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Template:1926 Alberta general election/Pincher Creek

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1926 Alberta general election: Pincher Creek
Party Candidate Votes
1st count
% Votes
final count
±%
United Farmers Earle G. Cook 542 33.77% 720 -8.04%
Liberal Harvey Bossenberry 592 36.88% 668 2.45%
Conservative R. O. Allison 471 29.35%
Total 1,605
Rejected, spoiled and declined 37
Eligible electors / turnout 1,868 87.90%
United Farmers hold Swing -5.25%
Source(s)
Source: "Pincher Creek Official Results 1926 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
Instant-runoff voting requires a candidate to receive a plurality (greater than 50%) of the votes.
As no candidate received a plurality of votes, the bottom candidate was eliminated and their 2nd place votes were applied to both other candidates until one received a plurality.