On October 6, 2022, former Wildrose Party leader Danielle Smith was elected leader of the United Conservative Party, defeating all other candidates including former Minister of Finance Travis Toews after six ballot counts.

[2] Longstanding convention in Westminster systems when the leader of the governing party is not a member of the legislature to either hold a general election or a by-election, often caused by a sitting member in a safe seat resigning in order to allow the newly elected leader a chance to enter the legislature.

It is named for its two largest communities, Medicine Hat and Brooks, and also contains CFB Suffield.

Within the city of Medicine Hat, its border with Cypress-Medicine Hat runs southeast along Highway 1, then northeast along Highway 41A until the railroad tracks, then east along the South Saskatchewan River.

Gwendolyn Dirk of the Alberta NDP would recontest the riding in the 2023 general election.