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Template:1940 Alberta general election/Vermilion

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1940 Alberta general election: Vermilion
Party Candidate Votes
1st count
% Votes
final count
±%
Social Credit William A. Fallow 2,203 44.47% 2,506 -0.34%
Independent S. C. Heckbert 1,815 36.64% 2,148
Co-operative Commonwealth J. T. McDuffe 936 18.89%
Total 4,954
Rejected, spoiled and declined 179
Eligible electors / turnout 6,721 76.37% -6.43%
Social Credit hold Swing -8.78%
Source(s)
Source: "Vermilion 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.