Edmonton-South West
Edmonton-South West is a provincial electoral district in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The district was created in the 2010 boundary redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post voting system.
 Alberta electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Edmonton-South West within the City of Edmonton, 2017 boundaries | |||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta | ||
| MLA |
United Conservative | ||
| District created | 2010 | ||
| First contested | 2015 | ||
History
The electoral district was created in the 2010 Alberta boundary re-distribution. It was created from the south part of Edmonton-Whitemud below Anthony Henday Drive and the south and western portion of Edmonton-McClung along Anthony Henday as well.
Boundary history
| 44 Edmonton-South West 2010 Boundaries | |||
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| Bordering Districts | |||
| North | East | West | South |
| Edmonton-McClung, Edmonton-Meadowlark, Edmonton-Rutherford and Edmonton-Whitemud | Edmonton-Ellerslie and Edmonton-Mill Woods | Stony Plain | Leduc-Beaumont |
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| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act. | |||
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Electoral history
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Edmonton-South West | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See Edmonton-McClung 1993-2012 and Edmonton-Whitemud 1971-2012 | ||||
| 28th | 2012–2015 | Matt Jeneroux | Progressive Conservative | |
| 29th | 2015–2019 | Thomas Dang | New Democratic | |
| 30th | 2019–present | Kaycee Madu | United Conservative | |
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 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%).[1]
Legislature results
2012 general election
| 2012 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Matt Jeneroux | 7,010 | 56.55% | |||||
| Wildrose | Allan Hunsperger | 2,163 | 17.45% | |||||
| Liberal | Rudy Arcilla | 1,890 | 15.25% | |||||
| New Democratic | Sylvie Porbaix | 1,076 | 8.68% | |||||
| Alberta Party | Bryan Peacock | 257 | 2.07% | |||||
2015 general election
| 2015 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| New Democratic | Thomas Dang | 11,729 | 53.0% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Matt Jeneroux | 6,319 | 28.6% | |||||
| Wildrose | Cole Kander | 2,291 | 10.4% | |||||
| Liberal | Rudy Arcilla | 1,202 | 5.4% | |||||
| Alberta Party | Krishna Tailor | 575 | 2.6% | |||||
| 2019 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| United Conservative | Kaycee Madu | 10,245 | 44.95% | |||||
| New Democratic | John Archer | 9,539 | 41.85% | |||||
| Alberta Party | Mo Elsalhy | 2,668 | 11.70% | |||||
| Alberta Advantage | Marilyn Burns | 209 | 0.92% | |||||
| Green | Rigel Vincent | 125 | 0.55% | |||||
| Total valid votes | 22,794 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled, and declined | 164 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 32,726 | 70.15% | – | |||||
| United Conservative gain from New Democratic | Swing | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "43 - Edmonton-South West 2019 General Election Results". Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 3, 2020. | ||||||||
Senate nominee results
Student vote results
2012 election
| 2012 Alberta Student Vote results | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Progressive Conservative | Matt Jeneroux | % | ||
| Wildrose | Allan Hunsperger | |||
| Liberal | Rudy Arcilla | % | ||
| Alberta Party | Bryan Peacock | |||
| NDP | Sylvie Porbaix | % | ||
| Total | 100% | |||
References
- "43 - Edmonton-South West 2019 General Election Results". Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 3, 2020.