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MEDICINE HAT — Canadian Federal Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

MEDICINE HAT was won by Conservative at the 2011 general election, with a margin of 25,103 votes over NDP. This page covers every general election in MEDICINE HAT from 1908 to 2011.

Full Election History, 1908–2011

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1908 Conservative Conservative 2,922 53.2% Liberal (2,570) 352 (6.4 pts)
1911 Liberal Liberal 6,330 56.5% Conservative (4,875) 1,455 (13.0 pts)
1917 Unionist Unionist 6,869 63.0% Opposition (3,568) 3,301 (30.3 pts)
1921 Progressive Progressive 10,295 72.9% Liberal (2,698) 7,597 (53.8 pts)
1925 Liberal Liberal 4,383 49.7% Conservative (2,397) 1,986 (22.5 pts)
1926 Liberal Liberal 4,206 49.4% Conservative (2,226) 1,980 (23.3 pts)
1930 Liberal Liberal 6,043 66.0% Conservative (3,109) 2,934 (32.1 pts)
1940 Liberal Liberal 9,439 63.1% New Democracy (5,524) 3,915 (26.2 pts)
1945 Social Credit Social Credit 6,752 41.3% Liberal (4,631) 2,121 (13.0 pts)
1949 Social Credit Social Credit 10,086 54.5% Liberal (6,069) 4,017 (21.7 pts)
1953 Social Credit Social Credit 9,305 48.0% Liberal (8,919) 386 (2.0 pts)
1957 Social Credit Social Credit 10,960 46.9% Liberal (8,390) 2,570 (11.0 pts)
1958 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 10,886 46.3% Social Credit (9,151) 1,735 (7.4 pts)
1962 Social Credit Social Credit 10,453 41.4% Progressive Conservative (9,355) 1,098 (4.3 pts)
1963 Social Credit Social Credit 11,080 41.2% Progressive Conservative (10,829) 251 (0.9 pts)
1965 Social Credit Social Credit 12,997 51.6% Progressive Conservative (6,958) 6,039 (24.0 pts)
1968 Liberal Liberal 9,015 36.9% Progressive Conservative (8,809) 206 (0.8 pts)
1972 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 15,027 53.7% Liberal (9,403) 5,624 (20.1 pts)
1974 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 15,525 54.9% Liberal (9,273) 6,252 (22.1 pts)
1979 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 28,893 72.3% Liberal (6,630) 22,263 (55.7 pts)
1980 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 25,908 70.3% Liberal (6,462) 19,446 (52.8 pts)
1984 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 33,978 75.8% NDP (4,652) 29,326 (65.4 pts)
1988 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 25,114 58.9% NDP (6,453) 18,661 (43.8 pts)
1993 Reform Reform 22,439 54.7% Liberal (8,555) 13,884 (33.9 pts)
1997 Reform Reform 22,761 65.4% Liberal (6,079) 16,682 (48.0 pts)
2000 Canadian Alliance Canadian Alliance 31,134 74.3% Liberal (4,392) 26,742 (63.8 pts)
2004 Conservative Conservative 30,241 76.1% Liberal (4,331) 25,910 (65.2 pts)
2006 Conservative Conservative 35,670 79.7% Liberal (3,737) 31,933 (71.4 pts)
2008 Conservative Conservative 26,950 72.0% NDP (4,187) 22,763 (60.8 pts)
2011 Conservative Conservative 30,719 71.5% NDP (5,616) 25,103 (58.5 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1908

PartyVotesShare
Conservative2,92253.2%
Liberal2,57046.8%

1911

PartyVotesShare
Liberal6,33056.5%
Conservative4,87543.5%

1917

PartyVotesShare
Unionist6,86963.0%
Opposition3,56832.7%
Non-Partisan League4604.2%

1921

PartyVotesShare
Progressive10,29572.9%
Liberal2,69819.1%
Conservative1,1358.0%

1925

PartyVotesShare
Liberal4,38349.7%
Conservative2,39727.2%
Progressive2,03923.1%

1926

PartyVotesShare
Liberal4,20649.4%
Conservative2,22626.1%
United Farmers2,08124.4%

1930

PartyVotesShare
Liberal6,04366.0%
Conservative3,10934.0%

1940

PartyVotesShare
Liberal9,43963.1%
New Democracy5,52436.9%

1945

PartyVotesShare
Social Credit6,75241.3%
Liberal4,63128.4%
Progressive Conservative2,64716.2%
CCF2,30114.1%

1949

PartyVotesShare
Social Credit10,08654.5%
Liberal6,06932.8%
Progressive Conservative2,34612.7%

1953

PartyVotesShare
Social Credit9,30548.0%
Liberal8,91946.0%
Progressive Conservative1,1616.0%

1957

PartyVotesShare
Social Credit10,96046.9%
Liberal8,39035.9%
Progressive Conservative2,39110.2%
CCF1,2625.4%
Independent Social Credit3861.7%

1958

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative10,88646.3%
Social Credit9,15138.9%
Liberal2,57210.9%
CCF9073.9%

1962

PartyVotesShare
Social Credit10,45341.4%
Progressive Conservative9,35537.1%
Liberal3,94215.6%
NDP1,4995.9%

1963

PartyVotesShare
Social Credit11,08041.2%
Progressive Conservative10,82940.2%
Liberal3,73413.9%
NDP1,2714.7%

1965

PartyVotesShare
Social Credit12,99751.6%
Progressive Conservative6,95827.6%
Liberal3,83515.2%
NDP1,4205.6%

1968

PartyVotesShare
Liberal9,01536.9%
Progressive Conservative8,80936.0%
Social Credit4,23717.3%
NDP2,4019.8%

1972

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative15,02753.7%
Liberal9,40333.6%
NDP2,0337.3%
Social Credit1,5195.4%

1974

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative15,52554.9%
Liberal9,27332.8%
NDP1,9616.9%
Social Credit1,5385.4%

1979

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative28,89372.3%
Liberal6,63016.6%
NDP3,0537.6%
Social Credit1,4123.5%

1980

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative25,90870.3%
Liberal6,46217.5%
NDP3,4539.4%
Social Credit1,0222.8%

1984

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative33,97875.8%
NDP4,65210.4%
Liberal4,0259.0%
Confederation of Regions1,4273.2%
Social Credit7721.7%

1988

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative25,11458.9%
NDP6,45315.1%
Liberal5,14112.1%
Reform4,58210.8%
Christian Heritage Party of Canada1,3313.1%

1993

PartyVotesShare
Reform22,43954.7%
Liberal8,55520.9%
Progressive Conservative6,93416.9%
NDP1,8324.5%
Christian Heritage Party of Canada9892.4%
Canada Party2620.6%

1997

PartyVotesShare
Reform22,76165.4%
Liberal6,07917.5%
Progressive Conservative4,21912.1%
NDP1,7194.9%

2000

PartyVotesShare
Canadian Alliance31,13474.3%
Liberal4,39210.5%
Progressive Conservative4,23610.1%
NDP2,1535.1%

2004

PartyVotesShare
Conservative30,24176.1%
Liberal4,33110.9%
NDP3,6439.2%
Green1,4983.8%

2006

PartyVotesShare
Conservative35,67079.7%
Liberal3,7378.4%
NDP3,5988.0%
Green1,7463.9%

2008

PartyVotesShare
Conservative26,95072.0%
NDP4,18711.2%
Liberal2,6397.0%
Green2,3386.2%
Independent9712.6%
Christian Heritage Party of Canada3631.0%

2011

PartyVotesShare
Conservative30,71971.5%
NDP5,61613.1%
Liberal4,41610.3%
Green1,8684.4%
Christian Heritage Party of Canada3170.7%

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each contested election, coloured by the winning party. Acclaimed elections (no opposing candidate) aren't plotted since there's no margin to measure.

1908: Conservative margin 6.4 pts 1911: Liberal margin 13.0 pts 1917: Unionist margin 30.3 pts 1921: Progressive margin 53.8 pts 1925: Liberal margin 22.5 pts 1926: Liberal margin 23.3 pts 1930: Liberal margin 32.1 pts 1940: Liberal margin 26.2 pts 1945: Social Credit margin 13.0 pts 1949: Social Credit margin 21.7 pts 1953: Social Credit margin 2.0 pts 1957: Social Credit margin 11.0 pts 1958: Progressive Conservative margin 7.4 pts 1962: Social Credit margin 4.3 pts 1963: Social Credit margin 0.9 pts 1965: Social Credit margin 24.0 pts 1968: Liberal margin 0.8 pts 1972: Progressive Conservative margin 20.1 pts 1974: Progressive Conservative margin 22.1 pts 1979: Progressive Conservative margin 55.7 pts 1980: Progressive Conservative margin 52.8 pts 1984: Progressive Conservative margin 65.4 pts 1988: Progressive Conservative margin 43.8 pts 1993: Reform margin 33.9 pts 1997: Reform margin 48.0 pts 2000: Canadian Alliance margin 63.8 pts 2004: Conservative margin 65.2 pts 2006: Conservative margin 71.4 pts 2008: Conservative margin 60.8 pts 2011: Conservative margin 58.5 pts 1908 1911 1917 1921 1925 1926 1930 1940 1945 1949 1953 1957 1958 1962 1963 1965 1968 1972 1974 1979 1980 1984 1988 1993 1997 2000 2004 2006 2008 2011

Trend

MEDICINE HAT has been contested at 30 general elections on record since 1908. Winning parties over that span: Conservative, Liberal, Unionist, Progressive, Social Credit, Progressive Conservative, Reform, Canadian Alliance.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won MEDICINE HAT in the 2011 general election?

Conservative won MEDICINE HAT in 2011 with 30,719 votes (71.5%), a margin of 25,103 votes over NDP in second place.

Which parties have won MEDICINE HAT since 1908?

Since 1908, MEDICINE HAT has been won by: Canadian Alliance, Conservative, Liberal, Progressive, Progressive Conservative, Reform, Social Credit, Unionist.

What was the closest result in MEDICINE HAT?

The closest contested result on record for MEDICINE HAT was 1968, when Liberal beat Progressive Conservative by 206 votes (0.8 percentage points).

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