2016 Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner federal by-election

September 2023 2016 Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner federal by-election Canada 44.54% ( 21.57%) 76,911 2019 parliamentary no no no 2015 Canadian federal election 2015 2016 10 24 2019 Canadian federal election Riding of Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner Glen Motz x160px CA Conservative nohash CA Conservative name 23,932 69.85% 1.05% LPC Stan Sakamoto CA Liberal nohash CA Liberal name 8,778 25.62% 7.68% MP Jim Hillyer CA Conservative name Glen Motz CA Conservative nameA by-election was held in the federal riding of Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner in Alberta, Canada, on 24 October 2016 following the death of Conservative MP Jim Hillyer.September 18, 2016 Byelection date set for Alberta following death of Conservative MP https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/09/18/byelection-date-set-for-alberta-following-death-of-conservative-mp.html April 4, 2017 Toronto Star The safe seat was held by the Conservative candidate Glen Motz on a reduced majority.February 19, 2017 Justin Trudeau sets byelection for Ottawa-Vanier for April 3 https://globalnews.ca/news/3259498/justin-trudeau-byelection-ottawa-vanier/ April 4, 2017 Global News The by-election was the first to be held in the 42nd Canadian Parliament. Background Constituency The constituency covers the City of Medicine Hat and surrounding areas in the southeast corner and southern U.S. border region of Alberta, including Cypress County, the County of Forty Mile No. 8, Warner No. 5 and the Town of Warner, and Cardston County and the Town of Cardston. Representation The riding has been held by centre-right parties since Bert Hargrave defeated Liberal incumbent Bud Olson, himself a former Social Credit MP, in 1972. This was the first by-election in the 108-year history of the Medicine Hat constituency. The seat was vacated on March 23, 2016, when Conservative Party of Canada MP Jim Hillyer died in his office following a heart attack.Levitz Stephanie March 23, 2016 Alberta Conservative MP Jim Hillyer dead at age 41 Toronto Star https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/03/23/jim-hillyer-albera-conservative-mp-dies-at-age-41.html March 27, 2016 Campaign The Speaker's warrant regarding the vacancy was received on March 24, 2016. Candidates Retired Medicine Hat Police inspector Glen Motz defeated businessman Brian Benoit, former Cardston-Taber-Warner and Calgary-Glenmore MLA Paul Hinman, lawyer Michael W. Jones, and party worker Joe Schow for the Conservative nomination, which was held in late June.Gallant Collin May 20, 2016 Tories will choose Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner byelection candidate in late June http://www.prairiepost.com/news/alberta/item/10103-tories-will-choose-medicine-hat-cardston-warner-byelection-candidate-in-late-june.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160804175541/http://www.prairiepost.com/news/alberta/item/10103-tories-will-choose-medicine-hat-cardston-warner-byelection-candidate-in-late-june.html August 4, 2016 May 29, 2016 Prairie Post Cypress-Medicine Hat MLA Drew Barnes, former Medicine Hat MLA Blake Pedersen, and Dan Hein, Hillyer's closest competitor for the nomination in 2015, all declined to run for the Conservative nomination despite speculation to the contrary.Kuhl Nick April 13, 2016 Interest strong to become Hat-Cardston-Warner MP Lethbridge Herald http://lethbridgeherald.com/news/local-news/2016/04/13/interest-strong-to-become-hat-cardston-warner-mp/ dead May 29, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160416034240/http://lethbridgeherald.com/news/local-news/2016/04/13/interest-strong-to-become-hat-cardston-warner-mp/# 2016-04-16 Well-known Medicine Hat businessman Stan Sakamoto was the Liberal candidate. The Libertarian Party of Canada nominated Sheldon Johnston as its candidate.Cournoyer Dave August 17, 2016 40 days until the Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner by-election needs to be called http://daveberta.ca/2016/08/40-days-until-the-medicine-hat-cardston-warner-by-election-needs-to-be-called/ August 23, 2016 Daveberta.ca The Libertarians and the Rhinoceros Party nominated candidates for the first time in Medicine Hat. Results 2015 result CA 2015 yes yes yes CA Conservative Jim Hillyer 34,849 68.80 +0.10 $54,953.54 CA Liberal Glen Allan 9,085 17.94 +6.78 $15,408.61 CA NDP Erin Weir 4,897 9.67 -5.27 $9,291.81 CA Green Brent Smith 1,319 2.60 -1.84 $741.29 CA Independent John Clayton Turner 500 0.99 $4,050.57 Total valid votes/Expense limit 50,650 100.00   $237,057.33 Total rejected ballots 118 0.23 – Turnout 50,768 66.11 – Eligible voters 76,789 CA Conservative -3.34 Source: Elections Canadahttp://enr.elections.ca/ElectoralDistricts.aspx?lang=e October 19, 2015 Election Results — Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner (Validated results) Elections Canada 22 October 2015 4 November 2015Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates https://web.archive.org/web/20160304045200/http://www.elections.ca/content2.aspx?section=can&dir=cand%2Fcanlim&document=index&lang=e 4 March 2016 References Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner federal by-election Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner federal by-election Category:Federal by-elections in Alberta Category:Politics of Medicine Hat Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner federal by-election