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District created
  
1993

Last contested
  
2012

Province
  
Alberta

First contested
  
1993

Mla
  
Drew Barnes

Cypress-Medicine Hat

Legislature
  
Legislative Assembly of Alberta

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Cypress-Medicine Hat is an Albertan provincial electoral district, located in the southeastern corner of the province.

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Under the Alberta electoral boundary re-distribution of 2004, the constituency covers the portion of Medicine Hat south of the South Saskatchewan River, the Trans-Canada Highway and Carry Drive. The rest of the city is part of the Medicine Hat constituency, which Cypress-Medicine Hat surrounds. The constituency borders Saskatchewan to the east and Montana to the south. Clockwise from the Montana border, the district also borders Cardston-Taber-Warner, Little Bow, Strathmore-Brooks and Drumheller-Stettler. Other major towns include Bow Island and Redcliff. The constituency represents Cypress County and the County of Forty Mile No. 8.

The current MLA for this district is the Wildrose Party's Drew Barnes. He was elected in the 28th Alberta general election.

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History

The electoral district was created in the 1993 boundary redistribution from the old electoral district of Cypress-Redcliff.

The 2010 boundary redistribution saw only minor changes made in the middle of the riding to align with changes to the Medicine Hat city limits.

Representation history

The electoral district was created in the boundary redistribution of 1993 from the old Cypress-Redcliff riding. The biggest change was the inclusion of parts of Medicine Hat that resulted in the name change.

The first election in the district held in 1993 was won by Progressive Conservative candidate Lorne Taylor who won with a comfortable margin defeating three other candidates. He would win his second term with a stronger majority in 1997. Premier Ralph Klein would promote him to the cabinet and he would hold a few portfolio's after that election. He won a third term in 2001 before retiring in 2004.

The second member for the district was Leonard Mitzel who was elected to his first term in the 2004 election. He was re-elected again in 2008 with a landslide.

2004 Senate nominee election district results

Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot

2004 election

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.

References

Cypress-Medicine Hat Wikipedia