Portage La Prairie (electoral District)
Portage la Prairie was a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1904 to 1949.
This riding was created in 1903 from parts of Macdonald riding.
It was abolished in 1947 when it was redistributed into Norquay, Portage—Neepawa and Selkirk ridings.
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