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Template:1930 Alberta general election/Wainwright

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1930 Alberta general election: Wainwright
Party Candidate Votes
1st count
% Votes
final count
±%
United Farmers John Russell Love 1,446 46.63% 1,564 -14.64%
Independent Ernest A. Pitman 1,005 32.41% 1,254
Liberal Stephen R. Bowerman 650 20.96%
Total 3,101
Rejected, spoiled and declined 144
Eligible electors / turnout 4,333 74.89% 3.92%
United Farmers hold Swing -4.16%
Source(s)
Source: "Wainwright Official Results 1930 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.