Template:1948 Alberta general election/Pincher Creek-Crowsnest

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1948 Alberta general election: Pincher Creek-Crowsnest
Party Candidate Votes
1st count
% Votes
final count
±%
Social Credit William A. Kovach 2,210 45.30% 2,292 1.89%
Liberal J. W. Rutherford 998 20.46% 1,045
Labor–Progressive B. R. Swankey 856 17.54%
Co-operative Commonwealth John Lloyd 815 16.70% -3.09%
Total 4,879
Rejected, spoiled and declined 498
Eligible electors / turnout 7,465 72.03% -1.21%
Social Credit hold Swing 9.12%
Source(s)
Source: "Pincher Creek-Crowsnest Official Results 1948 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.