Calgary Southwest

Calgary Southwest
Alberta electoral district
Calgary Centre East Centre North Northeast Southeast Southwest West Nose Hill Calgary Southwest in relation to the other Calgary ridings
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1987
District abolished	2013
First contested	1988
Last contested	2011
Demographics
Population (2011)^[1]	136,011
Electors (2011)	93,707
Area (km²)^[2]	76.70
Census divisions	Division No. 6
Census subdivisions	Calgary

Calgary Southwest was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 2015. The district was in the southwest part of the City of Calgary, south of Glenmore Trail, and west of the Canadian Pacific railway.

The seat was held by former Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

History

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

The riding was abolished during the Canadian federal electoral redistribution, 2012, 80% into Calgary Heritage and 20% into Calgary Midnapore.

Members of Parliament

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

Parliament	Years		Party
Calgary Southwest Riding created from Bow River, Calgary East, Calgary West and Calgary South
34th	1988–1993	Bobbie Sparrow	Progressive Conservative
35th	1993–1997	Preston Manning	Reform
36th	1997–2000		Reform
36th	2000–2000		Alliance
37th	2000–2002
	2002–2003	Stephen Harper
	2003–2004		Conservative
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
Riding dissolved into Calgary Heritage and Calgary Midnapore

Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is former Prime Minister Stephen Harper, an economist and a lecturer.^[3] He was first elected in 2002 and is the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Stephen Harper	42,998	75.12	+2.22	$62,436
	New Democratic	Holly Heffernan	6,823	11.92	+4.12	$1,113
	Liberal	Marlene Lamontagne	4,121	7.20	−2.11	$14,171
	Green	Kelly Christie	2,991	5.23	−3.72	$4,879
	Independent	Larry R. Heather	303	0.53	+0.05	$495
Total valid votes			57,236	100.00
Total rejected ballots			177	0.31
Turnout			57,413	60.95
Eligible voters			94,192
Note: Larry R. Heather's vote as an independent candidate is compared to his vote as a CHP candidate in 2008.

Canadian federal election, 2008
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 Democratic	Holly Heffernan	4,122	7.80	−0.22	$1,719
	Libertarian	Dennis Young	277	0.52	+0.52	$398
	Christian Heritage	Larry R. Heather	256	0.48	−0.52	$1,746
Total valid votes/Expense limit			52,850	100.00	–	$92,156

Canadian federal election, 2006
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 Democratic	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
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 Democratic	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 Alliance vote in 2002.

Canadian federal by-election, May 13, 2002 Resignation of Preston Manning
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Alliance	Stephen Harper	13,200	71.66	$58,959.16
	New Democratic	Bill Phipps	3,813	20.70	$34,789.77
	Green	James S. Kohut	660	3.58	$2,750.80
	Independent	Gordon Barrett	428	2.32	$3,329.34
	Christian Heritage	Ron Gray	320	1.74	$27,772.78
Total valid votes			18,421	100.00
Total rejected ballots			98
Turnout			18,519	23.05
Electors on the lists			80,360

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	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 Democratic	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	-3.85	–

Note: Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997.

Canadian federal election, 1997
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 Democratic	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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Reform	Preston Manning	41,630	61.22	$59,445
	Progressive Conservative	Bobbie Sparrow	12,642	18.59	$61,978
	Liberal	Bill Richards	11,087	17.36	$60,511
	New Democratic	Catherine Rose	1,099	1.62	$4,791
	National	Lea Russell	910	1.34	$2,580
	Green	Sol Candel	301	0.44	$6,216
	Natural Law	Ida Bugmann	249	0.37	$0
	Independent	Miel S.R. Gabriel	57	0.08	$218
	N/A (Communist)	Darrell Rankin	28	0.04	$1,422
Total valid votes			68,003	100.00
Rejected ballots			137
Turnout			68,140	70.81
Electors on lists			96,213
Source:Thirty-fifth General Election, 1993: Official Voting Results, Published by the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada. Financial figures taken from official contributions and expenses provided by Elections Canada.

Canadian federal election, 1988
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 Democratic	Vera Vogel	5,024	8.10
	Independent	Larry R. Heather	669	1.08
	Rhinoceros	Johnny Barretto	372	0.60
	Confederation of Regions	Bill Sinclair	68	0.11
Total valid votes			61,993	100.00

References

"(Code 48008) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-06.

Notes

↑ Stastistics Canada: 2012
↑ Stastistics Canada: 2012
↑ "Prime Minister Stephen Harper - Prime Minister of Canada". Government of Canada. Retrieved July 29, 2015.

External links

Parliament of Canada
Preceded by LaSalle—Émard	Constituency represented by the Prime Minister 2006–2015	Succeeded by Papineau

Federal ridings in Calgary and Edmonton

Conservative	Calgary Confederation Calgary Forest Lawn Calgary Heritage Calgary Midnapore Calgary Nose Hill Calgary Rocky Ridge Calgary Shepard Calgary Signal Hill Edmonton Griesbach Edmonton Manning Edmonton Riverbend Edmonton West St. Albert—Edmonton

Liberal	Calgary Centre Calgary Skyview Edmonton Centre Edmonton Mill Woods

New Democratic	Edmonton Strathcona

Federal ridings in the Canadian Prairies

Rural Manitoba	Brandon—Souris Churchill—Keewatinook Aski Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa Portage—Lisgar Provencher Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman

Winnipeg	Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia—Headingley Elmwood—Transcona Kildonan—St. Paul Saint Boniface—Saint Vital Winnipeg Centre Winnipeg North Winnipeg South Winnipeg South Centre

Saskatchewan (South, North)	Battlefords—Lloydminster Carlton Trail—Eagle Creek Cypress Hills—Grasslands Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River Prince Albert Moose Jaw—Lake Centre—Lanigan Regina—Lewvan Regina—Qu'Appelle Regina—Wascana Saskatoon—Grasswood Saskatoon—University Saskatoon West Souris—Moose Mountain Yorkton—Melville

Rural Alberta	Banff—Airdrie Battle River—Crowfoot Bow River Foothills Fort McMurray—Cold Lake Grande Prairie—Mackenzie Lakeland Lethbridge Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner Peace River—Westlock Red Deer—Lacombe Red Deer—Mountain View Sturgeon River—Parkland Yellowhead

Edmonton and environs	Edmonton Centre Edmonton Griesbach Edmonton Manning Edmonton Mill Woods Edmonton Riverbend Edmonton Strathcona Edmonton West Edmonton—Wetaskiwin St. Albert—Edmonton Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan

Calgary	Calgary Centre Calgary Confederation Calgary Forest Lawn Calgary Heritage Calgary Midnapore Calgary Nose Hill Calgary Rocky Ridge Calgary Shepard Calgary Signal Hill Calgary Skyview

Coordinates: 50°58′01″N 114°06′00″W / 50.967°N 114.100°W / 50.967; -114.100

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