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Template:1948 Alberta general election/Calgary

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1948 Alberta general election: Calgary
Party Candidate Votes
1st count
% Votes
final count
Social Credit Rose Wilkinson 7,153 18.29% 6,528
Social Credit Frederick C. Colborne 3,923 10.03% 6,520
Independent Howard B. Macdonald 3,840 9.82% 6,339
Labour Peter Newton Russel Morrison 3,579 9.15%
Co-operative Commonwealth Alymer J. E. Liesemer 2,475 6.33% 5,742
Social Credit James Leslie Hill 2,464 6.30%
Liberal Hugh John MacDonald 1,977 5.06% 6,215
Social Credit R.B. Estabrook 1,751 4.48%
Liberal J. Roger Flumerfelt 1,691 4.32%
Liberal Mrs. Mary Dover 1,602 4.10%
Liberal Michael J. McCormick 1,237 3.16%
Independent M.V. Anderson 1,233 3.15%
Social Credit George M. Whicher 1,091 2.79%
Liberal Loftus Dudley Ward 949 2.43%
Independent Social Credit A.P. van Buren 737 1.88%
Independent Mrs. Edwina Milvain 578 1.48%
Independent Social Credit Art Larsen 563 1.44%
Co-operative Commonwealth George Ellinson 539 1.38%
Co-operative Commonwealth George R. Austin 518 1.32%
Labor–Progressive Terry Levis 516 1.32%
Co-operative Commonwealth W. Orr 442 1.13%
Co-operative Commonwealth Mrs. Mary A. Hart 243 0.62%
Total 39,101
Rejected, spoiled and declined 2,359
Eligible electors / turnout 76,939 53.98% -11.02%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary Official Results 1948 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
Note: Five seats were awarded in the Calgary Electoral District through single transferable vote. The Hare Quota, the number of votes needed to win a seat, was 6,520.