Low voter turnout in Medicine Hat and other municipalites
MEDICINE HAT, AB — Voter turnout in Medicine Hat was very low this election.
Of the eligible 50,000 voters, only 17,308 cast a ballot.
That’s a turnout of 34.6 per cent, down from 40.2 per cent in 2013.
Returning officer Angela Cruickshank said she wasn’t aware of a civic election here in Medicine Hat with a lower voter turnout.