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Template:1940 Alberta general election/Lacombe

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1940 Alberta general election: Lacombe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
First count
Social Credit Duncan B. MacMillan 2,321 46.35% -16.91%
Independent R. E. Chowen 2,061 41.15%
Co-operative Commonwealth C. M. Ironside 626 12.50%
Total 5,008
Ballot transfer results
Social Credit Duncan B. MacMillan 2,457 51.00%
Independent R. E. Chowen 2,361 49.00%
Total 4,818
Rejected, spoiled and declined 144
Eligible electors / turnout 6,817 75.85% -10.75%
Social Credit hold Swing N/A
Source(s)
Source: "Lacombe 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