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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.

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Demographics

Population, 2000102,210
Electors83,890
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:

  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

2004 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%Expenditures
Conservative James Rajotte26,79155.04%$54,847
Liberal Bruce King14,26929.31%$46,445
New Democratic Doug McLachlan4,5819.41%$7,563
Green Bruce Sinclair3,0296.22%$107
Total valid votes48,670
Total rejected ballots1110.23
Turnout48,78165.08
2000 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%Expenditures
Alliance James Rajotte 26,19748.85$47,590
Liberal Chiu Lau18,22333.98$63,679
Progressive Conservative Joseph Fernando5,80310.82$13,273
New Democratic Bernie Keeler2,7465.12$13,321
Green Jerry Paschen4620.86$478
Natural Law Wade McKinley1950.36
Total valid votes53,626
Total rejected ballots1260.23
Turnout53,75264.07
1997 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%Expenditures
Reform Ian McClelland 22,69751.34%$62,069
Liberal Esther Starkman14,83333.55%$58,880
Progressive Conservative Ellie Shuster4,4039.95%$29,078
New Democratic Richard Vanderberg2,0704.68%$3,187
Natural Law Wade McKinley2050.46%
Total valid votes44,208
Total rejected ballots670.15
Turnout44,27562.63
1993 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Reform Ian McClelland 26,583
Liberal MACFARLAN, Betty19,568
Progressive Conservative Jim Edwards 9,385
New Democratic GLENN, Colleen2,148
Natural Law SIMPSON, Pat447
Independent ASHMORE, Kevin268
Marxist–Leninist MORTON, Peggy81
1988 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Progressive Conservative Jim Edwards 28,931
Liberal JOHNSON, Barclay W.10,375
New Democratic FRIEDLAND, Bob8,598
Reform CRIPPS, Chuck5,646
Libertarian HAYES, R. John356
Confederation of Regions LONG, Curtis86

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