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Edmonton-South West

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Edmonton-South West
Alberta electoral district
Edmonton-South West within the City of Edmonton, 2017 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 
 
Nathan Ip
New Democratic
District created2010
First contested2015
Last contested2023

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.

History

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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

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Electoral history

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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 2019–2023 Kaycee Madu United Conservative
31st 2023– Nathan Ip New Democratic

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]

Legislative election results

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2023

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2023 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Nathan Ip 14,380 56.52 +14.67
United Conservative Kaycee Madu 10,741 42.21 -2.77
Green Jeff Cullihall 323 1.27 +0.72
Total 25,444 99.41
Rejected and declined 150 0.59
Turnout 25,594 62.71
Eligible voters 40,811
New Democratic gain from United Conservative Swing +8.72
Source(s)

2019

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2019 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Conservative Kaycee Madu 10,254 44.99 +5.96
New Democratic John Archer 9,539 41.85 -11.97
Alberta Party Mo Elsalhy 2,668 11.70 +9.04
Alberta Advantage Marilyn Burns 208 0.91
Green Rigel Vincent 125 0.55
Total 22,794 99.29
Rejected, spoiled and declined 162 0.71
Turnout 22,956 70.15
Eligible voters 32,726
United Conservative notional gain from New Democratic Swing +8.97
Source(s)
Source: "43 - Edmonton-South West, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume II (PDF) (Report). Vol. 2. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 168–170. ISBN 978-1-988620-12-1. Retrieved April 7, 2021.

2015

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2015 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Thomas Dang 12,352 54.41% 45.89%
Progressive Conservative Matt Jeneroux 6,316 27.82% -28.64%
Wildrose Cole Kander 2,290 10.09% -7.93%
Liberal Rudy Arcilla 1,199 5.28% -9.67%
Alberta Party Krishna Tailor 543 2.39% 0.35%
Total 22,700
Rejected, spoiled and declined 81 35 21
Eligible electors / turnout 41,230 55.30% 3.99%
New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative Swing -5.93%
Source(s)
Source: "44 - Edmonton-South West, 2015 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
Chief Electoral Officer (2016). 2015 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer (PDF) (Report). Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta.
2015 Alberta general election redistributed results
Party Votes %
New Democratic 7,048 53.82
Progressive Conservative 3,563 27.21
Wildrose 1,547 11.81
Liberal 588 4.49
Alberta Party 349 2.67
Source(s)
Source: Ridingbuilder

2012

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2012 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Matt Jeneroux 8,502 56.47%
Wildrose Alliance Allan Hunsperger 2,713 18.02%
Liberal Rudy Arcilla 2,251 14.95%
New Democratic Muriel Stanley-Venne 1,283 8.52%
Alberta Party Bryan Peacock 308 2.05%
Total 15,057
Rejected, spoiled and declined 75 42 3
Eligible electors / turnout 29,493 51.32%
Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "44 - Edmonton-South West, 2012 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
Chief Electoral Officer (2012). The Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the 2011 Provincial Enumeration and Monday, April 23, 2012 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-eighth Legislative Assembly (PDF) (Report). Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 6, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2021.

References

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  1. ^ "43 - Edmonton-South West 2019 General Election Results". Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
  2. ^ "43 - Edmonton-South West". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
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