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Template:1955 Alberta general election/Acadia-Coronation

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1955 Alberta general election: Acadia-Coronation
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
First count
Social Credit Clarence E. Gerhart 2,026 44.38%
Liberal James Leland Sims 1,932 42.32%
Co-operative Commonwealth L. E. Reiman 607 6.78%
Total 4,565
Ballot transfer results
Liberal James Leland Sims 2,263 51.61%
Social Credit Clarence E. Gerhart 2,122 48.39%
Total 4,385
Rejected, spoiled and declined 297
Eligible electors / turnout 5,815 83.63%
Liberal gain from Social Credit Swing N/A
Source(s)
Source: "Acadia-Coronation Official Results 1955 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