Glen Motz
Glen Motz | |
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| Member of Parliament for Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner | |
| Assumed office October 24, 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Jim Hillyer |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1958 (age 67–68) Hanna, Alberta, Canada |
| Party | Conservative |
| Hillcrest Christian College | |
Glen Motz MP (born 1958) is a Canadian politician who has served in the House of Commons of Canada as Member of Parliament for Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner since 2016. He is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada.[1]
Personal life
[edit]Prior to his election, Motz served for 35 years with the Medicine Hat Police Service and retired as Inspector in 2015.[2]
Political career
[edit]In 2017, Glen Motz was promoted to Deputy Shadow Minister for Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness. After the 2019 election, he was named the Associate Shadow Minister for Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness.[3] Motz was re-elected again in 2021.
Electoral record
[edit]| 2025 Canadian federal election: Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Glen Motz | 41,518 | 76.74 | +10.94 | $53,474.95 | |||
| Liberal | Tom Rooke | 9,554 | 17.66 | +10.59 | $22,439.48 | |||
| New Democratic | Jocelyn Johnson | 2,588 | 4.78 | –9.11 | $1,844.62 | |||
| Green | Andy Shadrack | 440 | 0.81 | –0.57 | none listed | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 54,100 | 99.38 | – | $142,313.66 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 339 | 0.62 | +0.06 | |||||
| Turnout | 54,439 | 67.45 | +6.58 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 80,711 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +10.25 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[4][5] | ||||||||
| 2021 Canadian federal election: Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Glen Motz | 31,648 | 65.37 | –13.81 | $40,092.38 | |||
| New Democratic | Jocelyn Stenger | 6,816 | 14.08 | +5.34 | none listed | |||
| People's | Brodie Heidinger | 4,484 | 9.26 | +6.72 | $4,416.09 | |||
| Liberal | Hannah Wilson | 3,515 | 7.26 | +0.62 | $4,098.06 | |||
| Maverick | Geoff Shoesmith | 1,226 | 2.53 | – | $15,720.70 | |||
| Green | Diandra Bruised Head | 725 | 1.50 | –0.77 | none listed | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 48,414 | 99.44 | – | $124,312.24 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 274 | 0.56 | +0.08 | |||||
| Turnout | 48,688 | 60.87 | –6.16 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 79,992 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | –9.58 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[6][7] | ||||||||
| 2019 Canadian federal election: Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Glen Motz | 42,045 | 79.18 | +9.33 | $29,481.08 | |||
| New Democratic | Elizabeth Thomson | 4,639 | 8.74 | +7.71 | none listed | |||
| Liberal | Harris Kirshenbaum | 3,528 | 6.64 | –18.97 | $10,696.35 | |||
| People's | Andrew Nelson | 1,350 | 2.54 | – | $2,249.74 | |||
| Green | Shannon Hawthorne | 1,203 | 2.27 | – | none listed | |||
| Independent | Dave Phillips | 337 | 0.64 | – | none listed | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 53,102 | 99.52 | – | $120,344.70 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 254 | 0.48 | +0.30 | |||||
| Turnout | 53,356 | 67.03 | +22.81 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 79,596 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +14.15 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[8][9] | ||||||||
| Canadian federal by-election, October 24, 2016: Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner Due to the death of Jim Hillyer | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Glen Motz | 23,932 | 69.85 | +1.05 | ||||
| Liberal | Stan Sakamoto | 8,778 | 25.62 | +7.68 | ||||
| Christian Heritage | Rod Taylor | 702 | 2.05 | |||||
| New Democratic | Beverly Ann Waege | 353 | 1.03 | -8.64 | ||||
| Libertarian | Sheldon Johnston | 284 | 0.83 | |||||
| Rhinoceros | Kayne Cooper | 211 | 0.62 | |||||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 34,260 | 100.00 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | - | |||||||
| Turnout | 44.54 | |||||||
| Eligible voters | 76,911 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -3.32 | ||||||
| Sources: Elections Canada[10] | ||||||||
References
[edit]- ↑ "Conservative Glen Motz thanks Trudeau after winning Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner byelection". CBC News, October 24, 2016.
- ↑ "Conservative Glen Motz rolls to byelection win" Archived 2016-10-25 at the Wayback Machine. Medicine Hat News, October 24, 2016.
- ↑ "Andrew Scheer Announces Conservative Shadow Cabinet". Canada's Official Opposition. November 29, 2019. Archived from the original on December 13, 2019. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
- ↑ "Forty-Fifth General Election 2025 — Poll-by-poll Results: Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner". elections.ca. Elections Canada. 2025.
- ↑ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (2025). "Candidate Campaign Returns, 2025 General Election: Part 3C – Summary of Electoral Campaign Expenses and Other Outflows – Election expenses subject to the limit – Total". elections.ca. Elections Canada.
Expenses are reported "as amended" where amendments have been filed; otherwise, they are reported "as submitted".
- ↑ "Forty-Fourth General Election 2021 — Poll-by-poll Results: Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner". elections.ca. Elections Canada. 2021.
- ↑ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (2021). "Candidate Campaign Returns, 2021 General Election: Part 3C – Summary of Electoral Campaign Expenses and Other Outflows – Election expenses subject to the limit – Total". elections.ca. Elections Canada.
Expenses are reported "as amended" where amendments have been filed; otherwise, they are reported "as submitted".
- ↑ "Forty-Third General Election 2019 — Poll-by-poll Results: Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner". elections.ca. Elections Canada. 2019.
- ↑ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (2019). "Candidate Campaign Returns, 2019 General Election: Part 3C – Summary of Electoral Campaign Expenses and Other Outflows – Election expenses subject to the limit – Total". elections.ca. Elections Canada.
Expenses are reported "as amended" where amendments have been filed; otherwise, they are reported "as submitted".
- ↑ Canada, Elections. "Voter Information Service - List of candidates". www.elections.ca.
