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Template:1935 Alberta general election/Vermilion

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1935 Alberta general election: Vermilion
Party Candidate Votes
1st count
% Votes
final count
±%
Social Credit William A. Fallow 2,452 44.81% 2,664
Liberal Arthur P. Hunter 1,062 19.41% 1,437 -4.80%
United Farmers Richard Gavin Reid 876 16.01% -59.78%
Communist William Halina 838 15.31%
Conservative Albert E. Williams 244 4.46%
Total 5,472
Rejected, spoiled and declined 172
Eligible electors / turnout 6,816 82.81% 20.48%
Social Credit gain from United Farmers Swing -13.09%
Source(s)
Source: "Vermilion Official Results 1935 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
Mardon 130
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.