Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner
 Alberta electoral district
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Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner in relation to other Alberta federal electoral districts as of the 2013 Representation Order.
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| Federal electoral district | |||
| Legislature | House of Commons | ||
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Conservative |
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| District created | 1907 | ||
| First contested | 1908 | ||
| Last contested | 2016 by-election | ||
| District webpage | profile, map | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2011) | 102,847 | ||
| Electors (2015) | 76,789 | ||
| Area (km²) | 29,982 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 3.4 | ||
| Census subdivisions | 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 | ||
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.
Following the Canadian federal electoral redistribution, 2012, the riding was renamed Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner.
In 2006, 40.3% of the population of the Medicine Hat riding were of German ethnic origin, the highest such percentage in all of Canada.
In the 42nd Canadian Parliament, the seat was represented by Jim Hillyer of the Conservative Party of Canada until his death on March 23, 2016. In the first by-election in the history of the Medicine Hat constituency held on October 24, 2016, Glen Motz of the Conservatives was elected.
The constituency covers the City of Medicine Hat and surrounding areas in the southeast corner and southern border region of Alberta, including Cypress County, the County of Forty Mile No. 8, Warner No. 5 and Cardston County.
Ethnic groups: 87.5% White, 8.9% Aboriginal
Languages: 86.4% English, 7.4% German, 1.2% French, ~1.1% Blackfoot (Blackfoot/Kainai counted as "Other language" on the Census; this number derived from "other language" speakers on Blackfoot/Kainai reserves)
Religions: 72.0% Christian (21.4% Catholic, 9.6% United Church, 6.1% Lutheran, 3.6% Anglican, 2.2% Pentecostal, 1.5% Baptist, 27.6% Other Christian), 1.2% Traditional Aboriginal Spirituality, 25.6% None.
Median income: $29,534 (2010) Average income: $39,940 (2010)
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