Cypress-Medicine Hat
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Cypress-Medicine Hat is an Albertan provincial electoral district, located in the southeastern corner of the province.
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 the counties of Cypress and Forty Mile.
The current MLA for this district is Progressive Conservative Leonard Mitzel He won election in the district in the 26th Alberta general election, replacing retiring cabinet minister Lorne Taylor.
