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Template:1940 Alberta general election/Pincher Creek-Crowsnest

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1940 Alberta general election: Pincher Creek-Crowsnest
Party Candidate Votes
1st count
% Votes
final count
±%
Social Credit Ernest O. Duke 2,356 42.59% 2,443
Independent C.J. Tompkins 2,129 38.49% 2,210
Dominion Labor Enoch Williams 1,047 18.93%
Total 5,532
Rejected, spoiled and declined 195
Eligible electors / turnout 6,650 86.12%
Social Credit pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Pincher Creek-Crowsnest 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.