 Alberta electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Cypress-Medicine Hat within Alberta, 2017 boundaries | |||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta | ||
| MLA |
United Conservative | ||
| District created | 1993 | ||
| First contested | 1993 | ||
| Last contested | 2023 | ||
Cypress-Medicine Hat is a provincial electoral district in the southeast corner of Alberta.
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 Cypress County and the County of Forty Mile No. 8.
The MLA for this district is the United Conservative Party's Justin Wright.[1] Prior to 2023 the district was represented by Drew Barnes, who was first elected in 2012 as a Wildrose Party candidate in the 28th Alberta general election.
- ^ "Alberta election 2023 results: Cypress-Medicine Hat | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved May 30, 2023.