Edmonton Southwest was a federal

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, Canada, that was represented in the

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from 1988 to 2003.

Demographics

Geography

It was located in the city of

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in the

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History

This riding was created in 1987 from Edmonton South and

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ridings. It was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed into

Edmonton—Leduc Edmonton—Leduc was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2015. As a result of changes to the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act, based on the 2011 census, the nu ...

, Edmonton—Spruce Grove and

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ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following

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: # 1993-2000:

Ian McClelland Ian G. McClelland (born 22 June 1942) is an Edmonton-based businessperson, who was a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1993 to 2000, and a member of the Alberta Legislative Assembly from 2001 to 2004. History Business Ian McCl ...

Reform Reform ( lat, reformo) means the improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc. The use of the word in this way emerges in the late 18th century and is believed to originate from Christopher Wyvill's Association movement ...

(1993–2000),

Canadian Alliance The Canadian Alliance (french: Alliance canadienne), formally the Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance (french: Alliance réformiste-conservatrice canadienne), was a centre-right to right-wing federal political party in Canada that existed ...

(2000) # 2000-2003:

James Rajotte James Rajotte (born August 19, 1970) is a Canadian politician who currently serves as Alberta's senior representative to the United States. He served as a Member of Parliament from 2004 to 2015. As a member of the Conservative Party of Canada ...

(2000–2003), Progressive Conservative (2003–2004),

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(2004- ) - He currently represents '

Election results

, - , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 48,670 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 111 !align="right", 0.23% !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", 48,781 !align="right", 65.08% !align="right", !align="right", , - ,

Liberal Liberal or liberalism may refer to: Politics * a supporter of liberalism ** Liberalism by country * an adherent of a Liberal Party * Liberalism (international relations) * Sexually liberal feminism * Social liberalism Arts, entertainment and m ...

, Esther Starkman , align="right", 14,833 , align="right", 33.55% , , align="right", $58,880 , Progressive Conservative , Ellie Shuster , align="right", 4,403 , align="right", 9.95% , , align="right", $29,078 ,

New Democratic Party The New Democratic Party (NDP; french: Nouveau Parti démocratique, NPD) is a federal political party in Canada. Widely described as social democratic,The party is widely described as social democratic: * * * * * * * * * * * * ...

, Richard Vanderberg , align="right", 2,070 , align="right", 4.68% , , align="right", $3,187 ,

Natural Law Natural law ( la, ius naturale, ''lex naturalis'') is a system of law based on a close observation of human nature, and based on values intrinsic to human nature that can be deduced and applied independently of positive law (the express enacte ...

, Wade McKinley , align="right", 205 , align="right", 0.46% , align="right", , align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 44,208 !align="right", 100.00% ! ! , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 67 !align="right", 0.15% ! ! , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", 44,275 !align="right", 62.63% ! !

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