Template:1955 Alberta general election/Calgary

1955 Alberta general election: Calgary
Party Candidate Votes
1st count
% Votes
final count
Conservative Arthur Ryan Smith 9,745 15.59% 8,940
Liberal Hugh John MacDonald 7,501 12.00% 8,932
Social Credit Frederick C. Colborne 5,470 8.75% 8,931
Conservative Paul Brecken 5,034 8.06%
Social Credit Rose Wilkinson 4,973 7.96% 8,930
Social Credit Arthur J. Dixon 4,566 7.31% 7,698
Social Credit Howard B. MacDonald 4,423 7.08%
Liberal Grant MacEwan 4,019 6.43% 8,338
Liberal V. A. Cooney 2,536 4.06%
Social Credit Ian F. Smith 2,290 3.66%
Social Credit C. M. Willmott 1,745 2.79%
Social Credit E. R. A. Temple 1,715 2.74%
Co-operative Commonwealth G. E. Ellinson 1,277 2.04%
Liberal Mary Dover 1,201 1.92%
Liberal Harold Cush 1,065 1.70%
Liberal Collier Maberley 1,025 1.64%
Conservative Roy V. Devell 927 1.48%
Co-operative Commonwealth Herbert J. Ryan 648 1.04%
Labor–Progressive A.L. Roberts 579 0.93%
Conservative P. P. C. Haigh 577 0.92%
Independent Arthur H. Wray 471 0.75%
Co-operative Commonwealth K. A. Halliday 462 0.74%
Co-operative Commonwealth Paul J. Katzalay 245 0.39%
Total 62,494
Rejected, spoiled and declined 2,166
Eligible electors / turnout 106,609 60.65% +13.15%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary Official Results 1955 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
Note: Six seats were awarded in the Calgary Electoral District through single transferable vote. The Hare Quota, the number of votes needed to win a seat, was 8,890. A total of 10 counts occurred.