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Template:1955 Alberta general election/Vermilion

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1955 Alberta general election: Vermilion
Party Candidate Votes
1st count
% Votes
final count
±%
Liberal Russell J. Whitson 1,728 36.48% 2,131 15.68%
Social Credit Ashley Cooper 2,018 42.60% 2,111 -6.10%
Co-operative Commonwealth M. Meronyk 684 14.44% 0.26%
Labor–Progressive John P. Hocaluk 307 6.48%
Total 4,737
Rejected, spoiled and declined 310
Eligible electors / turnout 6,692 75.42% 9.14%
Liberal gain from Social Credit Swing -10.89%
Source(s)
Source: "Vermilion Official Results 1955 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.