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Edmonton Southwest

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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

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

Geography

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

History

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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

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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 (2004–2015) as MP for Edmonton–Leduc.

Election results

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2004 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % Expenditures
Conservative James Rajotte 26,791 55.04% $54,847
Liberal Bruce King 14,269 29.31% $46,445
New Democratic Doug McLachlan 4,581 9.41% $7,563
Green Bruce Sinclair 3,029 6.22% $107
Total valid votes 48,670
Total rejected ballots 111 0.23
Turnout 48,781 65.08
2000 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % Expenditures
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 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
Total rejected ballots 126 0.23
Turnout 53,752 64.07
1997 Canadian federal election
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 Richard Vanderberg 2,070 4.68% $3,187
Natural Law Wade McKinley 205 0.46%
Total valid votes 44,208
Total rejected ballots 67 0.15
Turnout 44,275 62.63
1993 Canadian federal election
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
1988 Canadian federal election
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

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