Medicine_Hat_(provincial_electoral_district)
Medicine Hat (provincial electoral district)
Defunct provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada
Medicine Hat was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return members to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1905 to 1971, and again from 1979 to 2019.[1] The electoral district was named after the City of Medicine Hat.
 Alberta electoral district | |
|---|---|
2010 boundaries | |
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
| District created | 1905 |
| District abolished | 1971 |
| District re-created | 1979 |
| District re-abolished | 2017 |
| First contested | 1905 |
| Last contested | 2015 |
The electoral district of Medicine Hat has existed in two iterations. The Medicine Hat electoral district was one of the original 25 electoral districts contested in the 1905 Alberta general election upon Alberta joining Confederation in September 1905. The district was carried over from the old Medicine Hat electoral district which returned a single member to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories from 1888 to 1905.[2] The member for the Northwest Territories seat, William Finlay would be elected in the 1st Alberta general election.[3] Upon the electoral district's formation, it covered a large portion of rural south east Alberta. The district shrunk until it became an urban only riding surrounding the City of Medicine Hat.
The district was abolished in the 1971 electoral district re-distribution to become part of Medicine Hat-Redcliff, which was abolished in 1979 and once again became the Medicine Hat electoral district.
Under the 2004 Alberta electoral boundary re-distribution, the constituency covered 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 was part of the Cypress-Medicine Hat constituency.[4]
The 2010 electoral boundary re-distribution saw minor changes made to align the riding with new boundaries of Medicine Hat.[5]
The Medicine Hat electoral district was dissolved in the 2017 electoral boundary re-distribution, and portions of the district would incorporate the Brooks-Medicine Hat to the North, and Cypress-Medicine Hat to the South for the 2019 Alberta general election.[6]
Boundary history
| (1) Medicine Hat 1905 boundaries[7] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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[8] | |||
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| Bordering districts | |||
| North | East | West | South |
| Cypress-Medicine Hat | |||
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| 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 | |||
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| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act. | |||
| Note: | |||
Representation history
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Medicine Hat[9] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | J.J. Hendricks | Conservative | ||||
| 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, North-West Territories electoral district. The district was carried over when the province of Alberta was created in 1905.
The first election in 1905 saw former North-West Territories Assembly member 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 Party 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 two members in 1926. This time they were elected through STV. Pingle stood for re-election. Baker moved to the Cypress electoral district. Liberal Pingle and Conservative J.J. Hendricks were elected in this election. This was the first - and only - election held in this district using Single transferable vote. Before the next general election the vote district was re-drawn smaller and only given one member and the method of election was changed to Instant-runoff voting.
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 was defeated, when he ran for a third term in 1935, by Social Credit candidate John Robinson.
Robinson held the district for five 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.[10]
Bob Wanner was elected as a New Democratic Party (NDP) candidate in 2015.[11][12]
1905
| 1905 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | William T. Finlay | 575 | 51.71% | – | ||||
| Conservative | Francis O. Sissions | 537 | 48.29% | – | ||||
| Total | 1,112 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | N/A | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | N/A | N/A | – | |||||
| Liberal pickup new district. | ||||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Medicine Hat Official Results 1905 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1909
| 1909 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | William T. Finlay | 1,249 | 71.66% | 19.95% | ||||
| Conservative | Francis O. Sissions | 494 | 28.34% | -19.95% | ||||
| Total | 1,743 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | N/A | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | N/A | N/A | – | |||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | 19.95% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Medicine Hat Official Results 1909 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1910 by-election
| Alberta provincial by-election, June 29, 1910 Upon the resignation of William T. Finlay | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Charles Richmond Mitchell | 1,134 | 62.86% | -8.80% | ||||
| Conservative | Walter Huckvale | 670 | 37.14% | 8.80% | ||||
| Total | 1,804 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | N/A | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | N/A | N/A | – | |||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -8.80% | ||||||
Source(s) | ||||||||
1913
| 1913 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Nelson Spencer | 1,843 | 50.27% | 12.58% | ||||
| Liberal | Charles Richmond Mitchell | 1,823 | 49.73% | -12.58% | ||||
| Total | 3,666 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | N/A | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | N/A | N/A | – | |||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | -12.58% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Medicine Hat Official Results 1913 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1917
| 1917 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Nelson Spencer | Acclaimed | – | – | ||||
| Total | N/A | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | N/A | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | N/A | N/A | – | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Medicine Hat Official Results 1917 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. One of eleven Members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta acclaimed under The Elections Act Section 38, which stipulated that any member of the 3rd Alberta Legislative Assembly would be guaranteed re-election, with no contest held, if the member joined for wartime service in the First World War. An Act amending The Election Act respecting Members of the Legislative Assembly on Active Service., SA 1917, c. 38 | ||||||||
1921
| 1921 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected | ||||
| United Farmers | Perren E. Baker | 4,165 | 65.52% |  Y | ||||
| Labour | William G. Johnston | 3,602 | 56.66% | Y | ||||
| Liberal | Oliver Boyd | 2,278 | 35.83% | – | ||||
| Liberal | H. H. Foster | 2,013 | 31.67% | – | ||||
| Total | 6,357 | – | – | |||||
Source(s)
Source: "Medicine Hat Official Results 1921 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. Two members were elected to the Legislature, and electors had the option of voting for up to two candidates. | ||||||||
1921 by-election
| Alberta provincial by-election, December 9, 1921 Ministerial by-election upon Perren E. Baker's appointment to Cabinet | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| United Farmers | Perren E. Baker | Acclaimed | ||||||
Source(s) | ||||||||
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
Two Members elected through STV. Pingle and Hendricks both elected.
| 1926 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes 1st count | % | Votes final count | ±% | |||
| Liberal | Charles S. Pingle | 1,574 | 44.08% | 1,701 | 2.60% | |||
| Conservative | Joseph J. Hendricks | 1,279 | 35.82% | 1,487 | 9.75% | |||
| Dominion Labor | James Hole | 718 | 20.11% | – | -12.83% | |||
| Total | 3,571 | – | – | – | ||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 264 | – | – | – | ||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 5,302 | 72.33% | – | – | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | 6.81% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Medicine Hat Official Results 1926 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. Instant-runoff voting requires a candidate to receive a plurality (greater than 50%) of the votes. As no candidate received a plurality of votes, the bottom candidate was eliminated and their 2nd place votes were applied to both other candidates until one received a plurality. | ||||||||
1928 by-election
| May 1, 1928 by-election results[16] | 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
| 1930 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes 1st count | % | Votes final count | ±% | |||
| Liberal | Hector Lang | 1,774 | 45.97% | 2,046 | 6.07% | |||
| Conservative | C. S. Blanchard | 1,150 | 29.80% | 1,365 | -2.09% | |||
| Independent | Issac Bullivant | 935 | 24.23% | – | – | |||
| Total | 3,859 | – | – | – | ||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 336 | – | – | – | ||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 5,662 | 74.09% | 1.76% | – | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | 3.95% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Medicine Hat Official Results 1930 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. Instant-runoff voting requires a candidate to receive a plurality (greater than 50%) of the votes. As no candidate received a plurality of votes, the bottom candidate was eliminated and their 2nd place votes were applied to both other candidates until one received a plurality. | ||||||||
1935
| 1935 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Social Credit | John Lyle Robinson | 3,236 | 62.94% | – | ||||
| Liberal | Hector Lang | 1,252 | 24.35% | -21.62% | ||||
| Conservative | Issac Bullivant | 653 | 12.70% | -17.10% | ||||
| Total | 5,141 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 117 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 6,315 | 83.26% | 9.17% | |||||
| Social Credit gain from Liberal | Swing | 11.21% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Medicine Hat Official Results 1935 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1940
| 1940 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Social Credit | John Lyle Robinson | 2,943 | 50.69% | -12.26% | ||||
| Independent | W. C. Yuill | 2,863 | 49.31% | – | ||||
| Total | 5,806 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 169 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 6,942 | 86.07% | 2.81% | |||||
| Social Credit hold | Swing | -18.61% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Medicine Hat Official Results 1940 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1944
| 1944 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Social Credit | John Lyle Robinson | 2,977 | 55.48% | 4.79% | ||||
| Independent | John A.M. Bell | 1,457 | 27.15% | – | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Russell A. Price | 696 | 12.97% | – | ||||
| Labor–Progressive | Edwin W. Horne | 236 | 4.40% | – | ||||
| Total | 5,366 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 224 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 7,844 | 71.26% | -14.81% | |||||
| Social Credit hold | Swing | 13.47% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Medicine Hat Official Results 1944 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1948
| 1948 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Social Credit | John Lyle Robinson | 3,835 | 65.29% | 9.81% | ||||
| Liberal | David R. Broadfoot | 1,043 | 17.76% | – | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Ian MacLachlan Arrol | 996 | 16.96% | 3.99% | ||||
| Total | 5,874 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 596 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 10,103 | 64.04% | -7.22% | |||||
| Social Credit hold | Swing | 9.60% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Medicine Hat Official Results 1948 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1952
| 1952 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Social Credit | John Lyle Robinson | 4,724 | 74.69% | 9.40% | ||||
| Liberal | James Lyle Wyatt | 1,601 | 25.31% | 7.56% | ||||
| Total | 6,325 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 346 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 11,336 | 58.85% | -5.19% | |||||
| Social Credit hold | Swing | 0.92% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Medicine Hat Official Results 1952 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1953 by-election
| December 21, 1953 by-election results[17] | 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[18] | ||||||
| Social Credit hold | Swing 12.65% | |||||
1955
| 1955 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Social Credit | Elizabeth G. Robinson | 5,066 | 67.25% | -9.64% | ||||
| Liberal | James W. McLane | 1,862 | 24.72% | – | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | K. L. Brucker | 605 | 8.03% | -15.08% | ||||
| Total | 7,533 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 436 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 12,915 | 61.70% | 2.86% | |||||
| Social Credit hold | Swing | -3.42% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Medicine Hat Official Results 1955 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1959
| 1959 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Social Credit | Elizabeth G. Robinson | 5,604 | 66.12% | -1.13% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | John H. Cocks | 1,780 | 21.00% | – | ||||
| Liberal | Norma Deman | 597 | 7.04% | -14.68% | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | John D. Rogers | 495 | 5.84% | -2.19% | ||||
| Total | 8,476 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 163 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 13,957 | 61.90% | 0.19% | |||||
| Social Credit hold | Swing | 1.29% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Medicine Hat Official Results 1959 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1961 by-election
| Alberta provincial by-election, January 19, 1961 Upon the death of Elizabeth G. Robinson on October 21, 1960 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Social Credit | Harry C. Leinweber | 4,573 | 56.82% | -9.20% | ||||
| Liberal | David Broadfoot | 2,475 | 30.75% | 23.71% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | John Cocks | 1,000 | 12.43% | -8.57% | ||||
| Total | 8,048 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | N/A | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | N/A | N/A | – | |||||
| Social Credit hold | Swing | 2.94% | ||||||
Source(s) | ||||||||
1963
| 1963 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Social Credit | Harry C. Leinweber | 4,954 | 51.93% | -4.89% | ||||
| Liberal | Helen Beny Gibson | 2,259 | 23.68% | -7.07% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Kenneth Roy Biddell | 1,485 | 15.57% | 3.14% | ||||
| New Democratic | Milton J. Reinhardt | 841 | 8.82% | – | ||||
| Total | 9,539 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 31 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 15,921 | 60.11% | -1.79% | |||||
| Social Credit hold | Swing | 2.94% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Medicine Hat Official Results 1963 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1967
| 1967 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Social Credit | Harry C. Leinweber | 4,390 | 40.15% | -11.79% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jim Horsman | 2,701 | 24.70% | 9.13% | ||||
| Liberal | Roy Weidemann | 2,025 | 18.52% | -5.16% | ||||
| New Democratic | Ted. J. Grimm | 1,819 | 16.63% | 7.82% | ||||
| Total | 10,935 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 50 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 16,104 | 68.21% | 8.10% | |||||
| Social Credit hold | Swing | -6.40% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Medicine Hat Official Results 1967 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1979
| 1979 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jim Horsman | 10,107 | 72.85% | – | ||||
| Social Credit | Lee Anderson | 1,904 | 13.72% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Frances Ost | 1,134 | 8.17% | – | ||||
| Liberal | Louise Mercier | 729 | 5.25% | – | ||||
| Total | 13,874 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 50 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 23,646 | 58.89% | – | |||||
| Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Medicine Hat Official Results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1982
| 1982 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jim Horsman | 14,654 | 81.37% | 8.53% | ||||
| New Democratic | Clarence Smith | 2,072 | 11.51% | 3.33% | ||||
| Western Canada Concept | David F. Lees | 996 | 5.53% | – | ||||
| Independent | Frank F. Cottingham | 286 | 1.59% | – | ||||
| Total | 18,008 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 38 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 27,149 | 66.47% | 7.58% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 5.37% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Medicine Hat Official Results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1986
| 1986 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jim Horsman | 7,717 | 65.88% | -15.50% | ||||
| Liberal | David J. Carter | 2,624 | 22.40% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Stan Chmelyk | 1,373 | 11.72% | 0.22% | ||||
| Total | 11,714 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 29 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 28,185 | 41.66% | -24.81% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -13.20% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Medicine Hat Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1989
| 1989 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jim Horsman | 6,465 | 41.01% | -24.87% | ||||
| Liberal | Garth Vallely | 5,213 | 33.06% | 10.66% | ||||
| New Democratic | Wally Regehr | 4,088 | 25.93% | 14.21% | ||||
| Total | 15,766 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 49 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 29,589 | 53.45% | 11.78% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -17.77% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Medicine Hat Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1993
| 1993 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Rob Renner | 4,941 | 39.01% | -1.99% | ||||
| Liberal | Garth Vallely | 4,790 | 37.82% | 4.76% | ||||
| New Democratic | Bob Wanner | 2,366 | 18.68% | -7.25% | ||||
| Social Credit | Marcel Guay | 568 | 4.48% | – | ||||
| Total | 12,665 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 38 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 22,665 | 56.05% | 2.60% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -3.37% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Medicine Hat Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1997
| 1997 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| 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% | 5.91% | ||||
| New Democratic | George Peterson | 1,065 | 9.40% | -9.28% | ||||
| Total | 11,327 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 42 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 23,868 | 47.63% | -8.41% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 10.97% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Medicine Hat Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
2001
| 2001 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Rob Renner | 8,109 | 62.08% | 10.41% | ||||
| Liberal | Karen Charlton | 4,166 | 31.89% | 3.36% | ||||
| New Democratic | Luke Lacasse | 787 | 6.03% | -3.38% | ||||
| Total | 13,062 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 60 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 25,360 | 51.74% | 4.11% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 3.52% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Medicine Hat Official Results 2001 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 3, 2020. | ||||||||
2004
| 2004 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Rob Renner | 5,261 | 49.97% | -12.11% | ||||
| Liberal | Karen Charlton | 3,419 | 32.47% | 0.58% | ||||
| Alberta Alliance | Scott Cowan | 1,060 | 10.07% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Diana Arnott | 547 | 5.20% | -0.83% | ||||
| Social Credit | Jonathan Lorentzen | 242 | 2.30% | – | ||||
| Total | 10,529 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 81 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 25,746 | 41.21% | -10.53% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -6.35% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Medicine Hat Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 6, 2020. | ||||||||
2008
| 2008 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Rob Renner | 5,388 | 51.18% | 1.21% | ||||
| Liberal | Karen Charlton | 3,625 | 34.43% | 1.96% | ||||
| Wildrose Alliance | Clint Rabb | 746 | 7.09% | -2.99% | ||||
| New Democratic | Diana Arnott | 484 | 4.60% | -0.60% | ||||
| Green | Karen Kraus | 285 | 2.71% | – | ||||
| Total | 10,528 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 51 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 29,877 | 35.41% | -5.80% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -0.37% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 492–495. | ||||||||
2012
| 2012 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Wildrose | Blake Pedersen | 6,034 | 43.56% | 36.47% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Darren Hirsch | 5,342 | 38.56% | -12.62% | ||||
| New Democratic | Dennis Perrier | 1,168 | 8.43% | 3.83% | ||||
| Liberal | Matthew B. Sandford | 1,095 | 7.90% | -26.53% | ||||
| Evergreen | Graham Murray | 214 | 1.54% | -1.17% | ||||
| Total | 13,853 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled, and declined | 114 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 29,058 | 48.07% | 12.66% | |||||
| Wildrose gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | -5.88% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "72 - Medicine Hat Official Results 2012 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
2015
| 2015 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Bob Wanner | 6,160 | 37.92% | 29.49% | ||||
| Wildrose | Val Olson | 5,790 | 35.64% | -7.92% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Blake Pedersen | 3,427 | 21.10% | -17.47% | ||||
| Alberta Party | Jim Black | 731 | 4.50% | – | ||||
| Independent | David Andrew Phillips | 137 | 0.84% | – | ||||
| Total | 16,245 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 57 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 30,585 | 53.30% | 5.23% | |||||
| New Democratic gain from Wildrose | Swing | -1.36% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "72 - Medicine Hat Official Results 2015 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
2004
| 2004 Senate nominee election results: Medicine Hat[20] | 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 four candidates on the ballot
2012
1948 electrification lebiscite
District results from the first province wide plebiscite on electricity regulation.
| Option A | Option B |
|---|---|
| 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[21] | |||
| Question A: Do you approve additional types of outlets for the sale of beer, wine and spirituous liquor subject to a local vote? | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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.[22]
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.[21]
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%.[21]
Official district returns were released to the public on December 31, 1957.[21] The Social Credit government in power at the time did not considered the results binding.[23] However the results of the vote led the government to repeal all existing liquor legislation and introduce an entirely new Liquor Act.[24]
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.[25]
2004
| Participating schools[26] |
|---|
| 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[27] | ||||
| 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 | |||
2012
- List of Alberta provincial electoral districts
- Medicine Hat a city in Alberta, Canada.
- Medicine Hat (federal electoral district), a federal electoral district since 1908
- Medicine Hat (N.W.T. electoral district), a territorial electoral district from 1888 to 1905
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