Edmonton-South West
 Alberta electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Edmonton-South West within the City of Edmonton, 2017 boundaries | |||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta | ||
| MLA |
United Conservative | ||
| District created | 2010 | ||
| First contested | 2015 | ||
Edmonton-South West is a provincial electoral district in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The district was created in the 2010 boundary redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post voting system.
History
The electoral district was created in the 2010 Alberta boundary re-distribution. It was created from the south part of Edmonton-Whitemud below Anthony Henday Drive and the south and western portion of Edmonton-McClung along Anthony Henday as well.
Boundary history
| 44 Edmonton-South West 2010 Boundaries | |||
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| Bordering Districts | |||
| North | East | West | South |
| Edmonton-McClung, Edmonton-Meadowlark, Edmonton-Rutherford and Edmonton-Whitemud | Edmonton-Ellerslie and Edmonton-Mill Woods | Stony Plain | Leduc-Beaumont |
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| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act. | |||
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Electoral history
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Edmonton-South West | ||||
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| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See Edmonton-McClung 1993-2012 and Edmonton-Whitemud 1971-2012 | ||||
| 28th | 2012–2015 | Matt Jeneroux | Progressive Conservative | |
| 29th | 2015–2019 | Thomas Dang | New Democratic | |
| 30th | 2019–present | Kaycee Madu | United Conservative | |
The electoral district was created from the electoral districts of Edmonton-McClung and Whitemud. The area has had a recent history of switching between Progressive Conservative and Liberal candidates. The current incumbent is Thomas Dang.
Legislature results
2012 general election
| 2012 Alberta general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Matt Jeneroux | 8,502 | 56.47% | – | ||||
| Wildrose Alliance | Allan Hunsperger | 2,713 | 18.02% | – | ||||
| Liberal | Rudy Arcilla | 2,251 | 14.95% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Muriel Stanley-Venne | 1,283 | 8.52% | – | ||||
| Alberta Party | Bryan Peacock | 308 | 2.05% | – | ||||
| Total | 15,057 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 75 | 42 | 3 | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 29,493 | 51.32% | – | |||||
| Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
Source(s)
Source: "44 - Edmonton-South West, 2012 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. Chief Electoral Officer (2012). The Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the 2011 Provincial Enumeration and Monday, April 23, 2012 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-eighth Legislative Assembly (PDF) (Report). Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 6, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2021. | ||||||||
2015 general election
| 2015 Alberta general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Thomas Dang | 12,352 | 54.41% | 45.89% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Matt Jeneroux | 6,316 | 27.82% | -28.64% | ||||
| Wildrose | Cole Kander | 2,290 | 10.09% | -7.93% | ||||
| Liberal | Rudy Arcilla | 1,199 | 5.28% | -9.67% | ||||
| Alberta Party | Krishna Tailor | 543 | 2.39% | 0.35% | ||||
| Total | 22,700 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 81 | 35 | 21 | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 41,230 | 55.30% | 3.99% | |||||
| New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | -5.93% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "44 - Edmonton-South West, 2015 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. Chief Electoral Officer (2016). 2015 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer (PDF) (Report). Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. | ||||||||
| 2019 Alberta general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| United Conservative | Kaycee Madu | 10,254 | 44.99 | +5.96 | ||||
| New Democratic | John Archer | 9,539 | 41.85 | -11.97 | ||||
| Alberta Party | Mo Elsalhy | 2,668 | 11.70 | +9.04 | ||||
| Alberta Advantage | Marilyn Burns | 208 | 0.91 | – | ||||
| Green | Rigel Vincent | 125 | 0.55 | – | ||||
| Total | 22,794 | 99.29 | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 162 | 0.71 | ||||||
| Turnout | 22,956 | 70.15 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 32,726 | |||||||
| United Conservative notional gain from New Democratic | Swing | +8.97 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "43 - Edmonton-South West, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume II (PDF) (Report). Vol. 2. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 168–170. ISBN 978-1-988620-12-1. Retrieved April 7, 2021. | ||||||||
Senate nominee results
2012 Senate nominee election district results
Student vote results
2012 election
| 2012 Alberta Student Vote results | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Progressive Conservative | Matt Jeneroux | % | ||
| Wildrose | Allan Hunsperger | |||
| Liberal | Rudy Arcilla | % | ||
| Alberta Party | Bryan Peacock | |||
| NDP | Sylvie Porbaix | % | ||
| Total | 100% | |||