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Controversy Over Manitoba Riding Name Portage Marquette
MP Charles Mayer urged Parliament to keep Portage Marquette as the riding name, arguing Marquette is a historic label for Manitoba’s seat. Boundary commissioners proposed Portage Minnedosa, a change Mayer says could offend towns like Neepawa Carberry and Virden and ignore geographic realities of Riding Mountain National Park. He warns rural representation requires geography aware adjustments rather than rigid population parity.
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Manitoba
Charles Mayer
House of Commons
Portage- Marquette
Marquette
Portage-Minnedosa
Mayer
Minnedosa
Portage la Prairie
Neepawa
Carberry
Virden
Russell
Rossburn
Binscarth
Wasagaming
Dauphin-Swan River
Mountain National Park