Calgary Southwest

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Calgary Southwest

Alberta electoral district
[[Image: Calgary Centre East Centre North Northeast Southeast Southwest West Nose Hill |200px]] 'Calgary Southwest in relation to the other Calgary ridings
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		Stephen Harper Conservative
District created	1987
First contested	1988
Last contested	2006
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.

Contents 1 History 2 Members of Parliament 2.1 Current Member of Parliament 3 Election results 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] History

The electoral district was created in 1987 from Bow River, Calgary East, and Calgary South ridings.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the Canadian House of Commons:

1. 1988-1993: Bobbie Sparrow - Progressive Conservative
2. 1993-2002: Preston Manning - Reform (1993-2000), Canadian Alliance (2000-2002)
3. 2002-present: Stephen Harper - Canadian Alliance (2002-2003), Conservative (2003-present) - He previously represented Calgary West.

[edit] Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is Prime Minister Stephen Harper, an economist and a lecturer. He was first elected in 1993. He represents the Conservative Party of Canada and is has been elected to power after winning the plurality of the seats in the 2006 federal election.

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Stephen Harper	41,549	71.96%		$67,115
	Liberal	Michael Swanson	6,573	11.38%		$15,691
	New Democratic Party	Holly Heffernan	4,628	8.02%		$5,177
	Green	Kim Warnke	4,407	7.63%		$1,800
	Christian Heritage	Larry Heather	579	1.00%		$1,370
Total valid votes			57,736	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Stephen Harper	35,297	68.35%		$62,955
	Liberal	Avalon Roberts	9,501	18.39%		$55,529
	Green	Darcy Kraus	3,210	6.21%		$521
	New Democratic Party	Daria Fox	2,884	5.58%		$3,648
	Marijuana	Mark de Pelham	516	0.99%
	Christian Heritage	Larry Heather	229	0.44%		$1,630
Total valid votes			51,637	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			149	0.29%
Turnout			51,786	64.49%

By-election: On Mr. Manning's resignation, 31 January 2002

By-election on 28 June 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Canadian Alliance	Stephen Harper	13,200
	New Democratic Party	Bill Phipps	3,813
	Green	James S. Kohut	660
	Independent	Gordon Barrett	428
	Christian Heritage	Ron Gray	320

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Canadian Alliance	Preston Manning	34,529	64.81%		$69,676
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Monaghan	8,679	16.29%		$8,592
	Liberal	Barry J. Rust	7,954	14.93%		$13,233
	New Democratic Party	Jennifer Stewart	2,113	3.96%		$720
Total valid votes			53,275	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			158	0.30%
Turnout			53,433	62.93%

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Reform	Preston Manning	27,912	57.99%		$62,515
	Liberal	Paul Drager	9,706	20.16%		$61,666
	Progressive Conservative	Jan Brown	8,617	17.90%		$34,551
	New Democratic Party	Mara Vogel	1,322	2.74%		$1,064
	Green	Sol Candel	310	0.64%
	Natural Law	Richard Shelford	175	0.36%
	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
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Reform	Preston Manning	42,019
	Progressive Conservative	Bobbie Sparrow	12,887
	Liberal	Bill Richards	11,209
	New Democrat	Catherine Rose	1,111
	National	Lea Russell	919
	Green	Sol Candel	319
	Natural Law	Ida Bugmann	249
	Independent	Miel S.R. Gabriel	59
	Independent	Darrell T. Rankin	27

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Bobbie Sparrow	40,397
	Reform	Janet Jessop	8,316
	Liberal	Percy Baker	7,147
	New Democrat	Vera Vogel	5,024
	Independent	Larry Heather	669
	Rhino	Johnny Barretto	372
	Confederation of Regions	Bill Sinclair	68

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Alberta federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• Library of Parliament Riding Profile
• Expenditures - 2004
• Expenditures - 2000
• Expenditures - 1997
• Elections Canada
• Website of the Parliament of Canada

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