Medicine Hat

Medicine Hat

Alberta electoral district
Medicine Hat in relation to the other Alberta federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		LaVar Payne Conservative
District created	1907
First contested	1908
Last contested	2008
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	113,085
Electors (2006)	79,634
Area (km²)	33,305
Pop. density (per km²)	3.4
Census divisions	Division No. 1, Division No. 2
Census subdivisions	Medicine Hat, Brooks, Taber, Newell County No. 4, Cypress County, Redcliff, Forty Mile County No. 8

For the provincial electoral district by the same name, see Medicine Hat (provincial electoral district).

Medicine Hat is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1908. The riding covers the town of Medicine Hat and surrounding areas on the southeast side of Alberta, including Cypress County, Forty Mile County, Municipal District of Taber, Newell County and the southern part of Special Area No. 2.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Members of Parliament 1.2 Current Member of Parliament 2 Election results 3 See also 4 External links

History

Soon after the province of Alberta was admitted to Confederation in 1905, this electoral district was created, in 1907, from Alberta (Provisional District) and Assiniboia West ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

1. 1908-1911: Charles Alexander Magrath - Conservative
2. 1911-1917: William Ashbury Buchanan - Liberal
3. 1917-1921: Arthur Lewis Sifton - Unionist
4. 1921-1925: Robert Gardiner - Progressive
5. 1925-1935: Frederick William Gershaw - Liberal
6. 1935-1940: Archibald Hugh Mitchell - Social Credit
7. 1940-1945: Frederick William Gershaw - Liberal
8. 1945-1957: William Duncan Wylie - Social Credit
9. 1957-1958: Bud Olson - Social Credit
10. 1958-1962: Edwin William Brunsden - Progressive Conservative
11. 1962-1972: Bud Olson - Social Credit (1962-1967), Liberal (1967-1972)
12. 1972-1984: Bert Hargrave - Progressive Conservative
13. 1984-1993: Robert Harold Porter - Progressive Conservative
14. 1993-2008: Monte Solberg - Reform Party (1993-2000), Canadian Alliance (2000-2003), Progressive Conservative (2003-2004), Conservative (2003-2008)
15. 2008-present LaVar Payne - Conservative

Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is LaVar Payne.

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	LaVar Payne	26,950	70.9%	-8.8%	$68,148
	New Democrat	Wally Regehr	4,187	11.0%	+3.0%	$3,110
	Liberal	Beverley Botter	2,639	6.9%	-1.5%	$9,755
	Green	Kevin Dodd	2,338	6.2%	+2.3%	$183
	Independent	Dean Shock	971	2.6%
	Independent	David S. Patrick	580	1.5%
	Christian Heritage	Frans Vandestroet	363	1.0%
Total valid votes/Expense limit			38,028	100%		$99,562
Total rejected ballots			97
Turnout				%

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Monte Solberg	35,670	79.71%	+3.57%
	Liberal	Bev Botter	3,737	8.35%	-2.55%
	New Democrat	Wally Regehr	3,598	8.04%	-1.13%
	Green	Kevin Dodd	1,746	3.90%	+0.13%
Total valid votes			44,751	100.00%

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Monte Solberg	30,241	76.14%	-8.23%	$33,906
	Liberal	Bill Cocks	4,331	10.90%	+0.43%	$12,440
	New Democrat	Betty Stroh	3,643	9.17%	+4.04%	$11,008
	Green	Kevin Dodd	1,498	3.77%		$716
Total valid votes			39,713	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			98	0.25%
Turnout			39,811	53.75%

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of Progressive Conservative and Canadian Alliance vote in 2000.

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Canadian Alliance	Monte Solberg	31,134	74.27%	+8.83%	$37,263
	Liberal	Trevor Butts	4,392	10.47%	-7.00%	$3,972
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon Musgrove	4,236	10.10%	-2.03%	$2,521
	New Democrat	Luke Lacasse	2,153	5.13%	+0.19%	$5,220
Total valid votes			41,915	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			111	0.26%
Turnout			42,026	58.71%

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997.

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Reform	Monte Solberg	22,761	65.44%	+10.75%	$32,848
	Liberal	Glenn Ennis	6,079	17.47%	-3.39%	$28,313
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon Musgrove	4,219	12.13%	-4.77%	$7,651
	New Democrat	Jim Driscoll	1,719	4.94%	+0.40%	$4,923
Total valid votes			34,778	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			76	0.22%
Turnout			34,854	53.56%

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Monte Solberg	22,439	54.69%	+43.94%
	Liberal	Glenn Ennis	8,560	20.86%	+8.80%
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Wyse	6,934	16.90%	-42.02%
	New Democrat	Allan Hunt	1,862	4.54%	-10.60%
	Christian Heritage	Ivor Ottrey	971	2.37%	-0.76%
	Canada Party	Jack Hopkins	262	0.64%
Total valid votes			41,028	100%

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Harold Porter	25,114	58.92%	-16.83%
	New Democrat	Jim Ridley	6,453	15.14%	+4.77%
	Liberal	Peter Hansen	5,141	12.06%	+3.09%
	Reform	Larry Samcoe	4,582	10.75%
	Christian Heritage	Hans Visser	1,331	3.12%
Total valid votes			42,621	100%

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Harold Porter	33,978	75.75%	+5.44%
	New Democrat	Wally Regehr	4,652	10.37%	+1.00%
	Liberal	Peter Hansen	4,025	8.97%	-8.56%
	Confederation of Regions	Peter McArthur	1,427	3.18%
	Social Credit	Jack Hopkins	772	1.72%	-1.05%
Total valid votes			44,854	100%

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bert Hargrave	25,908	70.32%	-1.94%
	Liberal	Ted Anhorn	6,462	17.54%	+0.96%
	New Democrat	Agnes Wiley	3,453	9.37%	+1.74%
	Social Credit	Jack Hopkins M.	1,022	2.77%	-0.76%
Total valid votes			36,845	100%

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bert Hargrave	28,893	72.25%	+17.39%
	Liberal	Jim Wilfley	6,630	16.58%	-16.19%
	New Democrat	Lorne L. Burk	3,053	7.63%	+0.70%
	Social Credit	Jack Hopkins	1,412	3.53%	-1.90%
Total valid votes			39,988	100%

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bert Hargrave	15,525	54.86%	+1.16%
	Liberal	H.A. Bud Olson	9,273	32.77%	-0.83%
	New Democrat	L. Hemmingway	1,961	6.93%	-0.34%
	Social Credit	Edwin Ens	1,538	5.44%	+0.01%
Total valid votes			28,297	100%

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bert Hargrave	15,027	53.70%	+17.69%
	Liberal	Horace Olson	9,403	33.60%	-3.25%
	New Democrat	Lewis E. Toole	2,033	7.27%	-2.55%
	Social Credit	D. Willard Paxman	1,519	5.43%	-11.89%
Total valid votes			27,982	100%

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Horace Olson	9,015	36.85%	+21.64%
	Progressive Conservative	C.J. Chuck Meagher	8,809	36.01%	+8.41%
	Social Credit	W.H. Walt Strom	4,237	17.32%	-34.23%
	New Democrat	Lewis E. Toole	2,401	9.82%	+4.18%
Total valid votes			24,462	100%

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Horace Olson	12,997	51.55%	+10.39%
	Progressive Conservative	C.J. Chuck Meagher	6,958	27.60%	-12.64%
	Liberal	James C. Miller	3,835	15.21%	+1.34%
	New Democrat	Lewis Edward Toole	1,420	5.63%	+0.91%
Total valid votes			25,210	100%

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Horace Olson	11,080	41.17%	-0.23%
	Progressive Conservative	Edwin William Brunsden	10,829	40.24%	+3.18%
	Liberal	David R. Broadfoot	3,734	13.87%	-1.74%
	New Democrat	John Head	1,271	4.72%	-1.21%
Total valid votes			26,914	100%

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Horace Olson	10,453	41.40%	-4.89%
	Progressive Conservative	Edwin William Brunsden	9,355	37.05%	-1.86
	Liberal	Dave Broadfoot	3,942	15.61%	+4.68%
	New Democrat	George McFall	1,499	5.94%	+2.08%
Total valid votes			25,249	100%

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Edwin William Brunsden	10,886	46.29%	+36.07%
	Social Credit	Horace Olson	9,151	38.91%	-7.95%
	Liberal	B. Walter	2,572	10.94%	-24.93%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	J.D. Rogers	907	3.86%	-1.54%
Total valid votes			23,516	100%

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Horace Olson	10,960	46.86%	-1.14%
	Liberal	Harry Veiner	8,390	35.87%	-10.14%
	Progressive Conservative	Edwin William Brunsden	2,391	10.22%	+4.23%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Earl Walter Smith	1,262	5.40%
	Ind. Social Credit	William Raymond Klinck	386	1.65%
Total valid votes			23,389	100%

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	William Duncan Wylie	9,305	48.00%	-6.51%
	Liberal	Harry Veiner	8,919	46.01%	+13.21%
	Progressive Conservative	John Robertson	1,161	5.99%	-6.69%
Total valid votes			19,385	100%

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	William Duncan Wylie	10,086	54.52%	+13.17%
	Liberal	Harry Veiner	6,069	32.80%	+4.45%
	Progressive Conservative	Thomas Spencer Hughes	2,346	12.68%	-3.53%
Total valid votes			18,501	100%

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	William Duncan Wylie	6,752	41.34%	+4.43%
	Liberal	Robert Clark Black	4,631	28.36%	-34.73%
	Progressive Conservative	Philip Rogers	2,647	16.21%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Earl Walter Smith	2,301	14.09%
Total valid votes			16,331	100%

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Frederick William Gershaw	9,439	63.08%	+30.43%
	New Democracy	Archibald Hugh Mitchell	5,524	36.92%	-15.21%
Total valid votes			14,963	100%

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Archibald Hugh Mitchell	6,752	52.13%
	Liberal	Frederick William Gershaw	4,229	32.65%	-33.38%
	Conservative	Gilbert McNeill Blackstock	1,971	15.22%	-18.75%
Total valid votes			12,952	100%

Canadian federal election, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Frederick William Gershaw	6,043	66.03%	+16.62%
	Conservative	Gilbert McNeill Blackstock	3,109	33.97%	+7.82%
Total valid votes			9,152	100%

Canadian federal election, 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Frederick William Gershaw	4,206	49.41%	-0.29%
	Conservative	Gilbert McNeill Blackstock	2,226	26.15%	-1.03%
	United Farmers	Carl Henning Axelson	2,081	24.44%	+1.32%
Total valid votes			8,513	100%

Canadian federal election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Frederick William Gershaw	4,383	49.70%	+30.60%
	Conservative	George McNeill Blackstock	2,397	27.18%	+19.15%
	Progressive	Hugh Campbell McDaniel	2,039	23.12%	-49.75%
Total valid votes			8,819	100%

Canadian federal election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Robert Gardiner	10,295	72.87%	-6.71%
	Liberal	Frederick William Gershaw	2,698	19.10%
	Conservative	William McIntosh	1,135	8.03%	-12.38%
Total valid votes			14,128	100%

By-election on 27 June 1921 On Mr. Sifton's death, 21 January 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Robert Gardiner	13,133	79.58%
	Conservative	Nelson Spencer	3,369	20.42%	-66.57%
Total valid votes			16,502	100%

Canadian federal election, 1917
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Government	Arthur Lewis Sifton	6,869	86.98%	+43.48%
	Opposition	Clifford Bernardo Reilly	568	7.19%	-49.30%
	Non-Partisan League	George Paton	460	5.82%
Total valid votes			7,897	100%

Canadian federal election, 1911
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Ashbury Buchanan	6,330	56.49%	+9.70%
	Conservative	Charles Alexander Magrath	4,875	43.51%	-9.70%
Total valid votes			11,205	100%

Canadian federal election, 1908
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Charles Alexander Magrath	2,922	53.20%
	Liberal	William Simmons	2,570	46.80%
Total valid votes			5,492	100%

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Alberta federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

• Library of Parliament Riding Profile
• Expenditures - 2008
• Expenditures - 2004
• Expenditures - 2000
• Expenditures - 1997
• Elections Canada
• Website of the Parliament of Canada

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