal	2,179	6.33
	Green	1,468	4.26
	Others	27	0.08

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada