CALGARY SOUTHWEST

Profile
''Calgary Southwest'' in relation to the other Calgary ridings''
Population, 2001	107,920
Electors	80,296
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

'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

History

Members of Parliament

Current Member of Parliament

Election results

See also

External links

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. 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.

Election results

|-
|Conservative
|Stephen Harper
|align="right"|41,549
|align="right"|71.96%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$67,115
|Liberal
|Michael Swanson
|align="right"|6,573
|align="right"|11.38%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$15,691
| style="width: 160px" |New Democratic Party
|Holly Heffernan
|align="right"|4,628
|align="right"|8.02%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$5,177
|Green
|Kim Warnke
|align="right"|4,407
|align="right"|7.63%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$1,800
|Christian Heritage
|Larry Heather
|align="right"|579
|align="right"|1%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$1,370
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|57,736
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|-
|Conservative
|Stephen Harper
|align="right"|35,297
|align="right"|68.35%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$62,955
|Liberal
|Avalon Roberts
|align="right"|9,501
|align="right"|18.39%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$55,529
|Green
|Darcy Kraus
|align="right"|3,210
|align="right"|6.21%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$521
|New Democratic Party
|Daria Fox
|align="right"|2,884
|align="right"|5.58%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$3,648
|Marijuana
|Mark de Pelham
|align="right"|516
|align="right"|0.99%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|Christian Heritage
|Larry Heather
|align="right"|229
|align="right"|0.44%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$1,630
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|51,637
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|149
!align="right"|0.29%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|51,786
!align="right"|64.49%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
By-election: On Mr. Manning's resignation, 31 January 2002
|-
|Canadian Alliance
|Stephen Harper
|align="right"| 13,200
|New Democratic Party
|Bill Phipps
|align="right"| 3,813
|Green
|James S. Kohut
|align="right"| 660
|Independent
|Gordon Barrett
|align="right"| 428
|Christian Heritage
|Ron Gray
|align="right"| 320
|}
|-
|Canadian Alliance
|Preston Manning
|align="right"|34,529
|align="right"|64.81%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$69,676
|Progressive Conservative
|Paul Monaghan
|align="right"|8,679
|align="right"|16.29%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$8,592
|Liberal
|Barry J. Rust
|align="right"|7,954
|align="right"|14.93%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$13,233
|New Democratic Party
|Jennifer Stewart
|align="right"|2,113
|align="right"|3.96%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$720
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|53,275
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|158
!align="right"|0.30%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|53,433
!align="right"|62.93%
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Reform
|Preston Manning
|align="right"|27,912
|align="right"|57.99%
|
|align="right"|$62,515
|Liberal
| Paul Drager
|align="right"|9,706
|align="right"|20.16%
|
|align="right"|$61,666
|Progressive Conservative
|Jan Brown
|align="right"|8,617
|align="right"|17.90%
|
|align="right"|$34,551
|New Democratic Party
|Mara Vogel
|align="right"|1,322
|align="right"|2.74%
|
|align="right"|$1,064
|Green
|Sol Candel
|align="right"|310
|align="right"|0.64%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|Natural Law
|Richard Shelford
|align="right"|175
|align="right"|0.36%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|Christian Heritage
|Larry Heather
|align="right"|89
|align="right"|0.18%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$176
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|48,131
!align="right"|100.00%
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|107
!align="right"|0.22%
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|48,238
!align="right"|66.78%
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See also

★ List of Canadian federal electoral districts

★ Alberta federal electoral districts

★ Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

★ Library of Parliament Riding Profile

★ Expenditures - 2004

★ Expenditures - 2000

★ Expenditures - 1997

★ Elections Canada

★ Website of the Parliament of Canada