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Template:1940 Alberta general election/Taber

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1940 Alberta general election: Taber
Party Candidate Votes
1st count
% Votes
final count
±%
Social Credit Roy S. Lee 1,879 48.96% 1,998 -18.34%
Independent J. L. Nelson 1,383 36.03% 1,618
Co-operative Commonwealth W. W. Scott 576 15.01%
Total 3,838
Rejected, spoiled and declined 204
Eligible electors / turnout 5,050 80.04% 0.35%
Social Credit hold Swing -18.34%
Source(s)
Source: "Taber 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.