| 1940 Alberta general election: Edmonton | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes 1st count |
% | Votes final count |
Elected | |||
| Social Credit | Ernest Manning | 10,066 | 23.32% | 7,291 | 
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| Independent Movement | John Percy Page | 5,607 | 12.99% | 7,291 |
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| Independent Movement | Hugh John MacDonald | 4,128 | 9.56% | 6,649 |
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| Independent Movement | David Milwyn Duggan | 3,878 | 8.98% | 6,731 |
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| 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 |
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| 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. | ||||||||
