| 1955 Alberta general election: Vermilion | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes 1st count |
% | Votes final count |
±% | |||
| Liberal | Russell J. Whitson | 1,728 | 36.48% | 2,131 | 15.68% | |||
| Social Credit | Ashley Cooper | 2,018 | 42.60% | 2,111 | -6.10% | |||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | M. Meronyk | 684 | 14.44% | – | 0.26% | |||
| Labor–Progressive | John P. Hocaluk | 307 | 6.48% | – | – | |||
| Total | 4,737 | – | – | – | ||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 310 | – | – | – | ||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 6,692 | 75.42% | 9.14% | – | ||||
| Liberal gain from Social Credit | Swing | -10.89% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Vermilion 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. | ||||||||
