Calgary Southwest is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1988. The district is in the southwest part of the City of Calgary, south of Glenmore Trail, and west of the Canadian Pacific railway.
The seat is currently held by Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
The electoral district was created in 1987 from Bow River, Calgary East, and Calgary South ridings.
This riding has elected the following members of the Canadian House of Commons:
- 1988-1993: Bobbie Sparrow - Progressive Conservative
- 1993-2002: Preston Manning - Reform (1993-2000), Canadian Alliance (2000-2002)
- 2002-present: Stephen Harper - Canadian Alliance (2002-2003), Conservative (2003-present) - He previously represented Calgary West.
Its Member of Parliament is Prime Minister Stephen Harper, an economist and a lecturer. He was first elected in 1993. He represents the Conservative Party of Canada and is has been elected to power after winning the plurality of the seats in the 2006 federal election.
| Canadian federal election, 2006 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
| |
Conservative |
Stephen Harper |
41,549 |
71.96% |
+3.61% |
$67,115 |
| |
Liberal |
Michael Swanson |
6,573 |
11.38% |
-7.01% |
$15,691 |
| |
New Democrat |
Holly Heffernan |
4,628 |
8.02% |
+1.81% |
$5,177 |
| |
Green |
Kim Warnke |
4,407 |
7.63% |
+2.05% |
$1,800 |
| |
Christian Heritage |
Larry Heather |
579 |
1.00% |
+0.56% |
$1,370 |
| Total valid votes |
57,736 |
100.00% |
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| Turnout |
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| Canadian federal election, 2004 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
| |
Conservative |
Stephen Harper |
35,297 |
68.35% |
-3.31% |
$62,955 |
| |
Liberal |
Avalon Roberts |
9,501 |
18.39% |
|
$55,529 |
| |
Green |
Darcy Kraus |
3,210 |
6.21% |
+2.63% |
$521 |
| |
New Democrat |
Daria Fox |
2,884 |
5.58% |
-15.12% |
$3,648 |
| |
Marijuana |
Mark de Pelham |
516 |
0.99% |
|
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| |
Christian Heritage |
Larry Heather |
229 |
0.44% |
-1.30% |
$1,630 |
| Total valid votes |
51,637 |
100.00% |
|
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| Total rejected ballots |
149 |
0.29% |
|
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| Turnout |
51,786 |
64.49% |
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Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of Progressive Conservative and Canadian Alliance vote in 2000.
| Canadian federal election, 2000 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
| |
Canadian Alliance |
Preston Manning |
34,529 |
64.81% |
+6.82% |
$69,676 |
| |
Progressive Conservative |
Paul Monaghan |
8,679 |
16.29% |
-1.61% |
$8,592 |
| |
Liberal |
Barry J. Rust |
7,954 |
14.93% |
-5.23% |
$13,233 |
| |
New Democrat |
Jennifer Stewart |
2,113 |
3.96% |
+1.22% |
$720 |
| Total valid votes |
53,275 |
100.00% |
|
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| Total rejected ballots |
158 |
0.30% |
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| Turnout |
53,433 |
62.93% |
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Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997.
| Canadian federal election, 1997 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
| |
Reform |
Preston Manning |
27,912 |
57.99% |
-3.09% |
$62,515 |
| |
Liberal |
Paul Drager |
9,706 |
20.16% |
+3.87% |
$61,666 |
| |
Progressive Conservative |
Jan Brown |
8,617 |
17.90% |
-0.83% |
$34,551 |
| |
New Democrat |
Mara Vogel |
1,322 |
2.74% |
+1.13% |
$1,064 |
| |
Green |
Sol Candel |
310 |
0.64% |
+0.18% |
|
| |
Natural Law |
Richard Shelford |
175 |
0.36% |
-0.00% |
|
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Christian Heritage |
Larry Heather |
89 |
0.18% |
|
$176 |
| Total valid votes |
48,131 |
100.00% |
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| Total rejected ballots |
107 |
0.22% |
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| Turnout |
48,238 |
66.78% |
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