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The Mayor is pleased to send a Certificate of Congratulations to residents of Medicine Hat celebrating the following:

• Birthdays - Individuals celebrating their 65th birthday or up, in five-year increments
• Anniversaries - Those celebrating a 50th anniversary or up, in five-year increments
• Retirement - Individuals retiring from Canadian Armed Forces or Defence Research and Development Canada

Submit your request three (3) weeks in advance.

The certificate can either be mailed or picked up; you will be asked to select a delivery method on the application.

If you wish the Mayor’s attendance at this event, please complete the Request a Meeting form, as well.

Apply for a congratulatory certificate

A meeting with the Mayor is dependent on availability, meeting objective and time sensitivity. The Mayor’s staff will ensure your request is taken into consideration and responded to in a prompt manner. 

Request a meeting with the Mayor

Proclamations are ceremonial documents issued and signed by the Mayor to recognize the value and importance of an event, campaign or organization for a certain day, week or month.  Requests must be submitted a minimum of three (3) weeks before the event.

Proclamations may be issued for:

• Events or organizations with a direct relationship to the City of Medicine Hat
• Public awareness campaigns 
• Charitable fundraising campaigns 
• Arts and cultural celebrations 

Proclamations will not be issued for:

• Matters of political controversy, ideological or religious beliefs or individual conviction 
• Campaigns or events contrary to City policies or bylaws 
• Campaigns intended for profit-making purposes 

Please Note:

• As per protocol, the proclamation must be created by the organization on the organization's letterhead in completed form. Proclamations will not be provided on the City of Medicine Hat letterhead/stationery.
• Proclamations will not be read at Open Council Meetings or posted on the City of Medicine Hat website
• Proclamations are issued at the discretion of the City of Medicine Hat
• An organization does not have exclusive rights to the day, week or month of their Proclamation
• Proclamations are issued on a first come, first served basis
• The Mayor's Office will not arrange media to attend the signing, but welcomes them if the organization should arrange. Please indicate in advance if the media will attend.
• Participants are responsible for their own photography

If you wish the Mayor to attend a proclamation signing at a location other than in the Mayor’s Office, please complete the Request a Meeting form.

Request a proclamation

Milt J. Reinhardt: 1977-1980

Ted J. Grimm: 1974-1977, 1980-2001

Chuck J. Meagher: 1966-1968

Harry Veiner: 1952-1966, 1968-1974

Wilson Riley: 1950-1952

W. M. Rae: 1947-1949

Hector Lang: 1939-1947, 1949-1950

I. Bullivant: 1926-1939

Walter Huckvale: 1921-1926

S. Cruikshank: 1917-1918

M. A. Brown: 1914-1915, 1918-1921

Nelson Spencer: 1912-1914

D. Milne: 1909-1912

W. Cousins: 1907-1909

F. G. Forster: 1905-1907

T. Hutchinson: 1904-1905

A. C. Hawthorne: 1903-1904, 1915-1917

W. T. Finlay: 1900-1903

W.B. Marshall: 1899-1900