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Template:1935 Alberta general election/Sturgeon

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1935 Alberta general election: Sturgeon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
First count
Social Credit James Popil 2,465 42.68%
Liberal G. J. Hope 1,533 26.54% -4.10%
United Farmers John Russell Love 857 14.84% -54.52%
United Front L. Robbins 560 9.70%
Conservative G. G. Fowler 361 6.25%
Total 5,776
Ballot transfer results
Social Credit James Popil 2,729 57.07%
Liberal G. J. Hope 2,053 42.93%
No second choice 994
Total 4,782
Rejected, spoiled and declined 222
Eligible electors / turnout 7,425 80.78% 17.79%
Social Credit gain from United Farmers Swing -11.29%
Source(s)
Source: "Sturgeon Official Results 1935 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