Template:1948 Alberta general election/Beaver River
| 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 | ||||||||