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Medicine Hat-Redcliff
Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1971
District abolished1979
First contested1971
Last contested1975

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]

History

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Medicine Hat-Redcliff
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

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.

Legislative electoral history

1971

1971 Alberta general election
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

1975 Alberta general election
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

References

  1. ^ "Election results for Medicine Hat-Redcliff". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 22, 2020.

Further reading

External links


Former Alberta provincial electoral districts
Elections and referendums in Alberta
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