Medicine Hat (provincial electoral district)
2010 boundaries | |||
Provincial electoral district | |||
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta | ||
MLA |
New Democratic | ||
District created | 1905 | ||
District abolished | 1971 | ||
District re-created | 1979 | ||
First contested | 1905 | ||
Last contested | 2015 |
Medicine Hat is an Albertan provincial electoral district, covering most of the city of Medicine Hat.
Under the Alberta electoral boundary re-distribution of 2004, the constituency covers the portion of the city north of the South Saskatchewan River, the Trans-Canada Highway and Carry Drive. The rest of the city and surrounding area is part of the Cypress-Medicine Hat constituency.
The current Member of the Legislative Assembly for this district is the New Democrat's Bob Wanner. He was elected in the 29th Alberta general election.
History
The electoral district of Medicine Hat has existed in two iterations. The first was created when the province was founded in 1905. It was formed from the old Medicine Hat electoral district that returned members to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories. Back in 1905 the district covered a large portion of rural south east Alberta. The district shrunk until it became an urban only riding.
The district was abolished in 1971 to become part of Medicine Hat-Redcliff. That district was abolished in 1979 and once again became Medicine Hat. The 2010 boundary redistribution saw minor changes made to align the riding with new boundaries of Medicine Hat.[1]
Boundary history
(1) Medicine Hat 1905 Boundaries[2] | |||
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Bordering Districts | |||
North | East | West | South |
Lacombe and Vermilion | Saskatchewan boundary | Cardson, Gleichen, Innisfail, Lethbridge, Red Deer and Rosebud | Montana boundary |
riding map goes here | map in relation to other districts in Alberta goes here | ||
Legal description from An Act to establish and provide for the Government of the Province of Alberta 1905. | |||
The electoral division of Medicine Hat, bounded as follows:– Commencing at the intersection of the eastern boundary of the said province of Alberta by the north boundary of the 38th township; thence westerly along the north boundary of the 38th townships to the meridian between the 10th and 11th ranges, west of the 4th meridian; thence southerly along the meridian between the 10th and 11th ranges to the southern boundary of the said province of Alberta; thence easterly along the said southern boundary of the province of Alberta to the southeast corner thereof; thence northerly along the eastern boundary of the said province of Alberta to the point of commencement. | |||
Note: Original electoral boundaries |
68 Medicine Hat 2003 Boundaries[3] | |||
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Bordering Districts | |||
North | East | West | South |
Cypress-Medicine Hat | |||
Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act. | |||
Starting at the intersection of the west Medicine Hat city boundary with the north Medicine Hat city boundary; then 1. generally east and southeast along the city boundary to the northeasterly extension of Carry Drive; 2. southwest along the extension and Carry Drive and its southwesterly extension to the Trans Canada highway; 3. northwest along the Trans Canada highway to the left bank of the South Saskatchewan River; 4. west along the left bank to the west Medicine Hat city boundary; 5. generally north, east and north to the starting point. | |||
Note: |
72 Medicine Hat 2010 Boundaries | |||
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Bordering Districts | |||
North | East | West | South |
Cypress-Medicine Hat | |||
Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act. | |||
Note: |
Representation history
Members of the Legislative Assembly for Medicine Hat[4] | |||||||
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Assembly | Years | Member | Party | ||||
See Medicine Hat (N.W.T.) 1888–1905 | |||||||
1st | 1905–1909 | William Finlay | Liberal | ||||
2nd | 1909–1910 | ||||||
1910 | Vacant | ||||||
1910–1913 | Charles Mitchell | Liberal | |||||
3rd | 1913–1917 | Nelson Spencer | Conservative | ||||
4th | 1917–1921 | ||||||
5th | 1921 | William Johnston |
Dominion Labor |
Perren Baker | UFA | ||
1921 | Vacant | ||||||
1921–1925 | Perren Baker | UFA | |||||
1925 | Vacant | ||||||
1925–1926 | Charles Pingle |
Liberal | |||||
6th | 1926–1928 | ||||||
1928 | Vacant | ||||||
1928–1930 | Hector Lang | Liberal | |||||
7th | 1930–1935 | ||||||
8th | 1935–1940 | John Robinson | Social Credit | ||||
9th | 1940–1944 | ||||||
10th | 1944–1948 | ||||||
11th | 1948–1952 | ||||||
12th | 1952–1953 | ||||||
1953 | Vacant | ||||||
1953–1955 | Elizabeth Robinson | Social Credit | |||||
13th | 1955–1959 | ||||||
14th | 1959–1960 | ||||||
1960–1961 | Vacant | ||||||
1961–1963 | Harry Leinweber | Social Credit | |||||
15th | 1963–1967 | ||||||
16th | 1967–1971 | ||||||
See Medicine Hat-Redcliff 1971-1979 | |||||||
19th | 1979–1982 | Jim Horsman | Progressive Conservative | ||||
20th | 1982–1986 | ||||||
21st | 1986–1989 | ||||||
22nd | 1989–1993 | ||||||
23rd | 1993–1997 | Rob Renner | |||||
24th | 1997–2001 | ||||||
25th | 2001–2004 | ||||||
26th | 2004–2008 | ||||||
27th | 2008–2012 | ||||||
28th | 2012–2014 | Blake Pedersen | Wildrose | ||||
2014–2015 | Progressive Conservative | ||||||
29th | 2015–2019 | Bob Wanner | New Democratic | ||||
See Cypress-Medicine Hat and Brooks-Medicine Hat 2019– |
The provincial electoral district of Medicine Hat has a long history that goes back to 1888 under the old Medicine Hat, Northwest Territories electoral district. The district was carried over when the province of Alberta was created in 1905.
The first election in 1905 saw former Northwest Territories MLA William Finlay win the district in a hotly contested race. Finlay was re-elected in 1909 and resigned in 1910 so cabinet minister Charles Mitchell could have a seat in the Legislature.
Mitchell only held the district for one term before being defeated by Conservative Nelson Spencer in the 1913 election. Spencer's win was considered an upset. Spencer was re-elected by acclamation under Chapter 38 of the Elections Act in 1917 for serving in the Canadian Army during World War I. He retired from the Legislature in 1921 and moved to British Columbia.
The Liberal government passed a law in 1921 that turned Medicine Hat into a two-member constituency during the 5th Legislature. The two seats were won by United Farmers candidate Peren Baker who headed the polls and William Johnston a Dominion Labor candidate who finished second. Baker was confirmed to a cabinet post by acclamation in a ministerial by-election on December 9, 1921.
Johnson died in 1925, vacating his seat. The by-election saw former Speaker of the Legislature Charles Pingle win the district for the Liberal party. The district was once again mandated to return a single member in 1926. Pingle stood for re-election while Baker moved to the Cypress electoral district. This was also the first election conducted with single transferable vote.
Pingle died in 1928, forcing another by-election. Liberal candidate Hector Lang retained the seat for the party. He was re-elected in 1930 and defeated running for a third term in 1935 by Social Credit candidate John Robinson.
Robinson held the district for four terms being re-elected in 1940, 1944, 1948 and 1952. He was appointed Minister of Industries and Labour by Premier Ernest Manning in 1948 and held that post until his death in 1953.
The by-election in 1953 saw John Robinson's wife Elizabeth Robinson retain the seat for Social Credit. She held the district for three terms before dying in 1961.
The last by-election held in the district in 1961 saw Harry Leinweber become the third member of Social Credit to win the district. He was re-elected in 1963 and 1967 before retiring in 1971.
Medicine Hat was redistributed to include the town of Redcliff in 1971 boundary redistribution. The new riding was called Medicine Hat-Redcliff. The electoral district of Medicine Hat was re-created in 1979 containing just the city of Medicine Hat.
The first election in the new Medicine Hat district saw former Medicine Hat-Redcliff incumbent Jim Horsman won the district in a landslide winning a 10,000 vote margin over the second place candidate. He would improve on that victory winning his biggest margin in the 1982 general election finishing almost 12,000 votes ahead of second place. He was also re-elected in 1986 and 1989 before retiring in 1993.
Rob Renner was elected as a Progressive Conservative candidate for the first time in the 1993 general election. He was re-elected in 1997, 2001, 2004 and 2008.
Blake Pedersen was elected as a Wildrose candidate in 2012. On December 17, 2014, he was one of nine Wildrose MLAs who crossed the floor to join the Alberta Progressive Conservative caucus.[5]
Bob Wanner was elected as a New Democratic Party (NDP) candidate in 2015.[6][7]
Legislature results 1905-1971
1905 general election
1905 Alberta general election results[8] | Turnout N/A | Swing | ||||
Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
Liberal | William Finlay | 575 | 51.70% | * | ||
Conservative | Francis Sissons | 537 | 48.30% | * | ||
Total | 1,112 | 100% | ||||
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | Unknown | |||||
Unknown Eligible Electors | ||||||
Liberal pickup new district | Swing N/A |
1909 general election
1909 Alberta general election results[9] | Turnout N/A | Swing | ||||
Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
Liberal | William Finlay | 1,249 | 71.66% | 19.96% | ||
Conservative | Francis Sissons | 494 | 28.34% | -19.96% | ||
Total | 1,743 | 100% | ||||
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | Unknown | |||||
Unknown Eligible Electors | ||||||
Liberal hold | Swing 19.96% |
1910 by-election
June 29, 1910 by-election results[10] | Turnout N/A | Swing | ||||
Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
Liberal | Charles Mitchell | 1,134 | 62.86% | -8.80% | * | |
Conservative | Walter Huckvale | 670 | 37.14% | 8.80% | * | |
Total | 1,804 | 100% | ||||
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | Unknown | |||||
Unknown Eligible Electors | ||||||
Liberal hold | Swing -8.80% |
1913 general election
1913 Alberta general election results[11] | Turnout N/A | Swing | ||||
Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
Conservative | Nelson Spenser | 1,843 | 50.28% | 13.14% | * | |
Liberal | Charles Mitchell | 1,823 | 49.72% | -13.14% | ||
Total | 3,666 | 100% | ||||
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | Unknown | |||||
Unknown Eligible Electors | ||||||
Conservative pickup from Liberal | Swing 13.14% |
1917 general election
1917 Alberta general election results[12] | ||||||
Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | ||||
Conservative | Nelson Spenser | Acclaimed | ||||
Unknown Eligible Electors | ||||||
Conservative hold |
1921 general election
Alberta general election, 1921 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected | ||||
United Farmers | Perren Baker | 4,165 | 65.52% | |||||
Labour | William Johnston | 3,602 | 56.66% | |||||
Liberal | Oliver Boyd | 2,278 | 35.83% | |||||
Liberal | H. H. Foster | 2,013 | 31.67% | |||||
Total votes cast | 6,357 | |||||||
Electors had the option of voting for up to two candidates. | ||||||||
Source: "Election results for Medicine Hat, 1921". Alberta Online Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2009-09-23. |
1921 by-election results
Alberta provincial by-election, December 9, 1921 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
United Farmers | Perren Baker | Acclaimed | ||||||
By-election called upon appointment to Cabinet. | ||||||||
Source: "Past By-Election results". Elections Alberta. Retrieved 2009-09-23. |
Due to laws existing in the Legislative Assembly Act a series of ministerial by-elections were needed to confirm members appointed to the Greenfield government. Seven by-elections in total were called for an election day of December 9, 1921. This was set for one week after the 1921 Canadian federal election.[13]
The by-election writ was dropped on November 16, 1921, United Farmers incumbent Perren Baker who had been appointed as Minister of Education ran unopposed and was acclaimed at the nomination deadline held on December 2, 1921. The timing of the by-elections was deliberately chosen to coincide with the federal election to ensure that opposition candidates would be unlikely to oppose the cabinet ministers.[13]
1925 by-election
September 29, 1925 by-election results[14][15] | Turnout 74.56% | 1st Count Swing | |||||||
Affiliation | Candidate | 1st | % | 2nd | % | Party | Personal | ||
Liberal | Charles Pingle | 1,640 | 41.48% | 1,914 | 55.17% | 5.89% | * | ||
Farmer-Labor | William McCombs | 1,302 | 32.94% | 1,555 | 44.83% | -31.47%1 | * | ||
Conservative | Joseph Hendrick | 1,011 | 25.58% | * | |||||
Total | 3,953 | 100% | 3,469 | 100% | |||||
Exhausted Ballots | 0 | 484 | |||||||
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | Unknown | ||||||||
5,302 eligible electors | |||||||||
Liberal pickup from Dominion Labor | 1st Count Swing 18.68% |
- William McCombs was a candidate jointly nominated by the United Farmers of Alberta and the Dominion Labor Party. The party percent change is reflected from the combined party percentages in the 1921 general election.
1926 general election
1926 Alberta general election results[16] | Turnout 72.33% | 1st Count Swing | ||||||
Affiliation | Candidate | 1st | % | 2nd | % | Party | Personal | |
Liberal | Charles Pingle | 1,574 | 44.08% | 1,701 | 53.36% | 2.60% | ||
Conservative | Joseph Hendrick | 1,279 | 35.82% | 1,487 | 46.64% | 9.75% | ||
Dominion Labor | James Hole | 718 | 20.11% | -12.83% | * | |||
Total | 3,571 | 100% | 3,188 | 100% | ||||
Exhausted Ballots | 0 | 383 | ||||||
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 264 | |||||||
5,302 eligible electors | ||||||||
Liberal hold | 1st Count Swing 6.18% |
1928 by-election
May 1, 1928 by-election results[17] | Turnout 66.05% | 1st Count Swing | ||||||||
Affiliation | Candidate | 1st | % | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | % | Party | Personal | |
Liberal | Hector Lang | 1,355 | 39.90% | 1,405 | 1,603 | 1,604 | 59.12% | -4.18% | * | |
Conservative | Joseph Hendrick | 941 | 27.71% | 986 | 1,106 | 1,109 | 40.88% | -8.11% | ||
Dominion Labor | William McCombs | 810 | 23.85% | 844 | 3.74% | * | ||||
Independent | B.J. Bott | 290 | 8.54% | * | ||||||
Total | 3,396 | 100% | 3,235 | 2,709 | 2,713 | 100% | ||||
Exhausted Ballots | 0 | 161 | 529 | -4 | ||||||
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 106 | |||||||||
5,302 eligible electors | ||||||||||
Liberal hold | 1st Count Swing -6.15% |
1930 general election
1930 Alberta general election results[18] | Turnout 74.09% | 1st Count Swing | ||||||
Affiliation | Candidate | 1st | % | 2nd | % | Party | Personal | |
Liberal | Hector Lang | 1,774 | 45.97% | 2,046 | 59.98% | 6.07% | ||
Conservative | C.S. Blanchard | 1,150 | 29.80% | 1,365 | 40.02% | -2.09% | * | |
Independent | Isaac Bullivant | 935 | 24.23% | * | ||||
Total | 3,859 | 100% | 3,411 | 100% | ||||
Exhausted Ballots | 0 | 448 | ||||||
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 336 | |||||||
5,662 eligible electors | ||||||||
Liberal hold | 1st Count Swing 4.08% |
1935 general election
1935 Alberta general election results[19] | Turnout 83.26% | Swing | ||||
Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
Social Credit | John Robinson | 3,236 | 62.95% | * | ||
Liberal | Hector Lang | 1,252 | 24.35% | -13.14% | ||
Conservative | Isaac Bullivant | 653 | 12.70% | -17.10% | -11.53% | |
Total | 5,141 | 100% | ||||
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 117 | |||||
6,315 Eligible Electors | ||||||
Social Credit pickup from Liberal | Swing 38.05% |
1940 general election
1940 Alberta general election results[20] | Turnout 86.07% | Swing | ||||
Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
Social Credit | John Robinson | 2,943 | 50.69% | -12.26% | ||
Independent | W.C. Yuill | 2,863 | 49.31% | * | ||
Total | 5,806 | 100% | ||||
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 169 | |||||
6,942 Eligible Electors | ||||||
Social Credit hold | Swing -30.79% |
1944 general election
1944 Alberta general election results[21] | Turnout 71.26% | Swing | ||||
Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
Social Credit | John Robinson | 2,977 | 55.48% | 4.79% | ||
Independent | John Bell | 1,457 | 27.15% | * | ||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Russell Price | 696 | 12.97% | * | ||
Labor Progressive | Edwin Home | 236 | 4.40% | * | ||
Total | 5,366 | 100% | ||||
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 224 | |||||
7,844 Eligible Electors | ||||||
Social Credit hold | Swing 13.46% |
1948 general election
1948 Alberta general election results[22] | Turnout 64.04% | Swing | ||||
Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
Social Credit | John Robinson | 3,835 | 65.29% | 9.81% | ||
Liberal | David Broadfoot | 1,043 | 17.76% | * | ||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Ian Arrol | 996 | 16.95% | 3.98% | * | |
Total | 5,874 | 100% | ||||
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 596 | |||||
10,103 Eligible Electors | ||||||
Social Credit hold | Swing 13.79% |
1952 general election
1952 Alberta general election results[23] | Turnout 58.85% | Swing | ||||
Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
Social Credit | John Robinson | 4,727 | 74.70% | 9.41% | ||
Liberal | James Wyatt | 1,601 | 25.30% | 7.54% | * | |
Total | 6,328 | 100% | ||||
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 343 | |||||
11,336 Eligible Electors | ||||||
Social Credit hold | Swing 8.48% |
1953 by-election
December 21, 1953 by-election results[10] | Turnout 28.44% | Swing | ||||
Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
Social Credit | Elizabeth Robinson | 2,462 | 76.89% | 2.19% | * | |
Co-operative Commonwealth | E.W. Horne | 740 | 23.11% | * | ||
Total | 3,202 | 100% | ||||
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 200 | |||||
11,964 Eligible Electors[24] | ||||||
Social Credit hold | Swing 12.65% |
1955 general election
1955 Alberta general election results[25] | Turnout 61.70% | Swing | ||||
Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
Social Credit | Elizabeth Robinson | 5,066 | 67.25% | -9.64% | ||
Liberal | James McLane | 1,862 | 21.72% | * | ||
Co-operative Commonwealth | K.L. Brucker | 605 | 8.03% | -15.08% | * | |
Total | 7,533 | 100% | ||||
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 436 | |||||
12,915 Eligible Electors | ||||||
Social Credit hold | Swing -15.68% |
1959 general election
1959 Alberta general election results[26] | Turnout 61.90% | Swing | ||||
Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
Social Credit | Elizabeth Robinson | 5,604 | 66.12% | -1.13% | ||
Progressive Conservative | John Cocks | 1,780 | 21.00% | * | ||
Liberal | Norma DeMan | 597 | 7.04% | -14.68% | * | |
Co-operative Commonwealth | John Rogers | 495 | 5.84% | -2.19% | * | |
Total | 8,476 | 100% | ||||
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 163 | |||||
13,957 Eligible Electors | ||||||
Social Credit hold | Swing -11.07% |
1961 by-election
January 19, 1961 by-election results[27] | Turnout 63.34% | Swing | ||||
Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
Social Credit | Harry Leinweber | 4,573 | 48.78% | -17.34% | * | |
Liberal | David Broadfoot | 2,475 | 26.40% | 19.36% | * | |
New Party | Milton Reinhardt | 1,326 | 14.15% | 8.31% | * | |
Progressive Conservative | John Cocks | 1,000 | 10.67% | -10.33% | ||
Total | 9,374 | 100% | ||||
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | Unknown | |||||
14,800 Eligible Electors | ||||||
Social Credit hold | Swing -18.35% |
1963 general election
1963 Alberta general election results[28] | Turnout 60.11% | Swing | ||||
Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
Social Credit | Harry Leinweber | 4,954 | 51.93% | 3.15% | ||
Liberal | Helen Gibson | 2,259 | 23.68% | -2.72% | * | |
Progressive Conservative | Kenneth Biddell | 1,485 | 15.57% | 4.90% | * | |
NDP | Milton Reinhardt | 841 | 8.82% | -1.85% | ||
Total | 9,539 | 100% | ||||
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 31 | |||||
15,921 Eligible Electors | ||||||
Social Credit hold | Swing 2.94% |
1967 general election
1967 Alberta general election results[29] | Turnout 68.21% | Swing | ||||
Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
Social Credit | Harry Leinweber | 4,390 | 40.14% | -11.79% | ||
Progressive Conservative | Jim Horsman | 2,701 | 24.70% | 9.13% | * | |
Liberal | Roy Weidermann | 2,025 | 18.52% | -5.16% | * | |
NDP | Ted Grimm | 1,819 | 16.64% | 7.82% | * | |
Total | 10,935 | 100% | ||||
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 50 | |||||
16,104 Eligible Electors | ||||||
Social Credit hold | Swing -10.46% |
Legislature results 1979-present
1979 general election
1979 Alberta general election results[30] | Turnout 58.89% | Swing | ||||
Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
Progressive Conservative | Jim Horsman | 10,107 | 72.85% | * | ||
Social Credit | Lee Anderson | 1,904 | 13.72% | * | ||
NDP | Frances Ost | 1,134 | 8.17% | * | ||
Liberal | Roy Weidermann | 729 | 5.26% | * | ||
Total | 13,874 | 100% | ||||
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 50 | |||||
23,646 Eligible Electors | ||||||
Progressive Conservative pickup new district | Swing N/A |
1982 general election
1982 Alberta general election results[31] | Turnout 66.47% | Swing | ||||
Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
Progressive Conservative | Jim Horsman | 14,654 | 81.37% | 8.52% | ||
NDP | Clarence Smith | 2,072 | 11.51% | 3.34% | * | |
Western Canada Concept | David Lees | 996 | 5.53% | * | ||
Independent | Frank Cottingham | 286 | 1.59% | * | ||
Total | 18,008 | 100% | ||||
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 38 | |||||
27,149 Eligible Electors | ||||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing 5.93% |
1986 general election
1986 Alberta general election results[32] | Turnout 41.66% | Swing | ||||
Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
Progressive Conservative | Jim Horsman | 7,717 | 65.88% | -15.49% | ||
Liberal | David Carter | 2,624 | 22.40% | * | ||
NDP | Stan Chmelyk | 1,373 | 11.72% | 0.21% | * | |
Total | 11,714 | 100% | ||||
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 29 | |||||
28,185 Eligible Electors | ||||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing -18.95% |
1989 general election
1989 Alberta general election results[33] | Turnout 53.45% | Swing | ||||
Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
Progressive Conservative | Jim Horsman | 6,465 | 41.00% | -24.88% | ||
Liberal | Garth Vallely | 5,213 | 33.07% | 10.67% | * | |
NDP | Wally Regehr | 4,088 | 25.93% | 14.21% | * | |
Total | 15,766 | 100% | ||||
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 49 | |||||
29,589 Eligible Electors | ||||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing -17.78% |
1993 general election
1993 Alberta general election results[34] | Turnout 56.05% | Swing | ||||
Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
Progressive Conservative | Rob Renner | 4,941 | 39.01% | -1.99% | * | |
Liberal | Garth Vallely | 4,790 | 37.82% | 4.75% | ||
NDP | Bob Wanner | 2,366 | 18.68% | -7.25% | * | |
Social Credit | Marcel Guay | 568 | 4.49% | * | ||
Total | 12,665 | 100% | ||||
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 38 | |||||
22,665 Eligible Electors | ||||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing -3.37% |
1997 general election
1997 Alberta general election results[35] | Turnout 47.63% | Swing | ||||
Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
Progressive Conservative | Rob Renner | 5,853 | 51.67% | 12.66% | ||
Liberal | Trevor Butts | 3,232 | 28.53% | 9.29% | ||
Social Credit | Dale Glasier | 1,177 | 10.39% | 5.90% | * | |
NDP | George Peterson | 1,065 | 9.41% | -9.27% | * | |
Total | 11,327 | 100% | ||||
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 42 | |||||
23,868 Eligible Electors | ||||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing 10.98% |
2001 general election
2001 Alberta general election results[36] | Turnout 52.00% | Swing | ||||
Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
Progressive Conservative | Rob Renner | 8,109 | 62.08% | 10.41% | ||
Liberal | Karen Charlton | 4,166 | 31.89% | 3.36% | ||
NDP | Luke Lacasse | 787 | 6.03% | -3.38% | * | |
Total | 13,062 | 100% | ||||
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 81 | |||||
25,275 Eligible Electors | ||||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing 6.89% |
2004 general election
2004 Alberta general election results[37] | Turnout 41.28% | Swing | ||||
Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
Progressive Conservative | Rob Renner | 5,261 | 49.96% | -12.12% | ||
Liberal | Karen Charlton | 3,419 | 32.47% | 0.58% | ||
Alberta Alliance | Scott Cowan | 1,060 | 10.07% | * | ||
NDP | Diana Arnott | 547 | 5.20% | 0.83% | * | |
Social Credit | Jonathan Lorentzen | 242 | 2.30% | * | ||
Total | 10,529 | 100% | ||||
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 98 | |||||
25,746 Eligible Electors | ||||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing -6.35% |
2008 general election
2008 Alberta general election results[38] | Turnout 31.69% | Swing | ||||
Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
Progressive Conservative | Rob Renner | 5,388 | 51.18% | 1.22% | ||
Liberal | Karen Charlton | 3,625 | 34.43% | 1.96% | ||
Wildrose Alliance | Clint Rabb | 746 | 7.08% | -2.99% | * | |
NDP | Diana Arnott | 484 | 4.60% | -0.60% | ||
Green | Karen Kraus | 285 | 2.71% | * | ||
Total | 10,528 | 100% | ||||
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 61 | |||||
33,413 Eligible Electors | ||||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing 1.59% |
2012 general election
Alberta general election, 2012 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
Wildrose | Blake Pedersen | 6,030 | 43.53 | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Darren Hirsch | 5,341 | 38.56 | |||||
New Democratic | Dennis Perrier | 1,168 | 8.43 | |||||
Liberal | Matthew Sandford | 1,101 | 7.95 | |||||
Evergreen | Graham Murray | 212 | 1.53 |
2015 general election
Alberta general election, 2015: Medicine Hat | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
New Democratic | Bob Wanner | 6,159 | 38.0% | |||||
Wildrose | Val Olson | 5,760 | 35.5% | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Blake Pedersen | 3,227 | 19.9% | |||||
Alberta Party | Jim Black | 931 | 5.7% | |||||
Independent | David Phillips | 135 | 0.8% |
Senate nominee results
2004 Senate nominee election district results
2004 Senate nominee election results: Medicine Hat[39] | Turnout 41.25% | |||||
Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % Votes | % Ballots | Rank | |
Progressive Conservative | Betty Unger | 3,427 | 15.30% | 43.92% | 2 | |
Progressive Conservative | Bert Brown | 3,420 | 15.27% | 43.84% | 1 | |
Progressive Conservative | Cliff Breitkreuz | 2,256 | 10.07% | 28.92% | 3 | |
Progressive Conservative | David Usherwood | 2,245 | 10.02% | 28.78% | 6 | |
Independent | Link Byfield | 2,230 | 9.96% | 28.58% | 4 | |
Progressive Conservative | Jim Silye | 2,215 | 9.89% | 28.39% | 5 | |
Alberta Alliance | Michael Roth | 1,972 | 8.80% | 25.28% | 7 | |
Alberta Alliance | Vance Gough | 1,780 | 7.95% | 22.82% | 8 | |
Alberta Alliance | Gary Horan | 1,607 | 7.17% | 20.60% | 10 | |
Independent | Tom Sindlinger | 1,249 | 5.57% | 16.01% | 9 | |
Total Votes | 22,401 | 100% | ||||
Total Ballots | 7,802 | 2.87 Votes Per Ballot | ||||
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 2,819 |
Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot
Plebiscite results
1948 Electrification Plebiscite
District results from the first province wide plebiscite on electricity regulation.
Option A | Option B |
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Are you in favour of the generation and distribution of electricity being continued by the Power Companies? | Are you in favour of the generation and distribution of electricity being made a publicly owned utility administered by the Alberta Government Power Commission? |
5,168 81.03% | 1,214 18.97% |
Province wide result: Option A passed. |
1957 liquor plebiscite
1957 Alberta liquor plebiscite results: Medicine Hat[40] | |||
Question A: Do you approve additional types of outlets for the sale of beer, wine and spirituous liquor subject to a local vote? | |||
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Ballot Choice | Votes | % | |
Yes | 2,728 | 50.04% | |
No | 2,724 | 49.96% | |
Total Votes | 5,452 | 100% | |
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 98 | ||
12,586 Eligible Electors, Turnout 44.10% |
On October 30, 1957 a stand-alone plebiscite was held province wide in all 50 of the then current provincial electoral districts in Alberta. The government decided to consult Alberta voters to decide on liquor sales and mixed drinking after a divisive debate in the Legislature. The plebiscite was intended to deal with the growing demand for reforming antiquated liquor control laws.[41]
The plebiscite was conducted in two parts. Question A asked in all districts, asked the voters if the sale of liquor should be expanded in Alberta, while Question B asked in a handful of districts within the corporate limits of Calgary and Edmonton asked if men and woman were allowed to drink together in establishments.[40]
Province wide Question A of the plebiscite passed in 33 of the 50 districts while Question B passed in all five districts. Medicine Hat just barely voted in favour of the proposal with the difference between Yes and No being four votes. Voter turnout in the district was slightly below the province wide average of 46%.[40]
Official district returns were released to the public on December 31, 1957.[40] The Social Credit government in power at the time did not considered the results binding.[42] However the results of the vote led the government to repeal all existing liquor legislation and introduce an entirely new Liquor Act.[43]
Municipal districts lying inside electoral districts that voted against the Plebiscite were designated Local Option Zones by the Alberta Liquor Control Board and considered effective dry zones, business owners that wanted a license had to petition for a binding municipal plebiscite in order to be granted a license.[44]
Student Vote results
2004 election
Participating Schools[45] |
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Crescent Heights High School |
Crestwood Elementary School |
McCoy High School |
Medicine Hat High School |
River Heights Elementary |
Southview School |
On November 19, 2004 a Student Vote was conducted at participating Alberta schools to parallel the 2004 Alberta general election results. The vote was designed to educate students and simulate the electoral process for persons who have not yet reached the legal majority. The vote was conducted in 80 of the 83 provincial electoral districts with students voting for actual election candidates. Schools with a large student body that reside in another electoral district had the option to vote for candidates outside of the electoral district then where they were physically located.
2004 Alberta Student Vote results[46] | ||||
Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Progressive Conservative | Rob Renner | 586 | 42.71% | |
Liberal | Karen Charlton | 361 | 26.31% | |
NDP | Diana Arnott | 209 | 15.23% | |
Alberta Alliance | Scott Cowan | 109 | 7.94% | |
Social Credit | Jonathan Lorentzen | 107 | 7.81% | |
Total | 1,372 | 100% | ||
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 25 |
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