Brooks-Medicine Hat

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Brooks-Medicine Hat
Flag of Alberta.svg Alberta electoral district
Brooks-Medicine Hat 2017.svg
Brooks-Medicine Hat within Alberta (2017 boundaries).
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 		 
Danielle Smith
United Conservative
District created2017
First contested 2019
Last contested 2023
Demographics
Population (2016) [1] 51,070
Area (km²)13,742
Pop. density (per km²)3.7
Census division(s) 1, 2
Census subdivision(s) Bassano, Brooks, Cypress County, Duchess, Medicine Hat, Newell County, Redcliff, Rosemary

Brooks-Medicine Hat is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is one of 87 districts mandated to return a single member (MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting. It was contested for the first time in the 2019 Alberta election and is presently represented by Premier Danielle Smith.

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Geography

The district is located in southeastern Alberta, containing the entirety of Newell County and the northern portions of Cypress County and Medicine Hat. It is named for its two largest communities, Medicine Hat and Brooks, and also contains CFB Suffield. Within the city of Medicine Hat, its border with Cypress-Medicine Hat runs southeast along Highway 1, then northeast along Highway 41A until the railroad tracks, then east along the South Saskatchewan River.

History

Brooks-Medicine Hat
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Riding created from Cypress-Medicine Hat, Medicine Hat
and Strathmore-Brooks
30th  2019–2023   Michaela Frey United Conservative
 2022–2023 Danielle Smith
31st  2023–Present

The district was created in 2017 when the Electoral Boundaries Commission endeavoured to reduce the number of ridings in southern Alberta, owing to slow population growth in the region. [2] The district was created from the eastern half of Strathmore-Brooks, the northern third of Cypress-Medicine Hat, and some of the northern neighbourhoods previously part of Medicine Hat. [2] Based on Statistics Canada information, in 2017, the Brooks-Medicine Hat electoral district had a population of 51,070, which was 9 per cent above the provincial average of 46,803 for a provincial electoral district. [2]

In the 2019 Alberta general election, United Conservative Party (UCP) candidate Michaela Frey [lower-alpha 1] was elected with 61 per cent of the vote, defeating New Democratic Party candidate Lynn MacWilliam with 18 per cent of the vote and four other candidates. Independent candidate Todd Beasley was previously removed from the UCP constituency nomination contest by the party after making comments on social media describing Islam as an "evil cult". [3] [4] On October 7, 2022, Frey resigned her seat in the Legislative Assembly to allow the newly elected leader of the United Conservative Party and premier, Danielle Smith, to seek a seat in legislature. [5] Smith was elected on November 8, 2022. [6]

Electoral results

2023

2023 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Conservative Danielle Smith 13,31566.49+11.98
New Democratic Gwendoline Dirk5,47727.35+0.61
Alberta Party Barry Morishita 1,2336.16-10.37
Total20,02599.54–
Rejected and declined920.46
Turnout20,11756.85
Eligible voters35,385
United Conservative hold Swing -1.82
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta [7]

2022 by-election

Alberta provincial by-election, 8 November 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Conservative Danielle Smith 6,91954.51-6.15
New Democratic Gwendoline Dirk3,39426.74+8.85
Alberta Party Barry Morishita 2,09816.53+9.60
Alberta Independence Bob Blayone2251.77+0.80
Wildrose Independence Jeevan Mangat560.44–
Total valid votes12,692
Total rejected ballots45
Turnout12,69535.51-30.27
Eligible voters35,872
United Conservative hold Swing -7.48
Source(s)
Source:Elections Alberta [8]

2019

2019 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
United Conservative Michaela Glasgo 13,60660.66-11.42$57,924
New Democratic Lynn MacWilliam4,01217.89-5.33$16,573
Independent Todd Beasley2,75912.30–$36,347
Alberta Party Jim Black1,5546.93+4.30$10,750
Liberal Jamah Bashir Farah2811.25+0.05$500
Alberta Independence Collin Pacholek2180.97–$1,751
Total22,43099.53–
Rejected, spoiled and declined1050.47
Turnout22,53565.78–
Eligible electors34,257
United Conservative notional hold Swing -3.05
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta [9] [10] [11]
Note: Expenses is the sum of "Election Expenses", "Other Expenses" and "Transfers Issued". The Elections Act limits "Election Expenses" to $50,000.
United Conservative Party change is calculated from combined Wildrose and Progressive Conservative totals.

2015

Redistributed results, 2015 Alberta election
Wildrose 8,88648.40
Progressive Conservative 4,34823.68
New Democratic 4,26323.22
Alberta Party 4822.63
Liberal 2201.20
Green 820.45
Others780.42

Notes

  1. ↑ elected as Michaela Glasgo

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References

  1. ↑ Statistics Canada: 2016
  2. 1 2 3 Alberta. Electoral Boundaries Commission (October 2017). Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta (PDF) (Report). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. pp. 34–35. ISBN   978-1-988620-04-6. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 4, 2021. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
  3. ↑ Ward, Rachel (July 16, 2018). "Disqualified UCP candidate stands behind calling Islam an 'evil cult'". CBC News .
  4. ↑ Gallant, Collin (March 13, 2019). "Shunned by UCP, Beasley to run as independent". Medicine Hat News.
  5. ↑ White, Ryan (October 7, 2022). "Brooks-Medicine Hat UCP MLA tenders resignation, encourages Smith to run". CTV News . Retrieved November 9, 2022.
  6. ↑ Herring, Jason (November 9, 2022). "Premier Danielle Smith wins byelection that gives her seat in Alberta legislature". National Post. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
  7. ↑ "52 - Brooks-Medicine Hat". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved June 9, 2023.
  8. ↑ "By-Election November 8, 2022 - 52 - Brooks-Medicine Hat". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved November 24, 2022.
  9. ↑ "52 - Brooks-Medicine Hat, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  10. ↑ Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume II (PDF) (Report). Vol. 2. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 218–224. ISBN   978-1-988620-12-1 . Retrieved April 7, 2021.
  11. ↑ Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume III Election Finances (PDF) (Report). Vol. 3. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 68–82. ISBN   978-1-988620-13-8. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 15, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
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