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| Federal electoral district | ||
| Legislature | House of Commons | |
| MP | Stephen Harper Conservative |
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| District created | 1987 | |
| First contested | 1988 | |
| Last contested | 2008 | |
| Demographics | ||
| Population (2006) | 120,750 | |
| Electors (2006) | 86,426 | |
| Area (km²) | 80 | |
| Pop. density (per km²) | 1,509.4 | |
| Census divisions | Division No. 6 | |
| Census subdivisions | Calgary | |
Calgary Southwest is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1988. The district is in the southwest part of the City of Calgary, south of Glenmore Trail, and west of the Canadian Pacific railway.
The seat is currently held by Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
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History
The electoral district was created in 1987 from Bow River, Calgary East, and Calgary South ridings.
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of the Canadian House of Commons:
- 1988-1993: Bobbie Sparrow - Progressive Conservative
- 1993-2002: Preston Manning - Reform (1993-2000), Canadian Alliance (2000-2002)
- 2002-present: Stephen Harper - Canadian Alliance (2002-2003), Conservative (2003-present) - He previously represented Calgary West.
Current Member of Parliament
Its Member of Parliament is Prime Minister Stephen Harper, an economist and a lecturer. He was first elected in 1993 and represents the Conservative Party of Canada.
Election results
| Canadian federal election, 2008 | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Conservative | Stephen Harper | 38,545 | 72.90% | +0.94% | $61,102 | |
| Liberal | Marlene Lamontagne | 4,918 | 9.31% | -2.07% | $14,071 | |
| Green | Kelly Christie | 4,732 | 8.95% | +1.32% | $1,250 | |
| New Democrat | Holly Heffernan | 4,122 | 7.80% | -0.22% | $1,719 | |
| Libertarian | Dennis Young | 277 | 0.52% | +0.52% | $398 | |
| Christian Heritage | Larry Heather | 256 | 0.48% | -0.52% | $1,746 | |
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 52,850 | 100% | $92,156 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
| Canadian federal election, 2006 | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Conservative | Stephen Harper | 41,549 | 71.96% | +3.61% | $67,115 | |
| Liberal | Michael Swanson | 6,573 | 11.38% | -7.01% | $15,691 | |
| New Democrat | Holly Heffernan | 4,628 | 8.02% | +1.81% | $5,177 | |
| Green | Kim Warnke | 4,407 | 7.63% | +2.05% | $1,800 | |
| Christian Heritage | Larry Heather | 579 | 1.00% | +0.56% | $1,370 | |
| Total valid votes | 57,736 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 2004 | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Conservative | Stephen Harper | 35,297 | 68.35% | -3.31% | $62,955 | |
| Liberal | Avalon Roberts | 9,501 | 18.39% | $55,529 | ||
| Green | Darcy Kraus | 3,210 | 6.21% | +2.63% | $521 | |
| New Democrat | Daria Fox | 2,884 | 5.58% | -15.12% | $3,648 | |
| Marijuana | Mark de Pelham | 516 | 0.99% | |||
| Christian Heritage | Larry Heather | 229 | 0.44% | -1.30% | $1,630 | |
| Total valid votes | 51,637 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 149 | 0.29% | ||||
| Turnout | 51,786 | 64.49% | ||||
Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of Progressive Conservative and Canadian Alliance vote in 2000.
| By-election on 28 June 2002
On Mr. Manning's resignation, 31 January 2002 |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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| Canadian Alliance | Stephen Harper | 13,200 | 71.66% | +6.85% | ||
| New Democrat | Bill Phipps | 3,813 | 20.70% | +16.74% | ||
| Green | James S. Kohut | 660 | 3.58% | |||
| Independent | Gordon Barrett | 428 | 2.32% | |||
| Christian Heritage | Ron Gray | 320 | 1.74% | |||
| Total valid votes | 18,421 | 100.00% | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 2000 | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Canadian Alliance | Preston Manning | 34,529 | 64.81% | +6.82% | $69,676 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Paul Monaghan | 8,679 | 16.29% | -1.61% | $8,592 | |
| Liberal | Barry J. Rust | 7,954 | 14.93% | -5.23% | $13,233 | |
| New Democrat | Jennifer Stewart | 2,113 | 3.96% | +1.22% | $720 | |
| Total valid votes | 53,275 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 158 | 0.30% | ||||
| Turnout | 53,433 | 62.93% | ||||
Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997.
| Canadian federal election, 1997 | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Reform | Preston Manning | 27,912 | 57.99% | -3.09% | $62,515 | |
| Liberal | Paul Drager | 9,706 | 20.16% | +3.87% | $61,666 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Jan Brown | 8,617 | 17.90% | -0.83% | $34,551 | |
| New Democrat | Mara Vogel | 1,322 | 2.74% | +1.13% | $1,064 | |
| Green | Sol Candel | 310 | 0.64% | +0.18% | ||
| Natural Law | Richard Shelford | 175 | 0.36% | -0.00% | ||
| Christian Heritage | Larry Heather | 89 | 0.18% | $176 | ||
| Total valid votes | 48,131 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 107 | 0.22% | ||||
| Turnout | 48,238 | 66.78% | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 1993 | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
| Reform | Preston Manning | 42,019 | 61.08% | +47.66% | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Bobbie Sparrow | 12,887 | 18.73% | -46.43% | ||
| Liberal | Bill Richards | 11,209 | 16.29% | +4.76% | ||
| New Democrat | Catherine Rose | 1,111 | 1.61% | -6.49% | ||
| National | Lea Russell | 919 | 1.34% | |||
| Green | Sol Candel | 319 | 0.46% | |||
| Natural Law | Ida Bugmann | 249 | 0.36% | |||
| Independent | Miel S.R. Gabriel | 59 | 0.09% | |||
| Independent | Darrell T. Rankin | 27 | 0.04% | |||
| Total valid votes | 68,799 | 100.00% | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 1988 | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Bobbie Sparrow | 40,397 | 65.16% | |||
| Reform | Janet Jessop | 8,316 | 13.41% | |||
| Liberal | Percy Baker | 7,147 | 11.53% | |||
| New Democrat | Vera Vogel | 5,024 | 8.10% | |||
| Independent | Larry Heather | 669 | 1.08% | |||
| Rhino | Johnny Barretto | 372 | 0.60% | |||
| Confederation of Regions | Bill Sinclair | 68 | 0.11% | |||
| Total valid votes | 61,993 | 100.00% | ||||
| Parliament of Canada | ||
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| Preceded by LaSalle—Émard |
Riding represented by the Prime Minister 2006-present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
See also
- List of Canadian federal electoral districts
- Alberta federal electoral districts
- Past Canadian electoral districts
External links
- Library of Parliament Riding Profile
- Expenditures - 2008
- Expenditures - 2004
- Expenditures - 2000
- Expenditures - 1997
- Elections Canada
- Website of the Parliament of Canada
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