1926 Alberta general election: Athabasca
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
First count
Liberal John W. Frame 373 32.89% -37.54%
United Farmers J. P. Evans 295 26.01%
Conservative W. J. Dent 245 21.61% -7.96%
Independent Liberal George Mills 221 19.49%
Total 1,134
Ballot transfer results
Liberal John W. Frame 451 55.41%
United Farmers J. P. Evans 363 44.59%
Conservative W. J. Dent Eliminated
Independent Liberal George Mills Eliminated
Total 814
Rejected, spoiled and declined 62
Eligible electors / turnout 1,750 68.34%
Liberal hold Swing -20.43%
Source(s)
Source: "Athabasca Official Results 1926 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