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Template:1955 Alberta general election/Athabasca

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1955 Alberta general election: Athabasca
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
First count
Social Credit Antonio Aloisio 2,073 46.43% -2.72%
Liberal Richard Edward Hall 2,069 46.34% 26.76%
Labor–Progressive John Harry 293 3.38%
Total 4,435
Ballot transfer results
Liberal Richard Edward Hall 2,145 50.57%
Social Credit Antonio Aloisio 2,097 49.43%
Labor–Progressive John Harry Eliminated
Total 4,242
Rejected, spoiled and declined N/A
Eligible electors / turnout 6,581 67.39%
Liberal gain from Social Credit Swing -14.23%
Source(s)
Source: "Athabasca Official Results 1955 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