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The 1952 Alberta general election was held on August 5, 1952, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.
Ernest C. Manning in his third election as leader of the Social Credit Party, and its first election since the Social Credit Party paid off Alberta's first debt in 1949, led it to its fifth consecutive election victory, increasing its share of the popular vote, and winning fifty two of the sixty one seats in the legislature.
The Liberal Party formed the official opposition with only four seats. The Conservative Party returned to Alberta politics again, nominating candidates both under the "Conservative" banner, and under the "Progressive Conservative" banner recently adopted by its federal counterpart. The party won two seats, one under each banner. The Cooperative Commonwealth Federation won two seats, one that of leader Elmer Roper. The remaining seat was won by an Independent.
This provincial election, like the previous six, saw district-level proportional representation (Single transferable voting) used to elect the MLAs of Edmonton and Calgary. City-wide districts were used to elect multiple MLAs in the cities. All the other MLAs were elected in single-member districts through Instant-runoff voting.
Voter turn-out was 59.4 percent in this election. [1]
An Act was passed in 1950 that provided for the increase in the number of MLAs from 57 to 61, upon the next election. [2] Calgary now returned six MLAs and Edmonton seven (instead of the five each previously had), and the following other changes were made:
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Party | Leader | Candidates | First-preference votes | Seats | ||||||||
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Votes | ± | % Fpv | Change (pp) | 1948 | 1952 | ± | ||||||
Social Credit | Ernest C. Manning | 61 | 167,789 | 3,786 | 56.24 | 0.61 | 51 | 53 / 61 | 2 | |||
Liberal | James H. Prowse | 55 | 66,738 | 14,083 | 22.37 | 4.51 | 2 | 3 / 61 | 1 | |||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Elmer Roper | 41 | 41,929 | 14,458 | 14.05 | -5.08 | 2 | 2 / 61 | ||||
Conservative | 5 | 6,271 | 6,271 | 2.10 | 2.10 | – | 1 / 61 | 1 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | 7 | 4,700 | 4,700 | 1.57 | 1.57 | – | 1 / 61 | 1 | ||||
Independent Social Credit | 6 | 4,203 | 1,245 | 1.41 | 0.41 | 1 | 1 / 61 | |||||
Independent Citizen's Association | Did not campaign [a 1] | -4.40 | 1 | 0 / 61 | 1 | |||||||
Independent Labour | 1 | 2,927 | 2,071 | 0.98 | 0.68 | |||||||
Labor–Progressive | 2 | 1,132 | 240 | 0.47 | -3.67 | |||||||
Independent | 1 | 705 | 705 | 0.24 | 0.24 | |||||||
Farmer | 1 | 655 | 655 | 0.22 | 0.22 | |||||||
Labour | 1 | 527 | 3,052 | 0.18 | -1.03 | |||||||
Independent Farmer | 1 | 463 | 463 | 0.16 | 0.16 | |||||||
People's candidate | 1 | 296 | 296 | 0.10 | 0.10 | |||||||
Total | 183 | 298,335 | 100.00% | |||||||||
Rejected ballots | 20,613 | 2,906 | ||||||||||
Turnout | 318,948 | 6,448 | 59.4% | 4.1 | ||||||||
Registered voters | 537,170 | 47,859 |
Riding | First-preference votes [a 1] | Turnout [a 2] | Final counts | Winning party | ||||||||||||
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Name | SC | CCF | Lib | I-SC | Oth | Total | SC | CCF | Lib | I-SC | Farm | 1948 | 1952 | |||
Acadia-Coronation | Acclamation | SC | SC | |||||||||||||
Alexandra | 2,412 | 1,071 | – | – | – | 3,483 | 58.2% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | ||||||
Athabasca | 2,012 | 623 | 864 | – | 463 | 3,962 | 66.3% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | ||||||
Banff-Cochrane | 1,845 | – | 1,035 | 491 | – | 3,371 | 56.8% | Elected on 1st count | I-SC | SC | ||||||
Bonnyville | 2,497 | – | 1,290 | – | – | 3,787 | 67.4% | Elected on 1st count | New | SC | ||||||
Bow Valley-Empress | 2,475 | – | 1,560 | – | – | 4,035 | 67.9% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | ||||||
Bruce | 2,157 | 1,210 | 756 | – | – | 4,123 | 67.9% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | ||||||
Camrose | 2,919 | 1,132 | 1,015 | – | – | 5,066 | 65.1% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | ||||||
Cardston | 2,011 | – | 630 | – | – | 2,641 | 56.0% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | ||||||
Clover Bar | 2,238 | 935 | 769 | – | – | 3,942 | 66.2% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | ||||||
Cypress | 2,240 | – | 1,048 | – | – | 3,288 | 61.2% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | ||||||
Didsbury | 2,870 | – | 1,253 | – | – | 4,123 | 62.0% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | ||||||
Drumheller | 3,458 | – | – | – | 308 | 3,766 | 62.0% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | ||||||
Edson | 2,480 | – | 1,965 | – | – | 4,445 | 60.8% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | ||||||
Gleichen | 2,061 | 273 | 675 | – | – | 3,009 | 61.0% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | ||||||
Grande Prairie | 2,967 | 902 | 935 | – | – | 4,804 | 65.4% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | ||||||
Grouard | 2,234 | 951 | 2,358 | – | – | 5,543 | 65.5% | 2,405 | – | 2,558 | – | – | SC | Lib | ||
Hand Hills | 2,806 | – | 1,145 | – | – | 3,951 | 69.0% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | ||||||
Lac La Biche | 1,832 | – | 1,792 | – | – | 3,624 | 68.5% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | ||||||
Lac Ste. Anne | 1,639 | 1,520 | 1,069 | 469 | – | 4,697 | 71.9% | 2,034 | 1,878 | – | – | – | SC | SC | ||
Lacombe | 2,446 | 975 | 757 | – | – | 4,178 | 70.3% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | ||||||
Leduc | 1,207 | 1,331 | – | 2,051 | – | 4,589 | 63.7% | – | 1,422 | – | 2,406 | – | SC | I-SC | ||
Lethbridge | 4,975 | – | 1,901 | – | – | 6,876 | 53.7% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | ||||||
Little Bow | 2,668 | 411 | 1,001 | – | – | 4,080 | 71.0% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | ||||||
Macleod | 3,232 | 496 | 773 | – | – | 4,501 | 83.9% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | ||||||
Medicine Hat | 4,724 | – | 1,601 | – | – | 6,325 | 58.8% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | ||||||
Okotoks-High River | 3,077 | – | 1,291 | – | – | 4,368 | 64.8% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | ||||||
Olds | 3,064 | – | 1,611 | – | – | 4,675 | 66.6% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | ||||||
Peace River | 3,352 | 1,177 | 1,214 | – | – | 5,743 | 57.8% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | ||||||
Pembina | 2,818 | 941 | 1,127 | – | – | 4,886 | 69.5% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | ||||||
Pincher Creek-Crowsnest | 3,207 | – | 1,008 | – | – | 4,215 | 62.4% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | ||||||
Ponoka | 2,377 | 800 | 1,214 | – | – | 4,391 | 70.7% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | ||||||
Red Deer | 4,907 | 1,496 | – | – | – | 6,403 | 58.8% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | ||||||
Redwater | 1,677 | 1,002 | 1,268 | – | 296 | 4,243 | 68.8% | 1,833 | – | 1,644 | – | – | SC | SC | ||
Rocky Mountain House | 2,886 | 1,165 | – | – | – | 4,051 | 56.2% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | ||||||
St. Albert | 2,218 | 1,292 | 1,496 | – | – | 5,006 | 70.6% | 2,420 | – | 2,019 | – | – | SC | SC | ||
St. Paul | 2,581 | – | 2,235 | – | – | 4,816 | 71.1% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | ||||||
Sedgewick | 2,714 | 634 | 813 | – | – | 4,161 | 68.7% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | ||||||
Spirit River | 1,738 | 1,222 | 861 | 550 | – | 4,371 | 66.3% | 2,041 | 1,418 | – | – | – | SC | SC | ||
Stettler | 2,275 | 752 | 1,225 | 442 | – | 4,694 | 69.6% | 2,397 | 784 | 1,339 | – | – | SC | SC | ||
Stony Plain | 1,991 | 1,218 | 1,062 | – | – | 4,271 | 68.7% | 2,177 | 1,530 | – | – | – | SC | SC | ||
Taber | 2,809 | – | 717 | – | – | 3,526 | 58.0% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | ||||||
Vegreville | 1,981 | 1,434 | 1,182 | – | – | 4,597 | 75.4% | 2,239 | 1,710 | – | – | – | SC | SC | ||
Vermilion | 1,955 | 869 | 835 | – | 655 | 4,014 | 66.3% | 2,058 | – | 983 | – | 713 | SC | SC | ||
Wainwright | 2,578 | – | 1,105 | – | 705 | 4,388 | 62.0% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | ||||||
Warner | 1,904 | – | 633 | – | – | 2,537 | 49.3% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | ||||||
Wetaskiwin | 2,664 | 1,029 | 1,029 | 200 | – | 4,922 | 66.7% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | ||||||
Willingdon | 1,716 | 1,760 | 660 | – | – | 4,136 | 75.1% | 1,812 | 2,026 | – | – | – | SC | CCF |
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Thirteen districts went beyond first-preference counts in order to determine winning candidates:
District | Counts | Exhausted | |||
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1st preference | Final | Votes | % of 1st pref | ||
Calgary | 41,673 | 40,019 | 1,654 | 3.97 | |
Edmonton | 52,039 | 47,149 | 4,890 | 9.40 | |
Grouard | 5,543 | 4,963 | 580 | 10.46 | |
Lac Ste. Anne | 4,697 | 3,912 | 785 | 16.71 | |
Leduc | 4,589 | 3,828 | 761 | 16.58 | |
Redwater | 4,243 | 3,477 | 766 | 18.05 | |
St. Albert | 5,006 | 4,439 | 567 | 11.33 | |
Spirit River | 4,371 | 3,459 | 912 | 20.86 | |
Stettler | 4,694 | 4,520 | 177 | 3.77 | |
Stony Plain | 4,271 | 3,707 | 564 | 13.21 | |
Vegreville | 4,597 | 3,949 | 648 | 14.10 | |
Vermilion | 4,014 | 3,754 | 260 | 6.48 | |
Willingdon | 4,136 | 3,838 | 298 | 7.21 |
All major parties other than the Progressive Conservatives fielded full slates.
Party | Candidates | MLAs elected | |||||
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1952 | 1948 | ± | 1952 | 1948 | ± | ||
Social Credit | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
Progressive Conservative | 5 | – | 5 | 1 | – | 1 | |
Liberal | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Co-operative Commonwealth | 6 | 5 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | |
Independent Citizen's Association | – | 3 | 3 | – | 1 | 1 | |
Labour | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | ||
Independent Labour | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | |
Independent Social Credit | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | |
Labor–Progressive | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | |
Total | 25 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | ||||
Social Credit | Rose Wilkinson | 16.31% | 6,796 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Social Credit | Howard B. Macdonald | 10.11% | 4,214 | 4,346 | 4,346 | 4,350 | 4,355 | 4,365 | 4,369 | 4,371 | 4,397 | 4,417 | 4,442 | 4,489 | 4,502 | 4,547 | 4,565 | 4,614 | 4,696 | 4,902 | 4,929 | 6,167 | |||
Social Credit | Frederick C. Colborne | 9.54% | 3,974 | 4,252 | 4,252 | 4,254 | 4,258 | 4,268 | 4,276 | 4,298 | 4,318 | 4,401 | 4,420 | 4,438 | 4,449 | 4,470 | 4,492 | 4,563 | 4,607 | 6,292 | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Paul Brecken | 7.50% | 3,126 | 3,147 | 3,151 | 3,154 | 3,160 | 3,176 | 3,179 | 3,183 | 3,184 | 3,211 | 3,351 | 3,391 | 3,886 | 4,380 | 4,454 | 4,552 | 5,607 | 5,656 | 5,657 | 5,725 | 5,730 | 6,269 | |
Independent Labour | Donald Fraser McIntosh | 7.02% | 2,927 | 2,940 | 2,945 | 2,951 | 2,956 | 2,966 | 2,972 | 2,977 | 3,110 | 3,121 | 3,142 | 3,166 | 3,195 | 3,228 | 3,276 | 3,315 | 3,371 | 3,419 | 3,420 | 3,550 | 3,554 | ||
Social Credit | Thomas Glen | 6.77% | 2,820 | 2,870 | 2,871 | 2,872 | 2,874 | 2,876 | 2,890 | 2,893 | 2,905 | 2,911 | 2,916 | 2,919 | 2,926 | 2,934 | 2,949 | 2,966 | 2,981 | 3,172 | 3,199 | ||||
Liberal | Hugh John MacDonald | 6.51% | 2,711 | 2,724 | 2,724 | 2,730 | 2,771 | 2,833 | 2,834 | 2,842 | 2,867 | 2,991 | 3,030 | 3,547 | 3,580 | 3,663 | 3,675 | 4,499 | 4,619 | 4,659 | 4,661 | 4,747 | 4,750 | 5,216 | |
Social Credit | Arthur J. Dixon | 6.42% | 2,677 | 2,759 | 2,762 | 2,763 | 2,766 | 2,776 | 2,776 | 2,779 | 2,790 | 2,816 | 2,829 | 2,837 | 2,840 | 2,846 | 2,858 | 2,874 | 2,981 | 3,312 | 3,586 | 4,954 | 5,149 | 5,966 | |
Social Credit | Clifford Norman Clarke | 5.74% | 2,390 | 2,587 | 2,589 | 2,592 | 2,595 | 2,603 | 2,607 | 2,610 | 2,620 | 2,681 | 2,688 | 2,693 | 2,710 | 2,721 | 2,741 | 2,758 | 2,777 | ||||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Aylmer Liesemer | 4.78% | 1,991 | 1,993 | 2,030 | 2,136 | 2,142 | 2,142 | 2,380 | 2,498 | 2,642 | 2,651 | 2,664 | 2,670 | 2,681 | 2,695 | 3,508 | 3,528 | 3,575 | 3,600 | 3,601 | 3,693 | 3,696 | 4,706 | |
Progressive Conservative | Philip P. C. Haigh | 2.17% | 905 | 908 | 908 | 908 | 924 | 925 | 935 | 937 | 939 | 957 | 1,083 | 1,098 | 1,176 | 1,508 | 1,523 | 1,551 | |||||||
Liberal | Melvin E. Shannon | 2.06% | 857 | 860 | 861 | 865 | 889 | 936 | 937 | 949 | 986 | 1,072 | 1,100 | 1,226 | 1,241 | 1,266 | 1,275 | ||||||||
Progressive Conservative | John James Zubick | 1.93% | 806 | 811 | 812 | 814 | 814 | 823 | 825 | 829 | 834 | 839 | 887 | 894 | |||||||||||
Progressive Conservative | W. R. Irwin | 1.83% | 764 | 764 | 764 | 767 | 776 | 779 | 780 | 780 | 782 | 793 | 984 | 996 | 1,117 | ||||||||||
Progressive Conservative | Ronald M. Helmer | 1.61% | 670 | 672 | 675 | 676 | 685 | 688 | 689 | 693 | 693 | 698 | |||||||||||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Robert T. Alderman | 1.52% | 633 | 637 | 715 | 735 | 735 | 741 | 798 | 1,040 | 1,084 | 1,097 | 1,103 | 1,107 | 1,140 | 1,147 | |||||||||
Liberal | Alberta Clark | 1.35% | 563 | 580 | 581 | 582 | 598 | 660 | 662 | 664 | 667 | ||||||||||||||
Liberal | Collier Maberly | 1.33% | 555 | 557 | 558 | 563 | 676 | 699 | 699 | 699 | 722 | 850 | 853 | ||||||||||||
Labour | W. Longridge | 1.26% | 527 | 528 | 529 | 541 | 548 | 550 | 550 | 551 | |||||||||||||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | George E. Ellinson | 0.91% | 378 | 378 | 396 | 409 | 410 | 410 | |||||||||||||||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | H. J. Ryan | 0.80% | 333 | 334 | 375 | 422 | 422 | 425 | 460 | ||||||||||||||||
Liberal | Richard Thomson | 0.75% | 313 | 315 | 315 | 317 | 325 | ||||||||||||||||||
Liberal | J. A. Murray Green | 0.69% | 287 | 288 | 288 | 289 | |||||||||||||||||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Harold L. Livergant | 0.58% | 243 | 243 | 251 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Ronald W. Stirling | 0.51% | 213 | 213 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Exhausted ballots | — | — | 13 | 21 | 29 | 40 | 84 | 101 | 126 | 179 | 213 | 227 | 248 | 276 | 314 | 403 | 499 | 505 | 707 | 712 | 929 | 932 | 1,654 | ||
Electorate: 91,289 Valid: 41,673 Spoilt: 1,694 Quota: 5,954 Turnout: 43,367 (47.5%) |
Party | Candidate | Maximum round | Maximum votes | Share in maximum round | Maximum votes First round votesTransfer votes | |
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Social Credit | Rose Wilkinson | 1 | 6,796 | 16.31% | | |
Social Credit | Howard B. Macdonald | 20 | 6,167 | 15.14% | | |
Social Credit | Frederick C. Colborne | 18 | 6,292 | 15.36% | | |
PC | Paul Brecken | 22 | 6,269 | 15.67% | | |
Independent Labour | Donald Fraser McIntosh | 21 | 3,554 | 8.72% | | |
Social Credit | Thomas Glen | 19 | 3,199 | 7.81% | | |
Liberal | Hugh John MacDonald | 22 | 5,216 | 13.03% | | |
Social Credit | Arthur J. Dixon | 22 | 5,966 | 14.91% | | |
Social Credit | Clifford Norman Clarke | 17 | 2,777 | 6.75% | | |
CCF | Aylmer Liesemer | 22 | 4,706 | 11.76% | | |
PC | Philip P. C. Haigh | 16 | 1,551 | 3.77% | | |
Liberal | Melvin E. Shannon | 15 | 1,275 | 3.09% | | |
PC | John James Zubick | 12 | 894 | 2.16% | | |
PC | W. R. Irwin | 13 | 1,117 | 2.70% | | |
PC | Ronald M. Helmer | 10 | 698 | 1.68% | | |
CCF | Robert T. Alderman | 14 | 1,147 | 2.77% | | |
Liberal | Alberta Clark | 9 | 667 | 1.61% | | |
Liberal | Collier Maberly | 11 | 853 | 1.33% | | |
Labour | W. Longridge | 8 | 551 | 1.33% | | |
CCF | George Ellinson | 6 | 410 | 0.99% | | |
CCF | H. J. Ryan | 7 | 460 | 1.11% | | |
Liberal | Richard Thomson | 5 | 325 | 0.78% | | |
Liberal | J. A. Murray Green | 4 | 289 | 0.69% | | |
CCF | Harold L. Livergant | 3 | 251 | 0.60% | | |
CCF | Ronald W. Stirling | 2 | 213 | 0.51% | | |
Exhausted votes | 1,654 | 3.97% | |
All major parties ran full slates. There were also two Labour candidates
Party | Candidates | MLAs elected | |||||
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1952 | 1948 | ± | 1952 | 1948 | ± | ||
Social Credit | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||
Liberal | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
Co-operative Commonwealth | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
Conservative | 7 | – | 7 | 1 | – | 1 | |
Labor–Progressive | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | |
Independent Citizen's Association | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | |
Total | 29 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | ||||
Social Credit | Ernest Manning | 32.71% | 22,014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Liberal | James Harper Prowse | 13.96% | 7,264 | 7,264 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Elmer Roper | 12.74% | 6,632 | 6,632 | 6,632 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Conservative | John Percy Page | 4.25% | 2,212 | 2,761 | 2,810 | 2,817 | 2,851 | 2,898 | 2,996 | 3,006 | 3,016 | 3,289 | 3,410 | 3,421 | 3,443 | 3,466 | 3,564 | 3,576 | 3,787 | 3,830 | 3,856 | 4,804 | 4,948 | 5,017 | 5,188 | 5,267 | 5,291 | 5,504 | |
Social Credit | Joseph Donovan Ross | 3.38% | 1,757 | 4,967 | 4,977 | 4,977 | 4,981 | 4,988 | 4,995 | 4,997 | 5,003 | 5,028 | 5,044 | 5,058 | 5,069 | 5,085 | 5,126 | 5,139 | 5,189 | 5,499 | 5,516 | 5,711 | 5,766 | 6,205 | 6,328 | 7,126 | |||
Social Credit | Ambrose Holowach | 2.65% | 1,381 | 2,659 | 2,660 | 2,661 | 2,662 | 2,664 | 2,667 | 2,670 | 2,671 | 2,677 | 2,681 | 2,686 | 2,691 | 2,716 | 2,730 | 2,734 | 2,748 | 3,252 | 3,278 | 3,363 | 3,695 | 4,005 | 4,110 | 4,540 | 4,745 | 4,809 | |
Liberal | Andre Milville Dechene | 2.57% | 1,340 | 1,389 | 1,471 | 1,471 | 1,471 | 1,472 | 1,479 | 1,481 | 1,482 | 1,487 | 1,521 | 1,526 | 1,749 | 1,751 | 1,860 | 1,866 | 2,252 | 2,257 | 2,268 | 2,305 | 2,587 | 2,839 | |||||
Liberal | Peter Lazarowich | 2.18% | 1,136 | 1,214 | 1,280 | 1,282 | 1,283 | 1,288 | 1,290 | 1,291 | 1,293 | 1,297 | 1,317 | 1,337 | 1,379 | 1,405 | 1,592 | 1,596 | 1,735 | 1,748 | 1,776 | 1,815 | |||||||
Social Credit | Harry D. Carrigan | 2.18% | 1,135 | 1,814 | 1,818 | 1,819 | 1,821 | 1,826 | 1,832 | 1,834 | 1,838 | 1,841 | 1,850 | 1,852 | 1,935 | 1,936 | 1,949 | 1,956 | 1,986 | 2,152 | 2,158 | 2,211 | 2,230 | ||||||
Social Credit | Stella M. Baker | 2.16% | 1,126 | 2,251 | 2,253 | 2,253 | 2,254 | 2,257 | 2,271 | 2,273 | 2,276 | 2,280 | 2,285 | 2,290 | 2,295 | 2,306 | 2,320 | 2,341 | 2,385 | 2,554 | 2,567 | 2,646 | 2,676 | 3,033 | 3,084 | ||||
Conservative | Marshall E. Manning | 2.04% | 1,060 | 1,194 | 1,202 | 1,203 | 1,212 | 1,227 | 1,269 | 1,269 | 1,272 | 1,358 | 1,628 | 1,636 | 1,644 | 1,654 | 1,673 | 1,677 | 1,727 | 1,754 | 1,770 | ||||||||
Liberal | Harold Tanner | 1.68% | 875 | 1,037 | 1,258 | 1,261 | 1,269 | 1,282 | 1,296 | 1,300 | 1,309 | 1,352 | 1,372 | 1,376 | 1,441 | 1,477 | 1,755 | 1,765 | 2,157 | 2,178 | 2,200 | 2,274 | 2,897 | 2,953 | 4,621 | 4,667 | 4,680 | 4,921 | |
Social Credit | Williston Haszard | 1.60% | 834 | 1,609 | 1,610 | 1,610 | 1,612 | 1,614 | 1,616 | 1,619 | 1,619 | 1,624 | 1,629 | 1,632 | 1,638 | 1,644 | 1,659 | 1,664 | 1,679 | ||||||||||
Labor–Progressive | Bernard Swankey | 1.58% | 824 | 831 | 833 | 833 | 835 | 845 | 845 | 847 | 866 | 871 | 872 | 881 | 881 | ||||||||||||||
Liberal | Cora Casselman | 1.57% | 819 | 964 | 1,091 | 1,092 | 1,093 | 1,097 | 1,123 | 1,126 | 1,131 | 1,165 | 1,180 | 1,185 | 1,318 | 1,333 | 1,467 | 1,484 | |||||||||||
Social Credit | Edgar Gerhart | 1.48% | 769 | 2,601 | 2,603 | 2,603 | 2,603 | 2,606 | 2,610 | 2,626 | 2,632 | 2,638 | 2,648 | 2,655 | 2,664 | 2,670 | 2,692 | 2,701 | 2,736 | 3,090 | 3,103 | 3,201 | 3,225 | 3,834 | 3,895 | 5,416 | 5,791 | 5,895 | |
Co-operative Commonwealth | Robert Atkin | 1.26% | 658 | 683 | 685 | 705 | 705 | 708 | 714 | 771 | 819 | 822 | 824 | 927 | 927 | 1,044 | 1,054 | ||||||||||||
Liberal | Laurette C. Douglas | 1.21% | 632 | 664 | 709 | 709 | 711 | 713 | 719 | 723 | 727 | 732 | 748 | 749 | |||||||||||||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Roy Jamha | 1.19% | 619 | 641 | 643 | 656 | 656 | 656 | 658 | 833 | 902 | 905 | 908 | 1,055 | 1,057 | 1,192 | 1,209 | 1,688 | 1,698 | 1,705 | |||||||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Arthur E. Thornton | 1.18% | 612 | 640 | 642 | 664 | 665 | 668 | 677 | 718 | 917 | 920 | 924 | 1,152 | 1,154 | 1,323 | 1,341 | 1,709 | 1,728 | 1,734 | 3,004 | 3,024 | 3,057 | 3,076 | 3,114 | 3,135 | 3,139 | ||
Liberal | Duncan Innes | 1.17% | 608 | 727 | 837 | 837 | 838 | 841 | 842 | 846 | 848 | 868 | 883 | 893 | 1,007 | 1,014 | |||||||||||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Floyd Albin Johnson | 0.96% | 500 | 522 | 524 | 538 | 538 | 539 | 542 | 590 | 648 | 648 | 649 | ||||||||||||||||
Conservative | Marcel Lambert | 0.83% | 432 | 480 | 484 | 484 | 490 | 508 | 586 | 587 | 587 | 609 | |||||||||||||||||
Conservative | Frederick John Mitchell | 0.83% | 430 | 531 | 537 | 538 | 543 | 553 | 574 | 575 | 576 | ||||||||||||||||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Norman Finnemore | 0.79% | 413 | 427 | 428 | 439 | 439 | 440 | 440 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Winnifred Scott | 0.74% | 383 | 410 | 414 | 444 | 446 | 448 | 453 | 496 | |||||||||||||||||||
Conservative | Mrs. Arnold Taylor | 0.52% | 272 | 300 | 303 | 303 | 322 | 375 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Conservative | John A. L. Smith | 0.36% | 189 | 205 | 207 | 207 | 220 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Conservative | Edward Sturrock | 0.20% | 105 | 117 | 118 | 118 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Exhausted ballots | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 30 | 46 | 92 | 113 | 151 | 213 | 232 | 508 | 533 | 628 | 717 | 771 | 1,028 | 1,170 | 1,443 | 1,562 | 2,184 | 2,373 | 2,373 | 4,890 | ||
Electorate: 108,424 Valid: 52,039 Spoilt: 5,217 Quota: 6,505 Turnout: 57,256 (52.8%) |
Party | Candidate | Maximum round | Maximum votes | Share in maximum round | Maximum votes First round votesTransfer votes | |
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Social Credit | Ernest Manning | 1 | 17,022 | 32.71% | | |
Liberal | James Harper Prowse | 1 | 7,264 | 13.96% | | |
CCF | Elmer Roper | 1 | 6,632 | 12.74% | | |
Conservative | John Percy Page | 26 | 5,504 | 10.37% | | |
Social Credit | Joseph Donovan Ross | 24 | 7,126 | 14.35% | | |
Social Credit | Ambrose Holowach | 26 | 4,809 | 10.20% | | |
Liberal | Andre Milville Dechene | 22 | 2,839 | 5.62% | | |
Liberal | Peter Lazarowich | 20 | 1,815 | 3.57% | | |
Social Credit | Harry D. Carrigan | 21 | 2,230 | 4.41% | | |
Social Credit | Stella M. Baker | 23 | 3,084 | 6.19% | | |
Conservative | Marshall E. Manning | 19 | 1,770 | 3.47% | | |
Liberal | Harold Tanner | 26 | 4,921 | 10.44% | | |
Social Credit | Williston Haszard | 17 | 1,679 | 3.27% | | |
LPP | Bernard Swankey | 13 | 881 | 1.70% | | |
Liberal | Cora Casselman | 16 | 1,484 | 2.89% | | |
Social Credit | Edgar Gerhart | 26 | 5,895 | 12.50% | | |
CCF | Robert Atkin | 15 | 1,054 | 2.05% | | |
Liberal | Laurette C. Douglas | 12 | 749 | 1.45% | | |
CCF | Roy Jamha | 18 | 1,705 | 3.33% | | |
CCF | Arthur Thornton | 25 | 3,139 | 6.32% | | |
Liberal | Duncan Innes | 14 | 1,014 | 1.97% | | |
CCF | Floyd Albin Johnson | 11 | 649 | 1.25% | | |
Conservative | Marcel Lambert | 10 | 609 | 1.17% | | |
Conservative | Frederick John Mitchell | 9 | 576 | 1.11% | | |
CCF | Norman Finnemore | 7 | 440 | 0.85% | | |
CCF | Winnifred Scott | 8 | 496 | 0.95% | | |
Conservative | Mrs. Arnold Taylor | 6 | 375 | 0.72% | | |
Conservative | John A. L. Smith | 5 | 220 | 0.42% | | |
Conservative | Edward Sturrock | 4 | 118 | 0.23% | | |
Exhausted votes | 4,890 | 9.40% | |
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