Cypress-Medicine Hat is a provincial electoral district in the southeast corner of Alberta.

Cypress-Medicine Hat
Alberta electoral district
Cypress-Medicine Hat within Alberta, 2017 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 
 
Justin Wright
United Conservative
District created1993
First contested1993
Last contested2023

Under the Alberta electoral boundary re-distribution of 2004, the constituency covers the portion of Medicine Hat south of the South Saskatchewan River, the Trans-Canada Highway and Carry Drive. The rest of the city is part of the Medicine Hat constituency, which Cypress-Medicine Hat surrounds. The constituency borders Saskatchewan to the east and Montana to the south. Clockwise from the Montana border, the district also borders Cardston-Taber-Warner, Little Bow, Strathmore-Brooks and Drumheller-Stettler. Other major towns include Bow Island and Redcliff. The constituency represents Cypress County and the County of Forty Mile No. 8.

The MLA for this district is the United Conservative Party's Justin Wright.[1] Prior to 2023 the district was represented by Drew Barnes, who was first elected in 2012 as a Wildrose Party candidate in the 28th Alberta general election.

History

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The electoral district was created in the 1993 boundary redistribution from the old electoral district of Cypress-Redcliff.

The 2010 boundary redistribution saw only minor changes made in the middle of the riding to align with changes to the Medicine Hat city limits.[2]

Boundary history

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Representation history

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Members of the Legislative Assembly for Cypress-Medicine Hat[4]
Assembly Years Member Party
Riding created from Cypress-Redcliff and Medicine Hat
23rd 1993-1997 Lorne Taylor Progressive Conservative
24th 1997-2001
25th 2001-2004
26th 2004-2008 Leonard Mitzel
27th 2008-2012
28th 2012–2015 Drew Barnes Wildrose
29th 2015–2017
2017-2019 United Conservative
30th 2019–2021
2021–2023 Independent
31st 2023– Justin Wright United Conservative

The electoral district was created in the boundary redistribution of 1993 from the old Cypress-Redcliff riding. The biggest change was the inclusion of parts of Medicine Hat that resulted in the name change.

The first election in the district held in 1993 was won by Progressive Conservative candidate Lorne Taylor who won with a comfortable margin defeating three other candidates. He won his second term with a stronger majority in 1997. Premier Ralph Klein promoted him to the cabinet and held a few portfolio's after that election. He won a third term in 2001 before retiring in 2004.

The second member for the district was Leonard Mitzel who was elected to his first term in the 2004 election. He was re-elected in 2008 with a landslide.

In the 2012 Alberta general election Wildrose candidate Drew Barnes defeated Progressive Conservative incumbent Leonard Mitzel. Barnes captured 53.6 per cent of the vote. Barnes was subsequently reelected in 2015 capturing 54.5 per cent of the vote. In 2017 the Barnes became a member of the United Conservative Party when the Wildrose Party merged with the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta. Barnes was subsequently reelected in 2019, capturing 67.1 per cent of the popular vote. On May 13, 2021, Barnes and Central Peace-Notley MLA Todd Loewen were expelled from the United Conservative caucus to sit as an independents.[5]

Legislative election results

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1993

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1993 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Lorne Taylor 4,034 49.30%
Liberal Lloyd B. Robinson 2,799 34.21%
Social Credit Al Strom 855 10.45%
New Democratic James Ridley 494 6.04%
Total 8,182
Rejected, spoiled and declined 33
Eligible electors / Turnout 13,688 60.02%
Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Cypress-Medicine Hat Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1997

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1997 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Lorne Taylor 5,754 63.36% 14.05%
Liberal Beverley Britton Clarke 2,217 24.41% -9.80%
Social Credit Maurice Perron 728 8.02% -2.43%
New Democratic Don Crisall 383 4.22% -1.82%
Total 9,082
Rejected, spoiled and declined 21 29 4
Eligible electors / Turnout 17,779 51.22% -8.79%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 11.93%
Source(s)
Source: "Cypress-Medicine Hat Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2001

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2001 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Lorne Taylor 7,222 72.99% 9.64%
Liberal Beverley Britton Clarke 2,074 20.96% -3.45%
New Democratic Cliff Anten 598 6.04% 1.83%
Total 9,894
Rejected, spoiled and declined 38 14 0
Eligible electors / Turnout 19,878 49.96% -1.26%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 6.54%
Source(s)
Source: "Cypress-Medicine Hat Official Results 2001 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2004

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2004 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Leonard Mitzel 4,628 54.95% -18.04%
Liberal Stuart Angle 2,222 26.38% 5.42%
Alberta Alliance Dan H. Pierson 652 7.74%
Social Credit Eric Solberg 562 6.67%
New Democratic Cliff Anten 358 4.25% -1.79%
Total 8,422
Rejected, spoiled and declined 52 29 6
Eligible electors / Turnout 22,181 38.23% -11.73%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -11.73%
Source(s)
Source: "00 - Cypress-Medicine Hat, 2004 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.[6]

2008

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2008 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Leonard Mitzel 5,640 63.34% 8.39%
Liberal Richard (Dick) Mastel 2,023 22.72% -3.66%
Wildrose Alliance Dan H. Pierson 679 7.63% -0.09%
New Democratic Manuel Martinez 347 3.90% -0.35%
Green Bright Pryde 215 2.41%
Total 8,904
Rejected, spoiled and declined 8 38 24
Eligible electors / Turnout 25,035 35.69% -2.54%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 6.03%
Source(s)
Source: "50 - Cypress-Medicine Hat, 2008 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.[7]

2012

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2012 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Wildrose Alliance Drew Barnes 7,098 53.60% 45.97%
Progressive Conservative Leonard Mitzel 4,738 35.78% -27.56%
Liberal Jon Mastel 770 5.81% -16.91%
New Democratic Manuel Martinez 637 4.81% 0.91%
Total 13,243
Rejected, spoiled and declined 75 47 5
Eligible electors / turnout 26,199 50.85% 15.16%
Wildrose Alliance gain from Progressive Conservative Swing -11.40%
Source(s)
Source: "55 - Cypress-Medicine Hat, 2012 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2015

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2015 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Wildrose Drew Barnes 8,544 54.55% 0.95%
Progressive Conservative Bob Olson 3,389 21.64% -14.14%
New Democratic Bev Waege 3,201 20.44% 15.63%
Liberal Eric Musekamp 528 3.37% -2.44%
Total 15,662
Rejected, spoiled and declined 38 33 3
Eligible electors / Turnout 29,694 52.88% 2.03%
Wildrose hold Swing 7.55%
Source(s)
Source: "55 - Cypress-Medicine Hat, 2015 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
2015 Alberta general election redistributed results
Party Votes %
Wildrose 8,861 44.32
New Democratic 5,765 28.84
Progressive Conservative 4,284 21.43
Liberal 360 1.80
Alberta Party 335 1.68
Independent 85 0.43
Source(s)
Source: Ridingbuilder

2019

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2019 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Conservative Drew Barnes 16,483 67.06 +1.31
New Democratic Peter Mueller 6,396 26.02 -2.82
Alberta Party Colette Smithers 1,122 4.56 +2.89
Alberta Advantage Party Terry Blacquier 359 1.46
Liberal Anwar Kamaran 219 0.89 -0.91
Total 24,579 99.35
Rejected, spoiled and declined 162 0.65
Turnout 24,741 67.60
Eligible voters 36,597
United Conservative notional hold Swing +2.06
Source(s)
Source: "57 - Cypress-Medicine Hat, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume II (PDF) (Report). Vol. 2. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 249–254. ISBN 978-1-988620-12-1. Retrieved April 7, 2021.

2023

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2023 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Conservative Justin Wright 13,489 61.89 -5.17
New Democratic Cathy Hogg 7,697 35.32 +9.29
Wildrose Loyalty Coalition Matt Orr 322 1.48
Alberta Independence Cody Ray Both 287 1.32
Total 21,795 99.44
Rejected and declined 122 0.56
Turnout 21,917 53.18
Eligible voters 41,209
United Conservative hold Swing -7.23
Source(s)

Senate nominee election results

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2004

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2004 Senate nominee election results: Cypress-Medicine Hat[9] Turnout 37.92%
Affiliation Candidate Votes % votes % ballots Rank
Progressive Conservative Bert Brown 3,412 16.23% 48.80% 1
Progressive Conservative Betty Unger 3,119 14.83% 44.61% 2
Progressive Conservative Cliff Breitkreuz 2,399 11.41% 34.31% 3
Progressive Conservative Jim Silye 2,182 10.38% 31.21% 5
Progressive Conservative David Usherwood 2,127 10.12% 30.42% 6
  Independent Link Byfield 2,062 9.81% 29.49% 4
Alberta Alliance Michael Roth 1,678 7.98% 24.00% 7
Alberta Alliance Vance Gough 1,496 7.11% 21.40% 8
Alberta Alliance Gary Horan 1,409 6.70% 20.15% 10
  Independent Tom Sindlinger 1,142 5.43% 16.33% 9
Total votes 21,026 100%
Total ballots 6,992 3.01 votes per ballot
Rejected, spoiled and declined 1,418

Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot

Student vote results

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2004

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Participating schools[10]
Burdett School
Eagle Butte High School
Senator Gershaw School
Seven Persons School
St. Mary's School
St. Michaels'
Sunrise 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[11]
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative Leonard Mitzel 396 57.98%
  Liberal Stuart Angle 142 20.79%
Alberta Alliance Dan Pierson 59 8.64%
  NDP Cliff Aten 52 7.61%
Social Credit Eric Solberg 34 4.98%
Total 683 100%
Rejected, spoiled and declined 25

References

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  1. ^ "Alberta election 2023 results: Cypress-Medicine Hat | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  2. ^ "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta" (PDF). Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission. June 2010. p. 20. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2011. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
  3. ^ "E‑4.1". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 2003. pp. 35–36.
  4. ^ "Members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 1905-2006" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 30, 2007. Retrieved February 27, 2010.
  5. ^ Bellefontaine, Michelle (May 13, 2021). "Alberta MLAs Todd Loewen, Drew Barnes booted from UCP caucus". CBC News. Edmonton. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
  6. ^ "Cypress-Medicine Hat Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 7, 2009.
  7. ^ The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 392–397.
  8. ^ "57 - Cypress-Medicine Hat". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
  9. ^ "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2009. Retrieved March 1, 2010.
  10. ^ "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on February 13, 2012. Retrieved April 27, 2008.
  11. ^ "Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 6, 2007. Retrieved April 19, 2008.
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