Medicine Hat-Redcliff
Medicine Hat-Redcliff was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting from 1971 to 1979.[1]
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| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
| District created | 1971 |
| District abolished | 1979 |
| First contested | 1971 |
| Last contested | 1975 |
History
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Medicine Hat-Redcliff | ||||
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| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See Medicine Hat electoral district from 1905-1971 | ||||
| 17th | 1971–1975 | William Wyse | Social Credit | |
| 18th | 1975–1979 | Jim Horsman | Progressive Conservative | |
| See Medicine Hat electoral district from 1979-2019 and Cypress-Medicine Hat electoral district from 1979-Present |
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The Medicine Hat-Redcliff electoral district was named for the City of Medicine Hat and the Town of Redcliff.
The electoral district was created in the 1971 re-distribution absorbing the district of Medicine Hat, and was abolished in the 1979 re-distribution splitting into Cypress-Medicine Hat and Medicine Hat electoral districts.
Representatives
The district was represented in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta by William Wyse in the 17th Alberta Legislative Assembly from 1971 to 1975, and Jim Horsman in the 18th Alberta Legislative Assembly from 1975 to 1979.
Electoral history
1971 general election
| 1971 Alberta general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Social Credit | William Wyse | 6,447 | 48.93% | – | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jim Horsman | 4,140 | 31.42% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Frank Armstrong | 2,128 | 16.15% | – | ||||
| Liberal | Theodore Anhorn | 462 | 3.51% | – | ||||
| Total | 13,177 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 67 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 17,903 | 73.98% | – | |||||
| Social Credit pickup new district. | ||||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Medicine Hat-Redcliff Official Results 1971 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1975 general election
| 1975 Alberta general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jim Horsman | 5,678 | 46.43% | 15.02% | ||||
| Social Credit | William Wyse | 5,548 | 45.37% | -3.55% | ||||
| Liberal | David Wilkins | 532 | 4.35% | 0.84% | ||||
| New Democratic | Bill Hartley | 417 | 3.41% | -12.74% | ||||
| Independent Progressive Conservative | Hilory Sorschan | 53 | 0.43% | – | ||||
| Total | 12,228 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 27 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 20,279 | 60.43% | -13.54% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Social Credit | Swing | -8.22% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Medicine Hat-Redcliff Official Results 1975 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
See also
- Alberta provincial electoral districts
- Medicine Hat, Alberta a city in Alberta.
- Redcliff, Alberta a town in Alberta.
References
- "Election results for Medicine Hat-Redcliff". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
Further reading
- Office of the Chief Electoral Officer; Legislative Assembly Office (2006). A Century of Democracy: Elections of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 1905-2005. The Centennial Series. Edmonton, AB: Legislative Assembly of Alberta. ISBN 0-9689217-8-7. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
External links
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See also: Elections in Canada | |