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  Calgary Southwest - History
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Established 00, 0000
Disbanded October 20, 2015
Last ModifiedRP August 01, 2015 01:44pm
DescriptionThis residential riding takes in the southwest corner of Calgary, bounded by the city limits in the west and south, the CP Rail line in the east, and Glenmore Trail Southwest in the north. Glenmore Reservoir is in the northern part of the riding.

The 2001 census counted 107,920 residents, more than 19 per cent immigrants. University degree-holders also make up 19 per cent of the population here. Average family income is $91,529 and unemployment is just 4.4 per cent.

Calgary Southwest was formed in 1986 from parts of Calgary South, East and West. Twenty per cent of the riding was redistributed elsewhere in 1996, and another seven per cent was removed in 2004.

Population: 107,920

RACES
Date Type Results [Show Primaries]
May 02, 2011 General Election
 Stephen Harper(I)
43,002
75.08%
 Holly Heffernan
6,823
11.91%
 Marlene Lamontagne
4,121
7.19%
 Kelly Christie
3,000
5.24%
 Larry R. Heather
330
0.58%
Oct 14, 2008 General Election
 Stephen Harper(I)
38,548
72.96%
 Marlene Lamontagne
4,918
9.31%
 Kelly Christie
4,743
8.98%
 Holly Heffernan
4,102
7.76%
 Dennis Young
265
0.50%
 Larry R. Heather
256
0.48%
Jan 23, 2006 General Election
 Stephen Harper(I)
41,549
72.34%
 Mike Swanson
6,573
11.44%
 Holly Heffernan
4,628
8.06%
 Kim Warnke
4,407
7.67%
 Larry R. Heather
279
0.49%
 Logan Marshall
0
0.00%
Jun 28, 2004 General Election
 Stephen Harper(I)
35,297
68.36%
 Avalon Roberts
9,501
18.40%
 Darcy Kraus
3,210
6.22%
 Daria Fox
2,884
5.59%
 Mark de Pelham
516
1.00%
 Larry R. Heather
229
0.44%
Dec 23, 2003 Party Switch
 Stephen Harper(I)
1
100.00%
May 13, 2002 By-election
 Stephen Harper
13,200
71.66%
 Bill Phipps
3,813
20.70%
 James Stephen Kohut
660
3.58%
 Gordon Barrett
428
2.32%
 Ron Gray
320
1.74%
Nov 27, 2000 General Election
 Preston Manning(I)
34,529
64.81%
 Paul Monaghan
8,679
16.29%
 Barry J. Rust
7,954
14.93%
 Jennifer Stewart
2,113
3.97%
Mar 27, 2000 Party Switch
 Preston Manning(I)
1
100.00%
Jun 02, 1997 General Election
 Preston Manning(I)
27,912
57.99%
 Paul Drager
9,706
20.17%
 Jan Brown(I)
8,617
17.90%
 Mara Vogel
1,322
2.75%
 Sol Candel
310
0.64%
 Richard Shelford
175
0.36%
 Larry R. Heather
89
0.18%
Oct 25, 1993 General Election
 Preston Manning
41,630
61.22%
 Bobbie Sparrow(I)
12,642
18.59%
 Bill Richards
11,087
16.30%
 Catherine Rose
1,099
1.62%
 Lea Russell
910
1.34%
 Sol Candel
301
0.44%
 Ida Bugmann
249
0.37%
  Miel S. R. Gabriel
57
0.08%
 Darrell Rankin
28
0.04%
Nov 21, 1988 General Election
 Bobbie Sparrow(I)
40,397
65.16%
 Janet Jessop
8,316
13.41%
 Percy Baker
7,147
11.53%
 Vera Vogel
5,024
8.10%
 Larry R. Heather
669
1.08%
 Johnny Barretto
372
0.60%
 Bill Sinclair
68
0.11%

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