Edmonton-South West is a provincial electoral district in

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. The district was created in the 2010 boundary redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the

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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 Edmonton-Whitemud is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. In 1989, its constituents unseated the Premier of the day, Donald Getty, by voting for Liberal candidate Percy Wickman. The district was ...

below

Anthony Henday Drive Anthony Henday Drive (Highway 216) is a freeway that encircles Edmonton, Alberta. It is a heavily travelled commuter and truck bypass route with the southwest quadrant serving as a portion of the CANAMEX Corridor that links C ...

and the south and western portion of

Edmonton-McClung Edmonton-McClung is a provincial electoral district in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The district was created in 1993 and is named after Nellie McClung. The current MLA is Lorne Dach of the NDP, who was first elected in 2015. History The elec ...

along Anthony Henday as well.

Boundary history

Electoral history

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. During the 2019 Alberta general election MLA Thomas Dang chose to run in

Edmonton-South Edmonton-South (previously styled Edmonton South) is a provincial electoral district in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The first iteration was used for the 1913 and 1917 provincial elections. The district was re-created again for the 30th Alberta g ...

following the 2017 Electoral Boundary Re-distribution. UCP candidate Madu would defeat four candidates capturing 10,245 votes (45%), above the next closest candidate John Archer representing the NDP with 9,539 (42%).

Legislature results

2012 general election

2015 general election

2019 general election

References

External links

Elections Alberta
{{AB-ED Alberta provincial electoral districts Politics of Edmonton