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Calgary Southwest

Former federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada

Former federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada

FieldValue
provinceAlberta
imagemap
captionCalgary Southwest in relation to the other Calgary ridings
fed-statusdefunct
fed-created1987
fed-abolished2013
fed-election-first1988
fed-election-last2011
fed-repStephen Harper
fed-rep-partyConservative
demo-pop-ref
demo-area-ref
demo-census-date2011
demo-pop136011
demo-electors93707
demo-electors-date2011
demo-area76.70
demo-cdDivision No. 6
demo-csdCalgary

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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 Kansas City Railway line.

Former prime minister Stephen Harper represented the riding during his leadership.

History

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

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

Historical boundaries

| File: 198748007 Calgary Southwest (Sud-Ouest).svg | 1987 representation order | File: 199648007 Calgary Southwest Calgary-Sud-Ouest.svg | 1996 representation order | File: 200348008 Calgary Southwest.svg | 2003 representation order

Members of Parliament

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

| Assembly# = 34 | RepTerms# = 1 | PartyTerms# = 1 | Assembly# = 35 | RepTerms# = 4 | PartyTerms# = 2 | Assembly# = 36 | #ByElections = 1 | PartyTerms# = 3 | Assembly# = 37 | #ByElections = 2 | RepTerms# = 6 | PartyTerms# = 1 | PartyTerms# = 5 | Assembly# = 38 | Assembly# = 39 | Assembly# = 40 | Assembly# = 41

Members of Parliament

All three of the riding's MPs were prominent: Bobbie Sparrow served in the cabinet led by Kim Campbell, while Preston Manning was the leader of the Reform Party of Canada from 1987 and Leader of the Opposition from 1997 to 2000. Its final MP in the Southwest configuration was Prime Minister Stephen Harper, an economist and a lecturer outside politics. He was elected to Calgary Southwest, shortly after becoming leader of the Canadian Alliance and thus leader of the Opposition, in a 2002 by-election occasioned by Manning's retirement. From 2003, Harper was the leader of the re-formed Conservative Party of Canada, and from 2006, prime minister; he ceased to be both after the 2015 Canadian federal election.

Election results

Note: Change is compared to redistributed 2000 results. Conservative vote is compared to the combined Alliance and Progressive Conservative vote.

2000 federal election redistributed resultsPartyVote%
Canadian Alliance31,75664.96
Progressive Conservative7,93616.23
Liberal7,29014.91
New Democratic1,9013.89

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

References

References

  1. [[#2011fed. Statistics Canada]]: 2012
  2. [[#2011fed. Statistics Canada]]: 2012
  3. "Prime Minister Stephen Harper - Prime Minister of Canada". Government of Canada.
  4. [http://electionprediction.org/2004_fed/riding/48008-calgary-southwest.htm Election Prediction Project]
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