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 Albertaelectoral district | |
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| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
| District created | 1971 |
| District abolished | 1979 |
| First contested | 1971 |
| Last contested | 1975 |
Medicine Hat-Redcliff was aprovincialelectoral district inAlberta,Canada, mandated to return a singlemember to theLegislative Assembly of Alberta using thefirst past the post method of voting from 1971 to 1979.[1]
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Medicine Hat-Redcliff | ||||
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| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| SeeMedicine Hat electoral district from 1905-1971 | ||||
| 17th | 1971–1975 | William Wyse | Social Credit | |
| 18th | 1975–1979 | Jim Horsman | Progressive Conservative | |
| SeeMedicine Hat electoral district from 1979-2019 andCypress-Medicine Hat electoral district from 1979-Present | ||||
The Medicine Hat-Redcliff electoral district was named for theCity of Medicine Hat and theTown 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 intoCypress-Medicine Hat andMedicine Hat electoral districts.
The district was represented in theLegislative Assembly of Alberta byWilliam Wyse in the17th Alberta Legislative Assembly from 1971 to 1975, andJim Horsman in the18th Alberta Legislative Assembly from 1975 to 1979.
| 1971 Alberta general election | ||||||||
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| 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 Creditpickup new district. | ||||||||
Source(s) Source:"Medicine Hat-Redcliff Official Results 1971 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. RetrievedMay 21, 2020. | ||||||||
| 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 Conservativegain fromSocial Credit | Swing | -8.22% | ||||||
Source(s) Source:"Medicine Hat-Redcliff Official Results 1975 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. RetrievedMay 21, 2020. | ||||||||
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