Edmonton-South West

For the former federal electoral district, see Edmonton Southwest.

Edmonton-South West

Alberta electoral district
Edmonton-South West within the City of Edmonton, 2017 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA	Nathan Ip New Democratic
District created	2010
First contested	2015
Last contested	2023

Edmonton-South West is a provincial electoral district in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The district was created in the 2010 boundary redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post voting system.

History

The electoral district was created in the 2010 Alberta boundary re-distribution. It was created from the south part of Edmonton-Whitemud below Anthony Henday Drive and the south and western portion of Edmonton-McClung along Anthony Henday as well.

Boundary history

44 Edmonton-South West 2010 boundaries
Bordering districts
North	East	West	South
Edmonton-McClung, Edmonton-Meadowlark, Edmonton-Rutherford and Edmonton-Whitemud	Edmonton-Ellerslie and Edmonton-Mill Woods	Stony Plain	Leduc-Beaumont
Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act.
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Electoral history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Edmonton-South West
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See Edmonton-McClung 1993-2012 and Edmonton-Whitemud 1971-2012
28th	2012–2015		Matt Jeneroux	Progressive Conservative
29th	2015–2019		Thomas Dang	New Democratic
30th	2019–2023		Kaycee Madu	United Conservative
31st	2023–		Nathan Ip	New Democratic

The electoral district was created from the electoral districts of Edmonton-McClung and Whitemud. The area has had a recent history of switching between Progressive Conservative and Liberal candidates.

During the 2019 Alberta general election MLA Thomas Dang chose to run in Edmonton-South following the 2017 Electoral Boundary Re-distribution. UCP candidate Madu would defeat four candidates capturing 10,245 votes (45%), above the next closest candidate John Archer representing the NDP with 9,539 (42%). ^[1]

Legislative election results

2023

v t e 2023 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Nathan Ip	14,380	56.52	+14.67
	United Conservative	Kaycee Madu	10,741	42.21	-2.77
	Green	Jeff Cullihall	323	1.27	+0.72
Total			25,444	99.41	–
Rejected and declined			150	0.59
Turnout			25,594	62.71
Eligible voters			40,811
	New Democratic gain from United Conservative		Swing		+8.72
Source(s) Source: Elections Alberta [2]

2019

v t e 2019 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Conservative	Kaycee Madu	10,254	44.99	+5.96
	New Democratic	John Archer	9,539	41.85	-11.97
	Alberta Party	Mo Elsalhy	2,668	11.70	+9.04
	Alberta Advantage	Marilyn Burns	208	0.91	–
	Green	Rigel Vincent	125	0.55	–
Total			22,794	99.29	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			162	0.71
Turnout			22,956	70.15
Eligible voters			32,726
	United Conservative notional gain from New Democratic		Swing		+8.97
Source(s) Source: "43 - Edmonton-South West, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved May 21, 2020. Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume II (PDF) (Report). Vol. 2. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 168–170. ISBN   978-1-988620-12-1 . Retrieved April 7, 2021.

2015

v t e 2015 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Thomas Dang	12,352	54.41%	45.89%
	Progressive Conservative	Matt Jeneroux	6,316	27.82%	-28.64%
	Wildrose	Cole Kander	2,290	10.09%	-7.93%
	Liberal	Rudy Arcilla	1,199	5.28%	-9.67%
	Alberta Party	Krishna Tailor	543	2.39%	0.35%
Total			22,700	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			81	35	21
Eligible electors / turnout			41,230	55.30%	3.99%
	New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		-5.93%
Source(s) Source: "44 - Edmonton-South West, 2015 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved May 21, 2020. Chief Electoral Officer (2016). 2015 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer (PDF) (Report). Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta.

2015 Alberta general election redistributed results
Party		Votes	%
	New Democratic	7,048	53.82
	Progressive Conservative	3,563	27.21
	Wildrose	1,547	11.81
	Liberal	588	4.49
	Alberta Party	349	2.67
Source(s) Source: Ridingbuilder

2012

v t e 2012 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Matt Jeneroux	8,502	56.47%	–
	Wildrose Alliance	Allan Hunsperger	2,713	18.02%	–
	Liberal	Rudy Arcilla	2,251	14.95%	–
	New Democratic	Muriel Stanley-Venne	1,283	8.52%	–
	Alberta Party	Bryan Peacock	308	2.05%	–
Total			15,057	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			75	42	3
Eligible electors / turnout			29,493	51.32%	–
	Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s) Source: "44 - Edmonton-South West, 2012 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved May 21, 2020. Chief Electoral Officer (2012). The Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the 2011 Provincial Enumeration and Monday, April 23, 2012 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-eighth Legislative Assembly (PDF) (Report). Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 6, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2021.

See also

• List of Alberta provincial electoral districts
• Canadian provincial electoral districts

References

1. "43 - Edmonton-South West 2019 General Election Results". Elections Alberta . Retrieved June 3, 2020.
2. "43 - Edmonton-South West". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved June 9, 2023.

External links

• Elections Alberta