Edmonton Southwest

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

Demographics

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 Alliance
James Rajotte
align="right"|26,197
align="right"|48.85%
align="right"
align="right"|$47,590
Liberal
Chiu Lau
align="right"|18,223
align="right"|33.98%
align="right"
align="right"|$63,679
Progressive Conservative
Joseph Fernando
align="right"|5,803
align="right"|10.82%
align="right"
align="right"|$13,273
New Democratic Party
Bernie Keeler
align="right"|2,746
align="right"|5.12%
align="right"
align="right"|$13,321
Green
Jerry Paschen
align="right"|462
align="right"|0.86%
align="right"
align="right"|$478
Natural Law
Wade McKinley
align="right"|195
align="right"|0.36%
align="right"
align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|53,626!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|126!align="right"|0.23%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|53,752!align="right"|64.07%!align="right"

-
Reform
Ian McClelland
align="right"|22,697
align="right"|51.34%|
align="right"|$62,069
Liberal
Esther Starkman
align="right"|14,833
align="right"|33.55%|
align="right"|$58,880
Progressive Conservative
Ellie Shuster
align="right"|4,403
align="right"|9.95%|
align="right"|$29,078
New Democratic Party
Richard Vanderberg
align="right"|2,070
align="right"|4.68%|
align="right"|$3,187
Natural Law
Wade McKinley
align="right"|205
align="right"|0.46%
align="right"
align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|44,208!align="right"|100.00%!!
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|67!align="right"|0.15%!!
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|44,275!align="right"|62.63%!!

-
Ian Mcclelland||align=right|26,583
-
MACFARLAN, Betty ||align=right| 19,568
-
Jim Edwards||align=right|9,385
-
GLENN, Colleen ||align=right|2,148
-
SIMPSON, Pat ||align=right| 447
-
ASHMORE, Kevin ||align=right|268
-
MORTON, Peggy ||align=right| 81

-
Jim Edwards||align=right|28,931
-
JOHNSON, Barclay W. ||align=right|10,375
-
FRIEDLAND, Bob ||align=right|8,598
-
CRIPPS, Chuck ||align=right| 5,646
-
HAYES, R. John ||align=right|356
-
LONG, Curtis ||align=right|86

ee also

* List of Canadian 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=892 Library of Parliament Riding Profile]
* [http://www.elections.ca/scripts/ecCandidates2/Default.asp?L=E&Page=SearchByEdResult&DB=AsSubmitted&EL=226&ST=ED&ID=48013 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]