Template:1940 Alberta general election/Athabasca

1940 Alberta general election: Athabasca
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
First count
Social Credit Gordon William Lee 1,965 48.13% -10.11%
Independent M. P. Cordingley 1,336 32.72%
Co-operative Commonwealth Norman J. Shopland 782 19.15%
Total 4,083
Ballot transfer results
Social Credit Gordon William Lee 2,078 58.13%
Independent M. P. Cordingley 1,497 41.87%
Co-operative Commonwealth Norman J. Shopland Eliminated
Total 3,575
Rejected, spoiled and declined N/A
Eligible electors / turnout 6,938 61.92%
Social Credit hold Swing 4.38%
Source(s)
Source: "Athabasca Official Results 1940 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