Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner

Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner

Alberta electoral district
Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner in relation to other Alberta federal electoral districts as of the 2013 Representation Order.
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Glen Motz Conservative
District created	1907
First contested	1908
Last contested	2016 by-election
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	102,847
Electors (2015)	76,789
Area (km²)[2]	29,982
Pop. density (per km²)	3.4
Census subdivisions	Blood 148, Bow Island, Cardston, Cardston County, Coutts, Cypress County, Foremost, Forty Mile County No. 8, Improvement District No. 4, Magrath, Medicine Hat, Milk River, Raymond, Redcliff, Stirling, Warner, Warner No. 5

Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner (formerly Medicine Hat) is a federal electoral district in southern Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1908.

Following the Canadian federal electoral redistribution, 2012, the riding was renamed Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner.^[3]

In 2006, 40.3% of the population of the Medicine Hat riding were of German ethnic origin, the highest such percentage in all of Canada.^[4]

In the 42nd Canadian Parliament, the seat was represented by Jim Hillyer of the Conservative Party of Canada until his death on March 23, 2016. In the first by-election in the history of the Medicine Hat constituency held on October 24, 2016, Glen Motz of the Conservatives was elected.

Geography

The constituency covers the City of Medicine Hat and surrounding areas in the southeast corner and southern border region of Alberta, including Cypress County, the County of Forty Mile No. 8, Warner No. 5 and Cardston County.

Demographics

According to the Canada 2011 Census^[5][6]

Ethnic groups: 87.5% White, 8.9% Aboriginal
Languages: 86.4% English, 7.4% German, 1.2% French, ~1.1% Blackfoot (Blackfoot/Kainai counted as "Other language" on the Census; this number derived from "other language" speakers on Blackfoot/Kainai reserves)
Religions: 72.0% Christian (21.4% Catholic, 9.6% United Church, 6.1% Lutheran, 3.6% Anglican, 2.2% Pentecostal, 1.5% Baptist, 27.6% Other Christian), 1.2% Traditional Aboriginal Spirituality, 25.6% None.
Median income: $29,534 (2010) Average income: $39,940 (2010)

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.

During the 2012 electoral redistribution, "Medicine Hat" was largely succeeded by "Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner", losing territory to Bow River and Battle River—Crowfoot, and gaining territory from Lethbridge and Macleod.

Members of Parliament

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Medicine Hat Riding created from Alberta provisional district and Assiniboia West
11th	1908–1911		Charles Alexander Magrath	Conservative
12th	1911–1917		William Ashbury Buchanan	Liberal
13th	1917–1921		Arthur Sifton	Government (Unionist)
14th	1921–1925		Robert Gardiner	Progressive
15th	1925–1926		Frederick William Gershaw	Liberal
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1935
18th	1935–1940		Archibald Hugh Mitchell	Social Credit
19th	1940–1945		Frederick William Gershaw	Liberal
20th	1945–1949		William Duncan Wylie	Social Credit
21st	1949–1953
22nd	1953–1957
23rd	1957–1958		Bud Olson
24th	1958–1962		Edwin Brunsden	Progressive Conservative
25th	1962–1963		Bud Olson	Social Credit
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1967
	1967–1968			Liberal
28th	1968–1972
29th	1972–1974		Bert Hargrave	Progressive Conservative
30th	1974–1979
31st	1979–1980
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988		Bob Porter
34th	1988–1993
35th	1993–1997		Monte Solberg	Reform
36th	1997–2000
	2000–2000			Alliance
37th	2000–2003
	2003–2004			Conservative
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011		LaVar Payne
41st	2011–2015
Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner
42nd	2015–2016		Jim Hillyer	Conservative
	2016–Present		Glen Motz

Election results

Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner, 2015–present

Canadian federal by-election, October 24, 2016 Due to the death of Jim Hillyer
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Conservative	Glen Motz	23,932	69.85	+1.05
	Liberal	Stan Sakamoto	8,778	25.62	+7.68
	Christian Heritage	Rod Taylor	702	2.05	–
	New Democratic	Beverly Ann Waege	353	1.03	-8.64
	Libertarian	Sheldon Johnston	284	0.83	–
	Rhinoceros	Kayne Cooper	211	0.62	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			34,260	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots				–
Turnout				44.54
Eligible voters			76,911
	Conservative hold		Swing		-3.32
Sources: Elections Canada[7]

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Jim Hillyer	34,849	68.80	+0.10	–
	Liberal	Glen Allan	9,085	17.94	+6.78	–
	New Democratic	Erin Weir	4,897	9.67	-5.27	–
	Green	Brent Smith	1,319	2.60	-1.84	–
	Independent	John Clayton Turner	500	0.99		–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			50,650	100.00		$236,204.82
Total rejected ballots			118	0.23	–
Turnout			50,768	66.11	–
Eligible voters			76,789
	Conservative hold		Swing		-3.34
Source: Elections Canada[8][9]

2011 federal election redistributed results[10]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	25,659	68.70
	New Democratic	5,578	14.94
	Liberal	4,165	11.15
	Green	1,658	4.44
	Others	287	0.77

Medicine Hat, 1908–2015

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	LaVar Payne	30,719	71.55	+0.68	$48,282
	New Democratic	Dennis Perrier	5,616	13.08	+2.07	$8,700
	Liberal	Norm Boucher	4,416	10.29	+3.35	$24,876
	Green	Graham Murray	1,868	4.35	-1.80	$3,179
	Christian Heritage	Frans Vandestroet	317	0.74	-0.22	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			43,055	100.00		–
Total rejected ballots			119	0.28	+0.02
Turnout			43,055	52.13	+5.93
Eligible voters			82,599	–	–
	Conservative hold		Swing		-0.70

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	LaVar Payne	26,950	70.87	-8.84	$68,148
	New Democratic	Wally Regehr	4,187	11.01	+2.97	$3,110
	Liberal	Beverley Botter	2,639	6.94	-1.41	$9,755
	Green	Kevin Dodd	2,338	6.15	+2.25	$183
	Independent	Dean Shock	971	2.55	–	–
	No affiliation	David S. Patrick	580	1.53	–	–
	Christian Heritage	Frans Vandestroet	363	0.95	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			38,028	100.00		$99,562
Total rejected ballots			97	0.25	+0.04
Turnout			38,125	46.20	-10.12
Eligible voters			82,528	–	–
	Conservative hold		Swing		-5.90

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Monte Solberg	35,670	79.71	+3.56	$42,183
	Liberal	Bev Botter	3,737	8.35	-2.56	$10,367
	New Democratic	Wally Regehr	3,598	8.04	-1.13	$839
	Green	Kevin Dodd	1,746	3.90	+0.13	$26
Total valid votes/Expense limit			44,751	100.00		$91,765
Total rejected ballots			96	0.21	-0.03
Turnout			44,847	56.32	+2.43
Eligible voters			79,634	–	–
	Conservative hold		Swing		+3.06

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Monte Solberg	30,241	76.15	-8.36	$33,906
	Liberal	Bill Cocks	4,331	10.91	+0.57	$12,440
	New Democratic	Betty Stroh	3,643	9.17	+4.03	$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	53.88	-4.00
Eligible voters			73,884	–	–
	Conservative notional hold		Swing		-4.47

Note: Change based on redistributed results. Conservative vote is compared to the total of Progressive Conservative and Canadian Alliance vote in 2000.

2000 federal election redistributed results[11]
Party		Vote	%
	Canadian Alliance	30,749	74.39
	Liberal	4,273	10.34
	Progressive Conservative	4,186	10.13
	New Democratic	2,128	5.15
	Independent	1	0.00

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Alliance	Monte Solberg	31,134	74.28	+8.83	$37,263
	Liberal	Trevor Butts	4,392	10.48	-7.00	$3,972
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon Musgrove	4,236	10.11	-2.03	$2,521
	New Democratic	Luke Lacasse	2,153	5.14	+0.19	$5,220
Total valid votes			41,915	100.00		–
Total rejected ballots			111	0.26	+0.04
Turnout			42,026	58.71	+5.15
	Alliance hold		Swing		+7.92

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	65.45	+10.65	$32,848
	Liberal	Glenn Ennis	6,079	17.48	-3.45	$28,313
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon Musgrove	4,219	12.13	-4.66	$7,651
	New Democratic	Jim Driscoll	1,719	4.94	+0.52	$4,923
Total valid votes			34,778	100.00		–
Total rejected ballots			76	0.22	–
Turnout			34,854	53.56	–
	Reform hold		Swing		+7.05

Note: Change based on redistributed results.

1993 federal election redistributed results[12]
Party		Vote	%
	Reform	22,014	54.79
	Liberal	8,409	20.93
	Progressive Conservative	6,746	16.79
	New Democratic	1,776	4.42
	Others	1,232	3.07

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Reform	Monte Solberg	22,439	54.71	+43.96
	Liberal	Glenn Ennis	8,555	20.86	+8.80
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Wyse	6,934	16.91	-42.02
	New Democratic	Allan Hunt	1,832	4.47	-10.67
	Christian Heritage	Ivor Ottrey	989	2.41	-0.71
	Canada Party	Jack Hopkins	262	0.64	–
Total valid votes			41,011	100.00
	Reform gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+42.99

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Harold Porter	25,114	58.92	-16.83
	New Democratic	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	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Harold Porter	33,978	75.75	+5.44
	New Democratic	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	100.00

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 Democratic	Agnes Wiley	3,453	9.37	+1.74
	Social Credit	Jack Hopkins M.	1,022	2.77	-0.76
Total valid votes			36,845	100.00

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 Democratic	Lorne L. Burk	3,053	7.63	+0.70
	Social Credit	Jack Hopkins	1,412	3.53	-1.90
Total valid votes			39,988	100.00

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 Democratic	L. Hemmingway	1,961	6.93	-0.34
	Social Credit	Edwin Ens	1,538	5.44	+0.01
Total valid votes			28,297	100.00

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 Democratic	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	100.00

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 Democratic	Lewis E. Toole	2,401	9.82	+4.18
Total valid votes			24,462	100.00

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 Democratic	Lewis Edward Toole	1,420	5.63	+0.91
Total valid votes			25,210	100.00

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 Democratic	John Head	1,271	4.72	-1.21
Total valid votes			26,914	100.00

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 Democratic	George McFall	1,499	5.94	+2.08
Total valid votes			25,249	100.00

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	100.00

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	–
	Independent SC	William Raymond Klinck	386	1.65	–
Total valid votes			23,389	100.00

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	100.00

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	100.00

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	100.00

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	100.00

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	100.00

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	100.00

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 of Alberta	Carl Henning Axelson	2,081	24.44	+1.32
Total valid votes			8,513	100.00

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	100.00

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	100.00

Canadian federal by-election, 27 June 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On Mr. Sifton's death, 21 January 1921
	Progressive	Robert Gardiner	13,133	79.58
	Conservative	Nelson Spencer	3,369	20.42	-66.57
Total valid votes			16,502	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1917
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Government (Unionist)	Arthur Lewis Sifton	6,869	63.04
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	Clifford Bernardo Reilly	3,568	32.74
	Nonpartisan League	George Paton	460	4.22
Total valid votes			10,897

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	100.00

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	100.00

See also

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

References

• "(Code 48021) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
• Riding history for Medicine Hat (1908 - 2015) from the Library of Parliament
• Expenditures - 2008
• Expenditures - 2004
• Expenditures - 2000
• Expenditures - 1997

Notes

1. Stastistics Canada: 2011
2. Stastistics Canada: 2011
3. http://www.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Language=E&Mode=1&DocId=6654879&File=4
4. "2Profile of Ethnic Origin and Visible Minorities for Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2006 Census". 2.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
5. http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FED2013&Code1=48027&Data=Count&SearchText=Medicine%20Hat&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1#tabs2
6. http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FED2013&Code1=48027&Data=Count&SearchText=Medicine%20Hat&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1
7. "List of candidates Medicine Hat--Cardston--Warner (Alberta)".
8. "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner (Validated results)". Elections Canada. 22 October 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
9. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
10. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
11. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
12. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

External links

• Elections Canada
• Website of the Parliament of Canada