Cypress-Medicine Hat
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 Alberta electoral district |
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| Provincial electoral district | ||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta | |
| MLA | Leonard Mitzel Progressive Conservative |
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| District created | 1997 | |
| First contested | 1997 | |
| Last contested | 2008 | |
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.
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[edit] Election results
[edit] 2004 general election
| 2004 Alberta general election results[1] | Turnout 38.36% | |||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Progressive Conservative | Leonard Mitzel | 4,628 | 54.95% | |
| Liberal | Stuart Angle | 2,222 | 26.38% | |
| Alberta Alliance | Dan Pierson | 652 | 7.74% | |
| Social Credit | Eric Solberg | 562 | 6.67% | |
| NDP | Cliff Aten | 358 | 4.26% | |
| Total | 8,422 | 100% | ||
| Rejected Ballots | 87 | |||
[edit] 2004 Senate nominee election district results
| 2004 Senate nominee election results: Cypress-Medicine Hat[2] | Turnout 37.92% | |||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % Votes | % Ballots | Rank |
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| Progressive Conservative | Bert Brown | 3,412 | 16.23% | 48.80% | 1 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Betty Unger | 3,119 | 14.83% | 44.61% | 2 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Cliff Breitkreuz | 2,399 | 11.41% | 34.31% | 3 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Jim Silye | 2,182 | 10.38% | 31.21% | 5 | |
| Progressive Conservative | David Usherwood | 2,127 | 10.12% | 30.42% | 6 | |
| Independent | Link Byfield | 2,062 | 9.81% | 29.49% | 4 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Michael Roth | 1,678 | 7.98% | 24.00% | 7 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Vance Gough | 1,496 | 7.11% | 21.40% | 8 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Gary Horan | 1,409 | 6.70% | 20.15% | 10 | |
| Independent | Tom Sindlinger | 1,142 | 5.43% | 16.33% | 9 | |
| Total Votes | 21,026 | 100% | ||||
| Total Ballots | 6,992 | 3.01 Votes Per Ballot | ||||
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 1,418 | |||||
Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot
[edit] 2004 Student Vote
| Participating Schools[3] |
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| Burdett School |
| Eaglebutte High School |
| Senator Gershaw School |
| Seven Persons School |
| St. Marys School |
| St. Michaels |
| Sunrise 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[4] | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Progressive Conservative | Leonard Mitzel | 396 | 57.98% | |
| Liberal | Stuart Angle | 142 | 20.79% | |
| Alberta Alliance | Dan Pierson | 59 | 8.64% | |
| NDP | Cliff Aten | 52 | 7.61% | |
| Social Credit | Eric Solberg | 34 | 4.98% | |
| Total | 683 | 100% | ||
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 25 | |||
[edit] References
- ^ Cypress-Medicine Hat Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election. Elections Alberta. Retrieved on 2008-03-08.
- ^ Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results. Elections Alberta. Retrieved on 2008-03-08.
- ^ School by School results. Student Vote Canada. Retrieved on 2008-04-27.
- ^ Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates. Student Vote Canada. Retrieved on 2008-04-19.
