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 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 boundariesBordering districtsNorthEastWestSouthEdmonton-McClung, Edmonton-Meadowlark, Edmonton-Rutherford and Edmonton-WhitemudEdmonton-Ellerslie and Edmonton-Mill WoodsStony PlainLeduc-BeaumontLegal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act.Note:
Electoral history Members of the Legislative Assembly forEdmonton-South WestAssemblyYearsMemberPartySee Edmonton-McClung 1993-2012 and Edmonton-Whitemud 1971-201228th2012–2015Matt JenerouxProgressive Conservative29th2015–2019Thomas DangNew Democratic30th2019–2023Kaycee MaduUnited Conservative31st2023–Nathan IpNew 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 conservative and non-conservative parties.
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%).
Legislative election results
2023
2019
2015
2015 Alberta general election redistributed resultsPartyVotes%7,04853.823,56327.211,54711.815884.493492.67
2012
See also List of Alberta provincial electoral districts Canadian provincial electoral districts
References
External links Elections Alberta