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Template:1940 Alberta general election/Bruce

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1940 Alberta general election: Bruce
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
First count
Social Credit James L. McPherson 2,018 48.01%
Independent B. C. Gilpin 1,433 34.09%
Co-operative Commonwealth E. A. Moen 752 9.19%
Total 4,203
Ballot transfer results
Social Credit James L. McPherson 2,203 55.30%
Independent B. C. Gilpin 1,781 44.70%
Total 3,984
Rejected, spoiled and declined 122
Eligible electors / turnout 6,027 71.76%
Social Credit pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Bruce 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