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Template:1952 Alberta general election/Vermilion

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1952 Alberta general election: Vermilion
Party Candidate Votes
1st count
% Votes
final count
±%
Social Credit William R. Cornish 1,955 48.70% 2,058 2.60%
Liberal George Kravetz 835 20.80% 983 -6.39%
Farmer John P. Hocaluk 655 16.32% 713
Co-operative Commonwealth Edwin Barber 569 14.18% -12.53%
Total 4,014
Rejected, spoiled and declined 249
Eligible electors / turnout 6,432 66.28% -5.61%
Social Credit hold Swing 4.50%
Source(s)
Source: "Vermilion Official Results 1952 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.