Edmonton Southwest

Edmonton Southwest was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 2003.

Demographics

Population, 2000 102,210
Electors 83,890
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

Geography

It was located in the city of Edmonton in the province of Alberta.

History

This riding was created in 1987 from Edmonton South and Edmonton West ridings.

It was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed into Edmonton—Leduc, Edmonton—Spruce Grove and Edmonton Centre ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

  1. 1993-2000: Ian McClelland - Reform (1993–2000), Canadian Alliance (2000)
  2. 2000-2003: James Rajotte - Canadian Alliance (2000–2003), Progressive Conservative (2003–2004), Conservative (2004- ) - He currently represents 'Edmonton—Leduc.

Election results

2000 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%Expenditures
AllianceJames Rajotte26,19748.85$47,590
LiberalChiu Lau18,22333.98$63,679
Progressive ConservativeJoseph Fernando5,80310.82$13,273
New DemocraticBernie Keeler2,7465.12$13,321
GreenJerry Paschen4620.86$478
Natural LawWade McKinley1950.36
Total valid votes 53,626
Total rejected ballots 1260.23
Turnout 53,75264.07
1997 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
ReformIan McClelland22,69751.34%$62,069
  Liberal Esther Starkman 14,833 33.55% $58,880
  Progressive Conservative Ellie Shuster 4,403 9.95% $29,078
  New Democratic Party Richard Vanderberg 2,070 4.68% $3,187
  Natural Law Wade McKinley 205 0.46%
Total valid votes 44,208 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 67 0.15%
Turnout 44,275 62.63%
1993 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
ReformIan Mcclelland26,583
LiberalMACFARLAN, Betty19,568
Progressive ConservativeJim Edwards9,385
New DemocraticGLENN, Colleen2,148
Natural LawSIMPSON, Pat447
IndependentASHMORE, Kevin268
Marxist–LeninistMORTON, Peggy81
1988 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeJim Edwards28,931
LiberalJOHNSON, Barclay W.10,375
New DemocraticFRIEDLAND, Bob8,598
ReformCRIPPS, Chuck5,646
LibertarianHAYES, R. John356
Confederation of RegionsLONG, Curtis86

See also

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