Edmonton-South West
 Alberta electoral district | |||
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 2010 boundaries | |||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta | ||
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| District created | 2010 | ||
| First contested | 2015 | ||
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 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 | ||||
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| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See Edmonton-McClung 1993-2012 and Edmonton-Whitemud 1971-2012 | ||||
| 28th | 2012–2015 | Matt Jeneroux | Progressive Conservative | |
| 29th | 2015–present | Thomas Dang | 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. The current incumbent is Thomas Dang.
Legislature results
2012 general election
| Alberta general election, 2012 | ||||||||
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| 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
| Alberta general election, 2015 | ||||||||
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| 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% | |||||
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% | ||