Calgary Southwest
Alberta electoral district
Calgary Southwest in relation to the other Calgary ridings
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1987
District abolished2013
First contested1988
Last contested2011
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]136,011
Electors (2011)93,707
Area (km²)[2]76.70
Census division(s)Division No. 6
Census subdivision(s)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 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

  • 1987 representation order
    1987 representation order
  • 1996 representation order
    1996 representation order
  • 2003 representation order
    2003 representation order

Members of Parliament

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

Parliament Years Member Party
Calgary Southwest
Riding created from Bow River, Calgary Centre, Calgary East,
Calgary West and Calgary South
34th  1988–1993     Bobbie Sparrow Progressive Conservative
35th  1993–1997     Preston Manning Reform
36th  1997–2000
 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

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.[3] 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

2011 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Stephen Harper 42,998 75.12 +2.16 $62,436
New Democratic Holly Heffernan 6,823 11.92 +4.16 $1,113
Liberal Marlene Lamontagne 4,121 7.20 −2.11 $14,171
Green Kelly Christie 2,991 5.23 −3.75 $4,879
Independent Larry R. Heather 303 0.53 +0.04 $495
Total valid votes 57,236 99.69
Total rejected ballots 177 0.31 −0.00
Turnout 57,413 60.42 +2.02
Eligible voters 95,026
Conservative hold Swing -1.00
Note: Larry R. Heather's vote as an independent candidate is compared to his vote as a CHP candidate in 2008.


2008 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Stephen Harper 38,545 72.96 +0.60 $61,102
Liberal Marlene Lamontagne 4,918 9.31 −2.10 $14,071
Green Kelly Christie 4,743 8.98 +1.30 $1,250
New Democratic Holly Heffernan 4,102 7.76 −0.30 $1,719
Libertarian Dennis Young 265 0.48 $398
Christian Heritage Larry R. Heather 256 0.48 −0.01 $1,746
Total valid votes/expense limit 52,832 99.69 – $92,156
Total rejected ballots 164 0.31 +0.10
Turnout 52,996 58.39 -8.18
Eligible voters 52,996
Conservative hold Swing +1.35
2006 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Stephen Harper 41,549 72.36 +4.01 $67,115
Liberal Michael Swanson 6,553 11.41 -6.99 $15,691
New Democratic Holly Heffernan 4,628 8.06 +2.48 $5,177
Green Kim Warnke 4,407 7.68 +1.46 $1,800
Christian Heritage Larry Heather 279 0.49 +0.04 $1,370
Total valid votes 57,416 99.79 –  
Total rejected ballots 120 0.21 -0.08 –
Turnout 57,536 66.57 +2.08 –
Eligible voters 86,426
Conservative hold Swing +5.50
2004 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Stephen Harper 35,297 68.36 -12.84 $62,955
Liberal Avalon Roberts 9,501 18.40 +3.49 $55,529
Green Darcy Kraus 3,210 6.22 $521
New Democratic Daria Fox 2,884 5.59 +1.70 $3,648
Marijuana Mark de Pelham 516 1.00 –  
Christian Heritage Larry Heather 229 0.44 $1,630
Total valid votes 51,637 99.71 –  
Total rejected ballots 149 0.29 – –
Turnout 51,786 64.49   –
Eligible voters 80,296
Conservative notional hold Swing -8.16

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

2000 federal election redistributed results[4]
Party Vote %
  Canadian Alliance 31,756 64.96
  Progressive Conservative 7,936 16.23
  Liberal 7,290 14.91
  New Democratic 1,901 3.89


Canadian federal by-election, May 13, 2002
Resignation of Preston Manning
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Alliance Stephen Harper 13,200 71.66 +6.84 $58,959.16
New Democratic Bill Phipps 3,813 20.70 +16.73 $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 99.47
Total rejected ballots 98 0.53 +0.23
Turnout 18,519 23.05 -39.89
Electors on the lists 80,360
Alliance hold Swing -4.94
2000 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Alliance Preston Manning 34,529 64.81 +6.81 $69,676
Progressive Conservative Paul Monaghan 8,679 16.29 -1.61 $8,592
Liberal Barry J. Rust 7,954 14.93 -5.24 $13,233
New Democratic Jennifer Stewart 2,113 3.97 +1.22 $720
Total valid votes 53,275 99.70 –  
Total rejected ballots 158 0.30 +0.07 –
Turnout 53,433 62.93 -3.84 –
Eligible voters 84,905
Alliance notional hold Swing +4.22

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

1997 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Reform Preston Manning 27,912 57.99 -3.23 $62,515
Liberal Paul Drager 9,706 20.17 +3.86 $61,666
Progressive Conservative Jan Brown 8,617 17.90 -0.69 $34,551
New Democratic Mara Vogel 1,322 2.75 +1.13 $1,064
Green Sol Candel 310 0.64 +0.20  
Natural Law Richard Shelford 175 0.36 -0.00  
Christian Heritage Larry Heather 89 0.18 – $176
Total valid votes 48,131 99.78 –  
Total rejected ballots 107 0.22 – –
Turnout 48,238 66.78   –
Eligible voters 72,239
Reform hold Swing -3.54
1993 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Reform Preston Manning 41,630 61.22 +47.80 $59,445
Progressive Conservative Bobbie Sparrow 12,642 18.59 -46.57 $61,978
Liberal Bill Richards 11,087 16.30 +4.77 $60,511
New Democratic Catherine Rose 1,099 1.62 -6.49 $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
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
Reform gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +47.19
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.
1988 Canadian federal election
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

See also

References

Notes

  1. ^ Statistics Canada: 2012
  2. ^ Statistics Canada: 2012
  3. ^ "Prime Minister Stephen Harper - Prime Minister of Canada". Government of Canada. Archived from the original on July 21, 2015. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  4. ^ Election Prediction Project

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