Photo: Jason Woodhead · CC BY 2.0Glen Motz won Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner by 24,832 votes in 2021, a wider lead than in 96% of Canada’s ridings
Bow Island sends one MP to Ottawa from Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner, its riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP): Glen Motz (Conservative Party of Canada). Because the Legislative Assembly of Alberta’s boundaries come with non-commercial terms, this page doesn’t say which riding Bow Island is in. Locally, Bow Island is run as a town. No open list of councils exists in Alberta, so no mayor of Bow Island is named here.
What stands out in how Bow Island is governed
Low spending per resident
Most of Alberta’s municipalities spent more per resident in 2024 than Bow Island council: 77% of them. Council money ↓
A safe federal seat
In 2021, 51.3 points separated first and second (New Democratic Party) in Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner, more than in 96% of the 338 ridings. How Bow Island has voted ↓
Low federal turnout
At the 2021 federal election, 68% of the country’s ridings out-voted Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner. The 2021 turnout ↓
Compared with the province’s municipalities of 1,000+ residents (2021 Census; MAMH, MMAH and Statistics Canada).
Three governments, and who does what
Bow Island, a town in Alberta, shares the work with the province and Ottawa.
Local services, by-laws and property tax.
Schools, health care, highways, municipal law.
assembly.ab.ca ↗Passports, pensions, EI, defence, immigration.
ourcommons.ca ↗Who to ask
Green: municipal. Gold: provincial. Grey: federal.
No county or regional government sits above Bow Island’s council; Division No. 1 is only a census division, a unit for statistics.
From the council table to Ottawa
Every elected tier that speaks for Bow Island, from the most recent elections.
- 1Bow Island councilTown
- 2Legislative Assembly of Alberta–
- 3House of CommonsMedicine Hat—Cardston—Warner
Party colours are neutral on purpose: they tell parties apart and aren’t the parties’ own. MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada
When Bow Island votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Bow Island council | 20 October 2025 | 15 October 2029 |
| Legislative Assembly of Alberta | 29 May 2023 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
The open federal catalogue ends at 2021; the 2025 results sit on elections.ca under terms that bar commercial use. After the 20 October 2025 election, Bow Island council next goes to the polls on 15 October 2029. The Local Authorities Election Act sets the day: the third Monday in October every four years. Parliament was last elected on 28 April 2025, and the Legislative Assembly of Alberta on 29 May 2023.
Election dates: the legislatures, MMAH and MAMH
The Legislative Assembly of Alberta: riding not placed
Provinces and territories run schools, health care and municipal law; each riding elects one MLA.
Find your MLA on the legislature’s site
assembly.ab.ca ↗Legislatures: their own member pages
Glen Motz represents Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner in Ottawa
Each riding elects one MP to the House of Commons; the general election of 28 April 2025 chose the 45th Parliament.
Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner · Conservative Party of Canada · first elected 2016
en.wikipedia.org ↗- Conservative Party of Canada33
- Liberal Party of Canada3
- New Democratic Party1
As Wikidata records them.
In Alberta, 33 of 37 ridings are held by the Conservative Party of Canada, the party Glen Motz sits with.
The MP’s record
The current Parliament is Glen Motz’s 4th, counting from a first win in 2016. On today’s boundaries, the 2021 vote in Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner would have gone to the Conservative Party of Canada with 66%, and Glen Motz kept it for them in 2025.
MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada · MPs’ records: Wikidata (CC0), positions held and party memberships, read 8 November 2026
Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner returned Glen Motz (Conservative Party of Canada) in 2021
Results in Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner as drawn in 2013, the boundaries of the 2019 and 2021 elections; the riding was redrawn for 2025.
Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner elected Glen Motz (Conservative Party of Canada) in 2021: 65% of the vote, a lead of 24,832 over Jocelyn Stenger (New Democratic Party). The 2019 result had favoured Glen Motz as well, at 79%.
All 6 candidates in Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner, 2021
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Motz | Conservative Party of Canada | 31,648 | 65.4% |
| Jocelyn Stenger | New Democratic Party | 6,816 | 14.1% |
| Brodie Heidinger | People's Party of Canada | 4,484 | 9.3% |
| Hannah Wilson | Liberal Party of Canada | 3,515 | 7.3% |
| Geoff Shoesmith | Maverick Party | 1,226 | 2.5% |
| Diandra Bruised Head | Green Party of Canada | 725 | 1.5% |
Federal results: Elections Canada, 43rd and 44th general elections and the 44th’s transposition to the 2023 ridings, via open.canada.ca. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada
Bow Island council spends less per resident than most
The 2024 financial return: spending by service and revenue by source, per resident, compared only with Alberta’s municipalities.
Spending per resident by service, 2024
What pays for it
Shares of revenue, town and province.
At $1,127 per resident, Bow Island council’s $2.6M of long-term debt is more than the $745 median. Taxes on property make up 26% of what comes in, less than the province-wide 44%. The largest line is water, sewers and waste: 35% of the total, $911 a resident. Spending by Bow Island council came to $2,622 a resident in 2024, under the $3,457 median of Alberta’s municipalities. The return counts 18 full-time positions, 7.8 for every thousand residents.
Spending per resident nearby
Every service line, 2024
| Service | 2024 | Per resident | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Water, sewers and waste | $2.1M | $911 | 35% |
| Roads and transit | $1.5M | $664 | 25% |
| General government | $1M | $443 | 17% |
| Recreation and culture | $748K | $324 | 12% |
| Police, fire and protection | $335K | $145 | 6% |
| Planning and development | $299K | $129 | 5% |
| Social services and child care | $14K | $6 | 0% |
Money: municipal financial and statistical data 2024, Alberta Municipal Affairs. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Alberta. Residents: Statistics Canada, 2025 estimate.
Having a say in how Bow Island is run
Check or update the federal list.
elections.ca ↗Every MP lists an office.
ourcommons.ca ↗Ridings, registration and voting dates.
elections.ab.ca ↗What this data can and can’t tell you
- Not on this page. No party tally for the council, which the open lists don’t record, and no band councils.
- Which riding. The 2021 Census homes of a place’s residents fix its ridings, and one is shown once it holds 5% of them.
- Who holds each seat. Who holds each seat is read from Wikidata, so a very recent change in the Commons may not appear yet.
- Election results. Elections Canada redrew the ridings in 2023 and re-tallied the 2021 ballots onto the new map from polling divisions; that estimate, and the official 2019 and 2021 counts on the old map, are what you see.
- Council money. Alberta’s 2024 municipal financial returns, per resident with Statistics Canada’s 2025 population estimate.
Questions about how Bow Island is run
Who is the MP for Bow Island?
Glen Motz of the Conservative Party of Canada is the MP for Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner, which includes Bow Island.
Which party won Bow Island in the 2021 federal election?
The Conservative Party of Canada: Glen Motz won Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner in 2021 and still holds it.
Who is the MLA for Bow Island?
The Legislative Assembly of Alberta’s website names each MLA by riding; the riding of Bow Island has to be looked up there.
Who heads the council in Bow Island?
The head of Bow Island’s council isn’t named here; as a town, it publishes its council itself.
How much does Bow Island council spend?
In 2024, Bow Island council spent $6.1M in all, for some 2,310 residents, of which $2.1M went on water, sewers and waste, the biggest line.
Sources: MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada · Money: municipal financial and statistical data 2024, Alberta Municipal Affairs. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Alberta. Residents: Statistics Canada, 2025 estimate. · Next municipal election: the province’s municipal election act · Municipality types: Statistics Canada census subdivisions · Federal results: Elections Canada, 43rd and 44th general elections and the 44th’s transposition to the 2023 ridings, via open.canada.ca. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada · MPs’ records: Wikidata (CC0), positions held and party memberships, read 8 November 2026. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).