Cypress-Medicine Hat
Cypress-Medicine Hat is a provincial electoral district in the southeast corner of Alberta.
 Alberta electoral district | |||
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 Cypress-Medicine Hat within Alberta, 2017 boundaries | |||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta | ||
| MLA |
United Conservative | ||
| District created | 1993 | ||
| First contested | 1993 | ||
| Last contested | 2012 | ||
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 Drew Barnes. He was first elected in 2012 as a Wildrose Party candidate in the 28th Alberta general election.
History
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.[1]
Boundary history
| 50 Cypress-Medicine Hat 2003 Boundaries[2] | ||||
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| Bordering Districts | ||||
| North | East | Middle | West | South |
| Drumheller-Stettler | Saskatchewan boundary | Medicine Hat | Cardston-Taber-Warner, Little Bow and Strathmore-Brooks | Montana boundary |
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| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act. | ||||
| Starting at the east boundary of Rge. 11 W4 and the north boundary of Sec. 18, Twp. 20, Rge. 10 W4; then 1. east along the north boundary of Secs. 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13 in Rges. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4 and 3 to the east boundary of Rge. 3 W4; 2. south along the east boundary of Rge. 3 W4 to the right bank of the South Saskatchewan River; 3. downstream along the right bank of the river to the east boundary of the Province; 4. south and west along the boundary of the Province to the east boundary of Rge. 11 in Twp. 1 W4; 5. north along the east boundary to the right bank of the Milk River; 6. upstream along the right bank of the Milk River to the east boundary of Sec. 20 in Twp. 2, Rge. 11 W4; 7. north along the east boundary of Secs. 20, 29 and 32 in the Twp. and along the east boundary of Secs. 5, 8, 17, 20, 29 and 32 in Twp. 3 to the north boundary of Twp. 3; 8. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 14 W4; 9. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of Twp. 4; 10. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 15 W4; 11. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 18 in Twp. 7, Rge. 14 W4; 12. east along the north boundary of Secs. 18, 17 and 16 in the Twp. to the east boundary of Sec. 16 in the Twp.; 13. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 15 in the Twp.; 14. east along the north boundary of the south half of Secs. 15 and 14 to the east boundary of Sec. 14 in the Twp.; 15. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 12 in the Twp.; 16. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 14 W4; 17. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 7 in Twp. 7, Rge. 13 W4; 18. east along the north boundary of the south half of Secs. 7, 8 and 9 to the east boundary of Sec. 9 in the Twp.; 19. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 3 in the Twp.; 20. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 3 in the Twp.; 21. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 2 in the Twp.; 22. east along the north boundary of the south half of Secs. 2 and 1 to the east boundary of Rge. 13 W4; 23. north along the east boundary to the right bank of the South Saskatchewan River; 24. upstream along the right bank of the South Saskatchewan River to the right bank of the Bow River; 25. upstream along the right bank of the Bow River to the north boundary of Twp. 13; 26. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 11 W4; 27. north along the east boundary of Rge. 11 to the starting point; excluding the Electoral Division of Medicine Hat. | ||||
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| 55 Cypress-Medicine Hat 2010 Boundaries | ||||
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| Bordering Districts | ||||
| North | East | Middle | West | South |
| Drumheller-Stettler | Saskatchewan boundary | Medicine Hat | Cardston-Taber-Warner, Little Bow and Strathmore-Brooks | Montana boundary |
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| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act. | ||||
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Representation history
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Cypress-Medicine Hat[3] | ||||
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| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See Cypress-Redcliff 1986-1993 | ||||
| 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–present | |||
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.
Legislature results
1993 general election
| 1993 Alberta general election results[4] | Turnout 60.02% | Swing | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
| Progressive Conservative | Lorne Taylor | 4,034 | 49.30% | |||
| Liberal | Lloyd 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 | % | ||||
1997 general election
| 1997 Alberta general election results[5] | Turnout 51.22% | Swing | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
| Progressive Conservative | Lorne Taylor | 5,754 | 63.35% | 14.05% | ||
| Liberal | Beverley 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 | 25 | |||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 17,779 | % | ||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 11.93% | ||||
2001 general election
| 2001 Alberta general election results[6] | Turnout 50.04% | Swing | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
| Progressive Conservative | Lorne Taylor | 7,222 | 72.99% | 9.64% | ||
| Liberal | Beverley Clarke | 2,074 | 20.96% | -3.45% | ||
| New Democratic | Cliff Anten | 598 | 6.05% | 1.83% | ||
| Total | 9,894 | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 52 | |||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 19,878 | % | ||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 6.55% | ||||
2004 general election
| 2004 Alberta general election results[7] | Turnout 38.36% | Swing | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
| Progressive Conservative | Leonard Mitzel | 4,628 | 54.95% | -18.04% | ||
| Liberal | Stuart Angle | 2,222 | 26.38% | 5.42% | ||
| Alberta Alliance | Dan Pierson | 652 | 7.74% | |||
| Social Credit | Eric Solberg | 562 | 6.67% | |||
| New Democratic | Cliff Anten | 358 | 4.26% | -1.79% | ||
| Total | 8,422 | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 87 | |||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 22,181 | % | ||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -11.73% | ||||
2008 general election
| 2008 Alberta general election results[8] | Turnout 29.06% | Swing | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
| Progressive Conservative | Leonard Mitzel | 5,640 | 63.34% | 8.39% | ||
| Liberal | Richard Mastel | 2,023 | 22.72% | -3.66% | ||
| Wildrose Alliance | Dan Pierson | 679 | 7.63% | -0.11% | ||
| New Democratic | Manuel Martinez | 347 | 3.90% | -0.36% | ||
| Green | Bright Pryde | 215 | 2.41% | * | ||
| Total | 8,904 | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 70 | |||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 30,640 | % | ||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 6.03% | ||||
2012 general election
| 2012 Alberta general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Wildrose | Drew Barnes | 7,098 | 53.60% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Len Mitzel | 4,738 | 35.78% | |||||
| Liberal | Jon Mastel | 770 | 5.81% | |||||
| New Democratic | Manuel Martinez | 637 | 4.81% | |||||
| Total | 13,243 | |||||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 127 | |||||||
| Eligible electors | 26,199 | |||||||
2015 general election
| 2015 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Wildrose | Drew Barnes | 8,523 | 54.5% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Bob Olson | 3,375 | 21.6% | |||||
| New Democratic | Bev Waege | 3,233 | 20.7% | |||||
| Liberal | Eric Musekamp | 496 | 3.2% | |||||
| Total | ||||||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | ||||||||
| Eligible electors | ||||||||
| 2019 Alberta general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| United Conservative | Drew Barnes | 16,483 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Peter Mueller | 6,396 | ||||||
| Alberta Party | Collette Smithers | 1,122 | ||||||
| Alberta Advantage | Terry Blacquier | 359 | ||||||
| Liberal | Anwar Kamaran | 219 | ||||||
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| Rejected, spoiled, and declined | ||||||||
| Registered electors | ||||||||
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Senate nominee election
2004 Senate nominee election district results
| 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 4 Candidates on the Ballot
Student Vote results
2004 election
| Participating Schools[10] |
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| 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
- "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.
- "E‑4.1". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 2003. pp. 35–36.
- "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.
- "Cypress-Medicine Hat Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 6, 2010.
- "1997 General Election". Elections Alberta. Archived from the original on February 14, 2012. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
- "2001 Statement of Official results Cypress-Medicine Hat" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 7, 2010.
- "Cypress-Medicine Hat Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 7, 2009.
- The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 392–397.
- "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2009. Retrieved March 1, 2010.
- "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on February 13, 2012. Retrieved 2008-04-27.
- "Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 6, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-19.