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Template:1940 Alberta general election/Edmonton

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1940 Alberta general election: Edmonton
Party Candidate Votes
1st count
% Votes
final count
Elected
Social Credit Ernest Manning 10,066 23.32% 7,291 Green tickY
Independent Movement John Percy Page 5,607 12.99% 7,291 Green tickY
Independent Movement Hugh John MacDonald 4,128 9.56% 6,649 Green tickY
Independent Movement David Milwyn Duggan 3,878 8.98% 6,731 Green tickY
Independent Movement Gerald O'Connor 3,392 7.86%
Independent Movement L. Y. Cairns 3,316 7.68%
Co-operative Commonwealth Elmer Roper 1,984 4.60%
Co-operative Commonwealth Harry Dean Ainlay 1,840 4.26%
Independent E. C. Fisher 1,607 3.72%
Social Credit Charles Gould 1,192 2.76%
Social Credit Elisha East 1,117 2.59%
Communist James A. MacPherson 1,067 2.47%
Social Credit Norman B. James 967 2.24% 7,133 Green tickY
Social Credit Charles B. Wills 948 2.20%
Independent Marjorie Pardee 822 1.90%
Co-operative Commonwealth William H. Miller 442 1.02%
Independent G. F. Hustler 400 0.93%
Independent Progressive Samuel Barnes 282 0.65%
Independent Progressive J. H. Green 108 0.25%
Total 43,163
Rejected, spoiled and declined 1,784
Eligible electors / turnout 59,685 75.31%
Source(s)
"Edmonton results 1940 Alberta general election". Alberta Online Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2010-12-08.
Note: Five seats were awarded in the Edmonton Electoral District through single transferable vote. The Hare Quota, the number of votes needed to win a seat, was 7,291. Ernest Manning and John P. Page were elected on the first count.