Medicine Hat (electoral district)
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:For the provincial electoral district by the same name, see Medicine Hat (provincial electoral district).Medicine Hat is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1908. The riding covers the town of Medicine Hat and surrounding areas on the southeast side of Alberta, including Cypress County, Forty Mile County, Municipal District of Taber, Newell County and the southern part of Special Area No. 2.
History
Soon after the province of Alberta was admitted to Confederation in 1905, this electoral district was created, in 1907, from Alberta (Provisional District) and Assiniboia West ridings.Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:Current Member of Parliament
Its Member of Parliament is Monte Solberg, a former broadcaster. He was first elected to Parliament in the 1993 election. He represents the Conservative Party of Canada. He is the Conservative critic for Finance. In the last parliamentary session, he served a member on the 'Standing Committee on Finance'. Election results
|-|Conservative
|Monte Solberg
|align="right"|30,241
|align="right"|76.14%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$33,906
|Liberal
|Bill Cocks
|align="right"|4,331
|align="right"|10.90%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$12,440
|New Democratic Party
|Betty Stroh
|align="right"|3,643
|align="right"|9.17%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$11,008|Green
|Kevin Dodd
|align="right"|1,498
|align="right"|3.77%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$716
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|39,713
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|98
!align="right"|0.25%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|39,811
!align="right"|53.75%
!align="right"||-|Canadian Alliance
|Monte Solberg
|align="right"|31,134
|align="right"|74.27%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$37,263
|Liberal
|Trevor Butts
|align="right"|4,392
|align="right"|10.47%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$3,972|Progressive Conservative
|Gordon Musgrove
|align="right"|4,236
|align="right"|10.10%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$2,521
|New Democratic Party
|Luke Lacasse
|align="right"|2,153
|align="right"|5.13%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$5,220
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|41,915
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|111
!align="right"|0.26%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|42,026
!align="right"|58.71%
!align="right"||-|Reform
|Monte Solberg
|align="right"|22,761
|align="right"|65.44%
|
|align="right"|$32,848
|Liberal
|Glenn Ennis
|align="right"|6,079
|align="right"|17.47%
|
|align="right"|$28,313|Progressive Conservative
|Gordon Musgrove
|align="right"|4,219
|align="right"|12.13%
|
|align="right"|$7,651
|New Democratic Party
|Jim Driscoll
|align="right"|1,719
|align="right"|4.94%
|
|align="right"|$4,923
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|34,778
!align="right"|100.00%
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|76
!align="right"|0.22%
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|34,854
!align="right"|53.56%
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