Edmonton Southwest
For the provincial electoral district, see Edmonton-South West.
Edmonton Southwest was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons 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:
- 1993-2000: Ian McClelland - Reform (1993–2000), Canadian Alliance (2000)
- 2000-2003: James Rajotte - Canadian Alliance (2000–2003), Progressive Conservative (2003–2004), Conservative (2004- ) - He currently represents 'Edmonton—Leduc.
Election results
| Canadian federal election, 2000 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Canadian Alliance | James Rajotte | 26,197 | 48.85% | $47,590 | ||
| Liberal | Chiu Lau | 18,223 | 33.98% | $63,679 | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Joseph Fernando | 5,803 | 10.82% | $13,273 | ||
| New Democratic Party | Bernie Keeler | 2,746 | 5.12% | $13,321 | ||
| Green | Jerry Paschen | 462 | 0.86% | – | $478 | |
| Natural Law | Wade McKinley | 195 | 0.36% | |||
| Total valid votes | 53,626 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 126 | 0.23% | ||||
| Turnout | 53,752 | 64.07% | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 1997 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Reform | Ian McClelland | 22,697 | 51.34% | $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% | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 1993 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Reform | Ian Mcclelland | 26,583 | ||||||
| Liberal | MACFARLAN, Betty | 19,568 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jim Edwards | 9,385 | ||||||
| New Democratic | GLENN, Colleen | 2,148 | ||||||
| Natural Law | SIMPSON, Pat | 447 | ||||||
| Independent | ASHMORE, Kevin | 268 | ||||||
| Marxist–Leninist | MORTON, Peggy | 81 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1988 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jim Edwards | 28,931 | ||||||
| Liberal | JOHNSON, Barclay W. | 10,375 | ||||||
| New Democratic | FRIEDLAND, Bob | 8,598 | ||||||
| Reform | CRIPPS, Chuck | 5,646 | ||||||
| Libertarian | HAYES, R. John | 356 | ||||||
| Confederation of Regions | LONG, Curtis | 86 | ||||||
See also
- List of Canadian federal electoral districts
- Past Canadian electoral districts