1926 Alberta general election: Macleod
Party Candidate Votes
1st count
% Votes
final count
±%
United Farmers William H. Shield 656 48.66% 709 -5.31%
Liberal John W. McDonald 567 42.06% 606 -3.97%
Conservative Robert Patterson 125 9.27%
Total 1,348
Rejected, spoiled and declined 56
Eligible electors / turnout 1,769 79.37% 3.90%
United Farmers hold Swing -0.67%
Source(s)
Source: "Macleod Official Results 1926 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
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.