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Template:1940 Alberta general election/Acadia-Coronation

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1940 Alberta general election: Acadia-Coronation
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
First count
Social Credit Clarence E. Gerhart 2,163 49.30%
Independent George N. Johnston 1,665 37.95%
Co-operative Commonwealth Mrs. R. Johnston 559 6.46%
Total 4,387
Ballot transfer results
Social Credit Clarence E. Gerhart 2,297 53.92%
Independent George N. Johnston 1,963 46.08%
Total 4,260
Rejected, spoiled and declined 137
Eligible electors / turnout 5,927 76.33%
Social Credit pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Acadia-Coronation Official Results 1940 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