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Template:1948 Alberta general election/Beaver River

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1948 Alberta general election: Beaver River
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
First count
Social Credit Harry Lobay 1,992 41.05% -19.52%
Liberal Cecil Belleville 1,579 32.54%
Co-operative Commonwealth John Hannochko 1,282 26.42% -4.52%
Total 4,853
Ballot transfer results
Social Credit Harry Lobay 2,117 55.49% 14.44%
Liberal Cecil Belleville 1,698 44.51%
Co-operative Commonwealth John Hannochko Eliminated
Total 3,815
Rejected, spoiled and declined 265
Eligible electors / turnout 7,423 68.95%
Social Credit hold Swing -26.03%
Source(s)
Source: "Beaver River 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