Edmonton Southwest

Edmonton Southwest was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 2003.

Demographics

Population, 2000	102,210
Electors	83,890
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

It was located in the city of Edmonton in the province of Alberta.

This riding was created in 1987 from Edmonton South and Edmonton West ridings.

It was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed into Edmonton—Leduc, Edmonton—Spruce Grove and Edmonton Centre ridings.

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

1993-2000: Ian McClelland - Reform (1993–2000), Canadian Alliance (2000)
2000-2003: James Rajotte - Canadian Alliance (2000–2003), Progressive Conservative (2003–2004), Conservative (2004- ) - He currently represents 'Edmonton—Leduc.

v t e 2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Alliance	James Rajotte	26,197	48.85	$47,590
	Liberal	Chiu Lau	18,223	33.98	$63,679
	Progressive Conservative	Joseph Fernando	5,803	10.82	$13,273
	New Democratic	Bernie Keeler	2,746	5.12	$13,321
	Green	Jerry Paschen	462	0.86	$478
	Natural Law	Wade McKinley	195	0.36
Total valid votes			53,626
Total rejected ballots			126	0.23
Turnout			53,752	64.07

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Reform	Ian McClelland	22,697	51.34%	$62,069 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row	Liberal	Esther Starkman	14,833	33.55%	$58,880 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row	Progressive Conservative	Ellie Shuster	4,403	9.95%	$29,078 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP/row	New Democratic Party	Richard Vanderberg	2,070	4.68%	$3,187 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Natural Law/row	Natural Law	Wade McKinley	205	0.46%
Total valid votes			44,208	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			67	0.15%
Turnout			44,275	62.63%