Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman

Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman (formerly Selkirk—Interlake) is a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1976 to 1987, and since 1997.

Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman

Manitoba electoral district
From the 2015 federal election to 2025 From the 2025 federal election Interactive map of riding boundaries
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	James Bezan Conservative
District created	1996
First contested	1997
Last contested	2025
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	91,463
Electors (2015)	69,587
Area (km²)[2]	25,824
Pop. density (per km²)	3.5
Census subdivision(s)	Springfield, St. Andrews, St. Clements, Selkirk, Rockwood, Portage la Prairie, Gimli, Stonewall, Brokenhead, Woodlands

The riding was a battleground between the New Democratic Party and conservative parties that has become more and more conservative as the years passed, and is now a safe Conservative Party seat.

Geography

The riding is located generally between Lake Winnipeg and Lake Winnipegosis and includes the northern suburbs of Winnipeg and the City of Selkirk, Manitoba. In addition to Selkirk, the riding includes the communities of St. Andrews, St. Clements, Rockwood, Woodlands, Brokenhead, Stonewall, R.M. of Gimli, and the R.M. of Bifrost.

Selkirk itself tilts toward the NDP, but it is not enough to overcome the growing conservative bent of the rest of the riding.

History

The electoral district was originally created in 1976 from the former districts of Portage, Selkirk and Winnipeg South Centre.

It was abolished in 1987 and divided into Selkirk, Portage—Interlake, Provencher, and Churchill ridings.

It was re-created in 1996 from Selkirk—Red River, Portage—Interlake, Provencher and Churchill.

Selkirk—Interlake lost territory to Churchill—Keewatinook Aski, Provencher and Portage—Lisgar, gained territory from Provencher, and was renamed "Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman" during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Demographics

Panethnic groups in Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman (2011−2021)

Panethnic group	2021[3]		2016[4]		2011[5]
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
European[a]	72,125	74.37%	70,590	77.56%	71,815	81.28%
Indigenous	21,915	22.6%	18,680	20.53%	15,310	17.33%
Southeast Asian[b]	900	0.93%	545	0.6%	255	0.29%
South Asian	840	0.87%	315	0.35%	290	0.33%
African	430	0.44%	280	0.31%	250	0.28%
East Asian[c]	300	0.31%	255	0.28%	240	0.27%
Latin American	200	0.21%	105	0.12%	35	0.04%
Middle Eastern[d]	120	0.12%	85	0.09%	35	0.04%
Other/multiracial[e]	160	0.16%	170	0.19%	110	0.12%
Total responses	96,985	95.67%	91,010	95.9%	88,350	96.6%
Total population	101,373	100%	94,897	100%	91,463	100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

According to the 2006 Canadian census

Languages: 84.11% English, 1.99% French, 13.70% Other
Religions (2001): 51.05% Protestant, 23.96% Catholic, 19.83% No religion, 3.13% Other Christian
Average income: $23,818

Riding associations

Riding associations are the local branches of the national political parties:

Party		Association name	CEO	HQ address	HQ city
	Christian Heritage Party of Canada	Selkirk—Interlake Christian Heritage Party Electoral District Association	Alexander Siepman	PO BOX 17 GRP 354 RR3	Winnipeg
	Conservative Party of Canada	Selkirk—Interlake Conservative Association	Frank Woods	P.O. Box 171	Sandy Hook
	Liberal Party of Canada	Selkirk—Interlake Federal Liberal Association	Robert E. Chamberlain	P.O. Box 131	Arnes
	New Democratic Party	Selkirk—Interlake Federal NDP Riding Association	Sean Palsson	P.O. Box 1359	Arborg

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Selkirk—Interlake Riding created from Portage, Selkirk and Winnipeg South Centre
31st	1979–1980		Terry Sargeant	New Democratic
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988		Felix Holtmann	Progressive Conservative
Riding dissolved into Selkirk, Portage—Interlake, Provencher and Churchill
Riding re-created from Selkirk—Red River, Portage—Interlake, Provencher and Churchill
36th	1997–2000		Howard Hilstrom	Reform
	2000–2000			Alliance
37th	2000–2003
	2003–2004			Conservative
38th	2004–2006		James Bezan
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman
42nd	2015–2019		James Bezan	Conservative
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–2025
45th	2025–present

Current member of Parliament

Its member of Parliament is James Bezan, a former rancher who was first elected in 2004. He is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada and has served as a member on the 'Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food'.

Election results

Graph of election results in Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman (since 1997, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman, 2015–present

v t e 2025 Canadian federal election
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	James Bezan	32,574	60.3	+3.3
	Liberal	Rhonda Nichol	16,367	30.3	+17.1
	New Democratic	Josef Estabrooks	3,491	6.5	-12.9
	Green	Wayne James	721	1.3	-1.4
	People's	Byron Gryba	468	0.9	-6.8
	United	Chris Riddell	412	0.8	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			54,033
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters			76,591
Source: Elections Canada[6]

2021 federal election redistributed results[7]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	27,931	56.97
	New Democratic	9,524	19.43
	Liberal	6,493	13.24
	People's	3,758	7.67
	Green	1,320	2.69

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	James Bezan	28,308	57.1	-5.6	$59,811.25
	New Democratic	Margaret Smith	9,604	19.4	+1.5	$6,587.46
	Liberal	Detlev Regelsky	6,567	13.2	+1.1	$9,990.47
	People's	Ian Kathwaroon	3,800	7.7	+6.3	$2,309.10
	Green	Wayne James	1,328	2.7	-3.2	$3,024.88
Total valid votes/expense limit			49,607	99.3	–	$120,770.45
Total rejected ballots			363	0.7
Turnout			49,970	66.2
Eligible voters			75,440
	Conservative hold		Swing		-3.6
Source: Elections Canada[8]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	James Bezan	31,109	62.7	+10.80	$53,785.73
	New Democratic	Robert A. Smith	8,873	17.9	+6.46	none listed
	Liberal	Detlev Regelsky	6,003	12.1	-19.32	none listed
	Green	Wayne James	2,934	5.9	+5.90	none listed
	People's	Ian Kathwaroon	683	1.4		$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			49,602	100
Total rejected ballots			322
Turnout			49,924	68.7
Eligible voters			72,707
	Conservative hold		Swing		-5.68
Source: Elections Canada[9][10]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	James Bezan	25,617	51.90	-14.60	$96,714.11
	Liberal	Joanne Levy	15,508	31.42	+26.56	$16,715.09
	New Democratic	Deborah Chief	5,649	11.44	-13.61	$29,151.47
	Green	Wayne James	1,707	3.46	-0.01	4,402.63
	Libertarian	Donald L. Grant	882	1.79		–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			49,363	100.00		$228,041.57
Total rejected ballots			216	0.44	–
Turnout			49,579	69.51	–
Eligible voters			71,331
	Conservative hold		Swing		-20.58
Source: Elections Canada[11][12]

2011 federal election redistributed results[13]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	28,380	66.49
	New Democratic	10,695	25.06
	Liberal	2,072	4.85
	Green	1,482	3.47
	Others	54	0.13

Selkirk—Interlake, 1997–2015

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	James Bezan[14]	26,848	65.2	+4.6	–
	New Democratic	Sean Palsson	10,933	26.5	+1.8	–
	Liberal	Duncan Geisler	1,980	4.8	-3.5	–
	Green	Don Winstone	1,423	3.5	-2.0	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			41,184	100.0		–
Total rejected ballots			160	0.4	-0.1
Turnout			41,344	63.9	+6
Eligible voters			64,727	–	–

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	James Bezan	23,312	60.6	+11.7	$75,718 [15]
	New Democratic	Pat Cordner	9,506	24.7	-12.3	$19,306
	Liberal	Kevin Walsh	3,203	8.3	-1.7	$8,815
	Green	Glenda Whiteman	2,126	5.5	+2.6	$32
	Christian Heritage	Jane MacDiarmid	295	0.8	+0.3	$424
Total valid votes/Expense limit			38,442	100.0		$99,730
Total rejected ballots			177	0.5	+0.2
Turnout			38,609	58	-9

2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	James Bezan	21,661	49.0	+1.8	$86,024
	New Democratic	Edward Schreyer	16,358	37.0	+10.5	$56,920
	Liberal	Bruce Benson	4,436	10.0	-12.9	N/A
	Green	Thomas Goodman	1,283	2.9	+0.5	$1,640
	Independent	Duncan E. Geisler	277	0.6	–	$3,516
	Christian Heritage	Anthony Barendregt	204	0.5	-0.4	$5,043
Total valid votes			44,219	100.0		–
Total rejected ballots			154	0.3	-0.1
Turnout			44,373	66.6	+7.2
	Conservative hold		Swing		-4

2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	James Bezan	18,727	47.2	+2.5	$74,351
	New Democratic	Duane Nicol	10,516	26.5	+6.6	$41,939
	Liberal	Bruce Benson	9,059	22.9	-0.7	$55,220
	Green	Trevor Farley	982	2.5	–	$716
	Christian Heritage	Anthony Barendregt	353	0.9	+0.5	$10,799
Total valid votes			39,637	100.0		–
Total rejected ballots			193	0.5	+0.2
Turnout			39,830	59.4	-7.2

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Alliance	Howard Hilstrom	17,856	43.8	+15.5	$42,070
	Liberal	Kathy Arnason	9,612	23.6	-4.5	$61,425
	New Democratic	Paul Pododworny	8,113	19.9	-7.9	$31,303
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Goodman	4,992	12.3	-2.6	$10,949
	Independent	Anthony Barendregt	178	0.4	–	$2,399
Total valid votes			40,751	100.0		–
Total rejected ballots			104	0.3	–
Turnout			40,855	66.7	+1.2

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Reform	Howard Hilstrom	10,937	28.3	–	$23,194
	Liberal	Jon Gerrard	10,871	28.1	–	$59,732
	New Democratic	Kathleen McCallum	10,749	27.8	–	$46,587
	Progressive Conservative	Reid Kelner	5,730	14.8	–	$32,267
	Christian Heritage	Paul Kalyniuk	363	0.9	–	$1,578
Total valid votes			38,650	100.0		–
Total rejected ballots			258	0.7
Turnout			38,908	65.5

Selkirk—Interlake, 1979–1988

v t e 1984 Canadian federal election: Selkirk—Interlake
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Felix Holtmann	13,750	40.7	+4.7
	New Democratic	Terry Sargeant	13,088	38.7	-7.0
	Liberal	Ed Anderson	3,510	10.4	-7.7
	Confederation of Regions	Doug Stefanson	3,301	9.8
	Libertarian	Bob Quenett	163	0.5
Total valid votes			33,812
History of Federal Ridings since 1867: SELKIRK--INTERLAKE, Manitoba (1976 - 1987), Library of Parliament, Parliament of Canada. Retrieved 26 January 2010.

1980 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Terry Sargeant	15,055	45.7	+3.0
	Progressive Conservative	Jon Johnson	11,847	36.0	-4.8
	Liberal	Bill Shead	5,953	18.1	+1.5
Total valid votes			32,952	100.0

1979 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Terry Sargeant	14,225	42.7
	Progressive Conservative	Peter P. Masniuk	13,569	40.7
	Liberal	Bill Shead	5,522	16.6
Total valid votes			33,316	100.0

See also

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