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Medicine Hat
Alberta electoral district
	; 2004 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created	1905
First contested	1905
Last contested	2008

Medicine Hat is an Albertan provincial electoral district, covering most of the city of Medicine Hat.

Under the Alberta electoral boundary re-distribution of 2004, the constituency covers the portion of the city north of the South Saskatchewan River, the Trans-Canada Highway and Carry Drive. The rest of the city and surrounding area is part of the Cypress-Medicine Hat constituency.

The current Member of the Legislative Assembly for this district is Progressive Conservative Rob Renner. He was re-elected in the 26th Alberta general election.

[edit] Election results

[edit] 1905 general election

1905 Alberta general election results^[1]			Turnout Unknown
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	William Finlay	575	51.70%
	Conservative	Francis Sissons	537	48.30%
Total			1,112	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			Unknown

[edit] 2004 general election

2004 Alberta general election results^[2]			Turnout 41.28%
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Rob Renner	5,261	49.96%
	Liberal	Karen Charlton	3,419	32.47%
	Alberta Alliance	Scott Cowan	1,060	10.07%
	NDP	Diana Arnott	547	5.20%
	Social Credit	Jonathan Lorentzen	242	2.30%
Total			10,529	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			98

[edit] 2004 Senate nominee election district results

2004 Senate nominee election results: Medicine Hat^[3]					Turnout 41.25%
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	% Votes	% Ballots	Rank
	Progressive Conservative	Betty Unger	3,427	15.30%	43.92%	2
	Progressive Conservative	Bert Brown	3,420	15.27%	43.84%	1
	Progressive Conservative	Cliff Breitkreuz	2,256	10.07%	28.92%	3
	Progressive Conservative	David Usherwood	2,245	10.02%	28.78%	6
	Independent	Link Byfield	2,230	9.96%	28.58%	4
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Silye	2,215	9.89%	28.39%	5
	Alberta Alliance	Michael Roth	1,972	8.80%	25.28%	7
	Alberta Alliance	Vance Gough	1,780	7.95%	22.82%	8
	Alberta Alliance	Gary Horan	1,607	7.17%	20.60%	10
	Independent	Tom Sindlinger	1,249	5.57%	16.01%	9
Total Votes			22,401	100%
Total Ballots			7,802	2.87 Votes Per Ballot
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			2,819

Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot

[edit] Plebiscite results

[edit] 1948 Electrification Plebiscite

District results from the first province wide plebiscite on electricity regulation.

Option A	Option B
Are you in favour of the generation and distribution of electricity being continued by the Power Companies?	Are you in favour of the generation and distribution of electricity being made a publicly owned utility administered by the Alberta Government Power Commission?
5,168 81.03%	1,214 18.97%
Province wide result: Option A passed.

[edit] 2004 Student Vote

Participating Schools^[4]
Crescent Heights High School
Crestwood Elementary School
McCoy High School
Medicine Hat High School
River Heights Elementary
Southview School

On November 19, 2004 a Student Vote was conducted at participating Alberta schools to parallel the 2004 Alberta general election results. The vote was designed to educate students and simulate the electoral process for persons who have not yet reached the legal majority. The vote was conducted in 80 of the 83 provincial electoral districts with students voting for actual election candidates. Schools with a large student body that reside in another electoral district had the option to vote for candidates outside of the electoral district then where they were physically located.

2004 Alberta Student Vote results^[5]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Rob Renner	586	42.71%
	Liberal	Karen Charlton	361	26.31%
	NDP	Diana Arnott	209	15.23%
	Alberta Alliance	Scott Cowan	109	7.94%
	Social Credit	Jonathan Lorentzen	107	7.81%
Total			1,372	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			25

[edit] References

^ "Hat Medicine Hat Official Results 1905 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Foundation. http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1905&Constit=Medicine Hat. Retrieved 2008-08-16.
^ "Medicine Hat Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election". Elections Alberta. http://www.elections.ab.ca/Public%20Website/files/Statements/68.pdf. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
^ "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results". Elections Alberta. http://www.elections.ab.ca/Public%20Website/files/Reports/SN_snetabulation.pdf. Retrieved 2008-03-08.
^ "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. http://www.studentvote.ca/admin/election/Schools.htm. Retrieved 2008-04-27.
^ "Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. http://www.studentvote.ca/admin/election/Candidate.htm. Retrieved 2008-04-19.

[edit] External links

Website of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta

[1905_official-0] "Hat Medicine Hat Official Results 1905 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Foundation. http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1905&Constit=Medicine Hat. Retrieved 2008-08-16.

[2004_official-1] "Medicine Hat Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election". Elections Alberta. http://www.elections.ab.ca/Public%20Website/files/Statements/68.pdf. Retrieved 2008-04-18.

[senresults2004-2] "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results". Elections Alberta. http://www.elections.ab.ca/Public%20Website/files/Reports/SN_snetabulation.pdf. Retrieved 2008-03-08.

[school-3] "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. http://www.studentvote.ca/admin/election/Schools.htm. Retrieved 2008-04-27.

[stu2004-4] "Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. http://www.studentvote.ca/admin/election/Candidate.htm. Retrieved 2008-04-19.

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