Calgary Southwest

Infobox Canada electoral district
province = Alberta

Calgary federal electoral districts map|

caption = "Calgary Southwest" in relation to the other Calgary ridings
fed-status = active
fed-created = 1987
fed-abolished =
fed-election-first = 1988
fed-election-last = 2006
fed-rep = Stephen Harper
fed-rep-link =
fed-rep-party = Conservative
fed-rep-party-link = Conservative Party of Canada
demo-census-date = 2006
demo-pop = 120750
demo-electors = 86426
demo-electors-date = 2006
demo-area = 80
demo-cd = Division No. 6
demo-csd = Calgary

Calgary Southwest is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons 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 currently 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 Canadian House of Commons:

# 1988-1993: Bobbie Sparrow - Progressive Conservative
# 1993-2002: Preston Manning - Reform (1993-2000), Canadian Alliance (2000-2002)
# 2002-present: Stephen Harper - Canadian Alliance (2002-2003), Conservative (2003-present) - He previously represented Calgary West.

Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is Prime Minister Stephen Harper, an economist and a lecturer. He was first elected in 1993. He represents the Conservative Party of Canada and is has been elected to power after winning the plurality of the seats in the 2006 federal election.

Election results

See also

* List of Canadian federal electoral districts
* Alberta federal electoral districts
* Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=880 Library of Parliament Riding Profile]
* [http://www.elections.ca/scripts/webpep/fin/select_election.aspx?entity=1&lang=e Expenditures - 2004]
* [http://www.elections.ca/scripts/ecCandidates2/Default.asp?L=E&Page=SearchByEdResult&DB=AsSubmitted&EL=226&ST=ED&ID=48007 Expenditures - 2000]
* [http://www.elections.ca/eccandidates/district.asp?ran=2008.092&objectType=district&action=provinces&ul=1&ElectionID=191 Expenditures - 1997]
* [http://www.elections.ca/ Elections Canada]
* Website of the [http://www.parl.gc.ca/ Parliament of Canada]