Electoral District: Brandon-Souris
MP: Merv Tweed (Conservative)
Area: 19 904 km²
Population: 83 510 (2001)
Number of Electors: 64 175
Polling Divisions: 205
Liberal Riding Association Executive: 
     President:  Andrew Dennis
     Vice-President Urban:  
     Vice-President Rural:  
     Secretary:  Bob Patterson
     Treasurer:  Carl Cunningham
     Past-President:  Deveryn Ross

Urban Areas (2001 Pop.)
Brandon:               39 716
Virden:                    3 109
Killarney:                2 221
Souris:                     1 683
Carberry:                1 513
Boissevain:             1 495
Rivers:                    1 119
Melita:                    1 111
Sioux Valley (FN):  1 050
Deloraine:               1 026

Riding Profile:
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 population speaks English as the 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, it kept 99.6 per cent of the riding and added 10 per cent of Lisgar-Marquette. In 2004, it kept 100 per cent (population = 77,740) and added seven per cent in the east (population = 5,770) of Portage-Lisgar.