Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner
Federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner (formerly Medicine Hat) is a federal electoral district in southern Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1908.
Alberta electoral district | |||
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Federal electoral district | |||
Legislature | House of Commons | ||
MP |
Conservative | ||
District created | 1907 | ||
First contested | 1908 | ||
Last contested | 2021 | ||
District webpage | profile, map | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2011)[1] | 102,847 | ||
Electors (2019) | 78,384 | ||
Area (km²)[1] | 29,982 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 3.4 | ||
Census subdivision(s) | Blood 148, Bow Island, Cardston, Cardston County, Coutts, Cypress County, Foremost, Forty Mile County No. 8, Improvement District No. 4, Magrath, Medicine Hat, Milk River, Raymond, Redcliff, Stirling, Warner, Warner No. 5 |
Following the 2012 federal electoral redistribution, the riding was renamed Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner.[2]
In 2016, 34.9% of the population of the Medicine Hat constituency were of German ethnic origin, one of the highest percentages in all of Canada.[3]
In the 42nd Canadian Parliament, the seat was represented by Jim Hillyer of the Conservative Party of Canada until his death on 23 March 2016. In the first by-election in the history of the Medicine Hat constituency held on 24 October 2016, Glen Motz of the Conservatives was elected. Motz has been the riding's representative to Ottawa since then.