Medicine Hat (electoral district)

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Medicine Hat in relation to the other Alberta ridings
Population, 2001	105,009
Electors	73,884
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

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.

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

[edit] History

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

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

1908-1911: Charles Alexander Magrath - Conservative
1911-1917: William Ashbury Buchanan - Liberal
1917-1921: Arthur Sifton - Unionist
1921-1925: Robert Gardiner - Progressive
1925-1935: Frederick Gershaw - Liberal
1935-1940: Archibald Mitchell - Social Credit
1940-1945: Frederick Gershaw - Liberal
1945-1957: William Wylie - Social Credit
1957-1958: Bud Olson - Social Credit
1958-1962: E.W. Brunsden - Progressive Conservative
1962-1972: Bud Olson - Social Credit (1962-1967), Liberal (1967-1972)
1972-1984: Bert Hargrave - Progressive Conservative
1984-1993: Bob Porter - Progressive Conservative
1993-present: Monte Solberg - Reform Party (1993-2000), Canadian Alliance (2000-2003), Progressive Conservative (2003-2004), Conservative (2003-present)

[edit] Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is Monte Solberg, a former broadcaster. He was first elected to Parliament in the 1993 election. He represents the Conservative Party of Canada. He is the Conservative critic for Finance. In the last parliamentary session, he served a member on the 'Standing Committee on Finance'.

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Monte Solberg	35,670
	Liberal	Bev Botter	3,737
	New Democrat	Wally Regehr	3,598
	Green	Kevin Dodd	1,746

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Monte Solberg	30,241	76.14%		$33,906
	Liberal	Bill Cocks	4,331	10.90%		$12,440
	New Democratic Party	Betty Stroh	3,643	9.17%		$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%

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

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Reform	Monte Solberg	22,761	65.44%		$32,848
	Liberal	Glenn Ennis	6,079	17.47%		$28,313
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon Musgrove	4,219	12.13%		$7,651
	New Democratic Party	Jim Driscoll	1,719	4.94%		$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
	Liberal	Glenn Ennis	8,560
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Wyse	6,934
	New Democrat	Allan Hunt	1,862
	Christian Heritage	Ivor Ottrey	971
	Canada Party	Jack Hopkins	262

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Bob Porter	25,114
	New Democrat	Jim Ridley	6,453
	Liberal	Peter Hansen	5,141
	Reform	Larry Samcoe	4,582
	Christian Heritage	Hans Visser	1,331

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Bob Porter	33,978
	New Democrat	Wally Regehr	4,652
	Liberal	Peter Hansen	4,025
	Confederation of Regions	Peter McArthur	1,427
	Social Credit	Jack Hopkins	772

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Bert Hargrave	25,908
	Liberal	Ted Anhorn	6,462
	New Democrat	Agnes Wiley	3,453
	Social Credit	Jack Hopkins M.	1,022

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Bert Hargrave	28,893
	Liberal	Jim Wilfley	6,630
	New Democrat	Lorne L. Burk	3,053
	Social Credit	Jack Hopkins	1,412

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Bert Hargrave	15,525
	Liberal	H.A. Bud Olson	9,273
	New Democrat	L. Hemmingway	1,961
	Social Credit	Edwin Ens	1,538

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Bert Hargrave	15,027
	Liberal	H.A. Bud Olson	9,403
	New Democrat	Lewis E. Toole	2,033
	Social Credit	D. Willard Paxman	1,519

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Horace A. Bud Olson	9,015
	Progressive Conservative	C.J. Chuck Meagher	8,809
	Social Credit	W.H. Walt Strom	4,237
	New Democrat	Lewis E. Toole	2,401

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	Horace A. Bud Olson	12,997
	Progressive Conservative	C.J. Chuck Meagher	6,958
	Liberal	James C. Miller	3,835
	New Democrat	Lewis Edward Toole	1,420

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	Horace A. Bud Olson	11,080
	Progressive Conservative	E.W. Brunsden	10,829
	Liberal	David R. Broadfoot	3,734
	New Democrat	John Head	1,271

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	Horace A. Bud Olson	10,453
	Progressive Conservative	E.W. Brunsden	9,355
	Liberal	Dave Broadfoot	3,942
	New Democrat	George McFall	1,499

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	E.W. Brunsden	10,886
	Social Credit	Horace A. Olson	9,151
	Liberal	B. Walter	2,572
	Co-operative Commonwealth	J.D. Rogers	907

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	Horace A. Bud Olson	10,960
	Liberal	Harry Veiner	8,390
	Progressive Conservative	Edwin William Brunsden	2,391
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Earl Walter Smith	1,262
	Ind. Social Credit	William Raymond Klinck	386

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	William Duncan Wylie	9,305
	Liberal	Harry Veiner	8,919
	Progressive Conservative	John Robertson	1,161

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	William Duncan Wylie	10,086
	Liberal	Harry Veiner	6,069
	Progressive Conservative	Thomas Spencer Hughes	2,346

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	William Duncan Wylie	6,752
	Liberal	Robert Clark Black	4,631
	Progressive Conservative	Philip Rogers	2,647
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Earl Walter Smith	2,301

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Frederick William Gershaw	9,439
	New Democracy	Archibald Hugh Mitchell	5,524

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	Archibald Hugh Mitchell	6,752
	Liberal	Frederick William Gershaw	4,229
	Conservative	Gilbert McNeill Blackstock	1,971

Canadian federal election, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Frederick William Gershaw	6,043
	Conservative	Gilbert McNeill Blackstock	3,109

Canadian federal election, 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Frederick William Gershaw	4,206
	Conservative	Gilbert McNeill Blackstock	2,226
	United Farmers	Carl Henning Axelson	2,081

Canadian federal election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Frederick William Gershaw	4,383
	Conservative	George McNeill Blackstock	2,397
	Progressive	Hugh Campbell McDaniel	2,039

Canadian federal election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	Robert Gardiner	10,295
	Liberal	Frederick Gershaw	2,698
	Conservative	William McIntosh	1,135

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 27 June 1921 On Mr. Sifton's death, 21 January 1921
	Progressive	Robert Gardiner	13,133
	Unknown	Nelson Spencer	3,369

Canadian federal election, 1917
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Government	Arthur Lewis Sifton	6,869
	Opposition	Clifford Bernardo Reilly	568
	Non-Partisan League	George Paton	460

Canadian federal election, 1911
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Ashbury Buchanan	6,330
	Conservative	Charles Alexander Magrath	4,875

Canadian federal election, 1908
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles Alexander Magrath	2,922
	Liberal	William Simmons	2,570

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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