Medicine Hat-Redcliff

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]

Medicine Hat-Redcliff

Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created	1971
District abolished	1979
First contested	1971
Last contested	1975

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.

Electoral history

1971 general election

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 general election

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

• Alberta provincial electoral districts
• Medicine Hat, Alberta a city in Alberta.
• Redcliff, Alberta a town in Alberta.

References

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

Further reading

• Office of the Chief Electoral Officer; Legislative Assembly Office (2006). A Century of Democracy: Elections of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 1905-2005. The Centennial Series. Edmonton, AB: Legislative Assembly of Alberta. ISBN 0-9689217-8-7. Retrieved 25 May 2020.

External links

• Elections Alberta
• The Legislative Assembly of Alberta