Calgary Southwest

Calgary Southwest is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1988. The district is in the southwest part of the City of Calgary, south of Glenmore Trail, and west of the Canadian Pacific railway.

The seat is held by Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

History

The electoral district was created in 1987 from Bow River, Calgary East, and Calgary South ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament	Years		Party
34th	1988–1993	Bobbie Sparrow	Progressive Conservative
35th	1993–1997	Preston Manning	Reform
36th	1997–2000		Reform
36th	2000		Canadian Alliance
37th	2000–2002		Canadian Alliance
	2002–2003	Stephen Harper	Canadian Alliance
	2003–2004		Conservative
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–present

Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is Prime Minister Stephen Harper, an economist and a lecturer. He was first elected in 2002 and is the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.

Election results

v t e Canadian federal election, 2011: Calgary Southwest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Conservative	Stephen Harper	42,998	75.12	+2.22	$62,436
	New Democratic	Holly Heffernan	6,823	11.92	+4.12	$1,113
	Liberal	Marlene Lamontagne	4,121	7.20	−2.11	$14,171
	Green	Kelly Christie	2,991	5.23	−3.72	$4,879
	Independent	Larry R. Heather	303	0.53	+0.05	$495
Total valid votes			57,236	100.00
Total rejected ballots			177	0.31
Turnout			57,413	60.95
Eligible voters			94,192
Note: Larry R. Heather's vote as an independent candidate is compared to his vote as a CHP candidate in 2008.

v t e Canadian federal election, 2008: Calgary Southwest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Conservative	Stephen Harper	38,545	72.90	+0.94	$61,102
	Liberal	Marlene Lamontagne	4,918	9.31	−2.07	$14,071
	Green	Kelly Christie	4,732	8.95	+1.32	$1,250
	New Democratic	Holly Heffernan	4,122	7.80	−0.22	$1,719
	Libertarian	Dennis Young	277	0.52	+0.52	$398
	Christian Heritage	Larry R. Heather	256	0.48	−0.52	$1,746
Total valid votes/Expense limit			52,850	100.00	–	$92,156

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Conservative	Stephen Harper	41,549	71.96	+3.61	$67,115
	Liberal	Michael Swanson	6,573	11.38	-7.01	$15,691
	New Democratic	Holly Heffernan	4,628	8.02	+1.81	$5,177
	Green	Kim Warnke	4,407	7.63	+2.05	$1,800
	Christian Heritage	Larry Heather	579	1.00	+0.56	$1,370
Total valid votes			57,736	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots					–	–
Turnout						–

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Conservative	Stephen Harper	35,297	68.35	-3.31	$62,955
	Liberal	Avalon Roberts	9,501	18.39	–	$55,529
	Green	Darcy Kraus	3,210	6.21	+2.63	$521
	New Democratic	Daria Fox	2,884	5.58	-15.12	$3,648
	Marijuana	Mark de Pelham	516	0.99	–
	Christian Heritage	Larry Heather	229	0.44	-1.30	$1,630
Total valid votes			51,637	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			149	0.29	–	–
Turnout			51,786	64.49		–

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the Alliance vote in 2002.

Canadian federal by-election, June 28, 2002 On Mr. Manning's resignation, January 31, 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Alliance	Stephen Harper	13,200	71.66	+6.85
	New Democratic	Bill Phipps	3,813	20.70	+16.74
	Green	James S. Kohut	660	3.58	–
	Independent	Gordon Barrett	428	2.32	–
	Christian Heritage	Ron Gray	320	1.74	–
Total valid votes			18,421	100.00	–

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Alliance	Preston Manning	34,529	64.81	+6.82	$69,676
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Monaghan	8,679	16.29	-1.61	$8,592
	Liberal	Barry J. Rust	7,954	14.93	-5.23	$13,233
	New Democratic	Jennifer Stewart	2,113	3.96	+1.22	$720
Total valid votes			53,275	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			158	0.30	–	–
Turnout			53,433	62.93	-3.85	–

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

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Reform	Preston Manning	27,912	57.99	-3.09	$62,515
	Liberal	Paul Drager	9,706	20.16	+3.87	$61,666
	Progressive Conservative	Jan Brown	8,617	17.90	-0.83	$34,551
	New Democratic	Mara Vogel	1,322	2.74	+1.13	$1,064
	Green	Sol Candel	310	0.64	+0.18
	Natural Law	Richard Shelford	175	0.36	-0.00
	Christian Heritage	Larry Heather	89	0.18	–	$176
Total valid votes			48,131	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			107	0.22	–	–
Turnout			48,238	66.78		–

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Reform	Preston Manning	42,019	61.08	+47.66
	Progressive Conservative	Bobbie Sparrow	12,887	18.73	-46.43
	Liberal	Bill Richards	11,209	16.29	+4.76
	New Democratic	Catherine Rose	1,111	1.61	-6.49
	National	Lea Russell	919	1.34	–
	Green	Sol Candel	319	0.46	–
	Natural Law	Ida Bugmann	249	0.36	–
	Independent	Miel S.R. Gabriel	59	0.09	–
	Independent	Darrell T. Rankin	27	0.04	–
Total valid votes			68,799	100.00	–

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Bobbie Sparrow	40,397	65.16
	Reform	Janet Jessop	8,316	13.41
	Liberal	Percy Baker	7,147	11.53
	New Democratic	Vera Vogel	5,024	8.10
	Independent	Larry R. Heather	669	1.08
	Rhinoceros	Johnny Barretto	372	0.60
	Confederation of Regions	Bill Sinclair	68	0.11
Total valid votes			61,993	100.00

Parliament of Canada
Preceded by LaSalle—Émard	Riding represented by the Prime Minister 2006-present	Succeeded by Incumbent

References

"(Code 48008) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-06.

Notes

↑ Stastistics Canada: 2012
↑ Stastistics Canada: 2012

External links

v t e Federal ridings in Calgary and Edmonton

Conservative	Calgary Centre Calgary Centre-North Calgary East Calgary Northeast Calgary—Nose Hill Calgary Southeast Calgary Southwest Calgary West Edmonton Centre Edmonton East Edmonton—Leduc Edmonton—Mill Woods—Beaumont Edmonton—Sherwood Park Edmonton—Spruce Grove

New Democratic	Edmonton—Strathcona

Independent	Edmonton—St. Albert*

* MP Brent Rathgeber was elected as a Conservative, but quit the party to sit as an independent on June 5, 2013

v t e Federal ridings in the Canadian Prairies

Rural Manitoba	Brandon—Souris Churchill Dauphin—Swan River—Marquette Portage—Lisgar Provencher Selkirk—Interlake

Winnipeg	Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia Elmwood—Transcona Kildonan—St. Paul Saint Boniface Winnipeg Centre Winnipeg North Winnipeg South Winnipeg South Centre

Saskatchewan (South, North)	Battlefords—Lloydminster Blackstrap Cypress Hills—Grasslands Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River Palliser Prince Albert Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre Regina—Qu'Appelle Saskatoon—Humboldt Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar Saskatoon—Wanuskewin Souris—Moose Mountain Wascana Yorkton—Melville

Rural Alberta	Crowfoot Fort McMurray—Athabasca Lethbridge Macleod Medicine Hat Peace River Red Deer Vegreville—Wainwright Westlock—St. Paul Wetaskiwin Wild Rose Yellowhead

Edmonton and environs	Edmonton Centre Edmonton East Edmonton—Leduc Edmonton—Mill Woods—Beaumont Edmonton—St. Albert Edmonton—Sherwood Park Edmonton—Spruce Grove Edmonton—Strathcona

Calgary	Calgary Centre Calgary Centre-North Calgary East Calgary Northeast Calgary—Nose Hill Calgary Southeast Calgary Southwest Calgary West

Coordinates: 50°58′01″N 114°06′00″W / 50.967°N 114.100°W / 50.967; -114.100

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