Medicine Hat-Redcliff

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Medicine Hat-Redcliff
Flag of Alberta.svg Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1971
District abolished1979
First contested 1971
Last contested 1975

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]

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History

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Medicine Hat-Redcliff
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
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.

Legislative electoral history

1971

1971 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Social Credit William Wyse 6,44748.93%
Progressive Conservative Jim Horsman 4,14031.42%
New Democratic Frank Armstrong2,12816.15%
Liberal Theodore Anhorn4623.51%
Total13,177
Rejected, spoiled and declined67
Eligible electors / Turnout17,90373.98%
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

1975 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Jim Horsman 5,67846.43%15.02%
Social Credit William Wyse 5,54845.37%-3.55%
Liberal David Wilkins5324.35%0.84%
New Democratic Bill Hartley4173.41%-12.74%
Independent Progressive Conservative Hilory Sorschan530.43%
Total12,228
Rejected, spoiled and declined27
Eligible electors / turnout20,27960.43%-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.

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References

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

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