Calgary Southwest

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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.

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

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.

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

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% $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

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