1926 Alberta general election: Lethbridge
Party Candidate Votes
1st count
% Votes
final count
±%
Dominion Labor Andrew Smeaton 1,584 37.11% 1,962 -0.78%
Conservative Richard R. Davidson 1,459 34.18% 1,713
Liberal Walter S. Galbraith 1,225 28.70%
Total 4,268
Rejected, spoiled and declined 273
Eligible electors / turnout 6,353 71.48% 6.13%
Dominion Labor gain from Independent Swing -10.64%
Source(s)
Source: "Lethbridge 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.