Medicine Hat (provincial electoral district)
 Alberta electoral district
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2010 boundaries
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| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta | ||
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New Democratic |
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| District created | 1905 | ||
| District abolished | 1971 | ||
| District re-created | 1979 | ||
| First contested | 1905 | ||
| Last contested | 2015 | ||
Medicine Hat is an Albertan provincial electoral district, covering most of the city of Medicine Hat.
Under the Alberta electoral boundary re-distribution of 2004, the constituency covers the portion of the city north of the South Saskatchewan River, the Trans-Canada Highway and Carry Drive. The rest of the city and surrounding area is part of the Cypress-Medicine Hat constituency.
The current Member of the Legislative Assembly for this district is the New Democrat's Bob Wanner. He was elected in the 29th Alberta general election.
The electoral district of Medicine Hat has existed in two iterations. The first was created when the province was founded in 1905. It was formed from the old Medicine Hat electoral district that returned members to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories. Back in 1905 the district covered a large portion of rural south east Alberta. The district shrunk until it became an urban only riding.
The district was abolished in 1971 to become part of Medicine Hat-Redcliff. That district was abolished in 1979 and once again became Medicine Hat. The 2010 boundary redistribution saw minor changes made to align the riding with new boundaries of Medicine Hat.
The provincial electoral district of Medicine Hat has a long history that goes back to 1888 under the old Medicine Hat, Northwest Territories electoral district. The district was carried over when the province of Alberta was created in 1905.
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