Edmonton Southwest Explained

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

Population, 2000	102,210
Electors	83,890
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:

1993-2000: Ian McClelland - Reform (1993–2000), Canadian Alliance (2000)
2000-2003: James Rajotte - Canadian Alliance (2000–2003), Progressive Conservative (2003–2004), Conservative (2004–2015) as MP for Edmonton–Leduc.

Election results

|-|- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|48,670!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|111!align="right"|0.23%!align="right"|!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|48,781!align="right"|65.08%!align="right"|!align="right"|

|-|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%!!