Template:1940 Alberta general election/Acadia-Coronation
| 1940 Alberta general election: Acadia-Coronation | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| First count | ||||||||
| Social Credit | Clarence E. Gerhart | 2,163 | 49.30% | – | ||||
| Independent | George N. Johnston | 1,665 | 37.95% | – | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Mrs. R. Johnston | 559 | 6.46% | – | ||||
| Total | 4,387 | – | – | |||||
| Ballot transfer results | ||||||||
| Social Credit | Clarence E. Gerhart | 2,297 | 53.92% | – | ||||
| Independent | George N. Johnston | 1,963 | 46.08% | – | ||||
| Total | 4,260 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 137 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 5,927 | 76.33% | – | |||||
| Social Credit pickup new district. | ||||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Acadia-Coronation 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 | ||||||||