# 1940 Alberta general election

The 1940 Alberta general election was held on March 21, 1940, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.
Despite its failure to implement its key policy, providing prosperity certificates to all Albertans, the Social Credit Party of Premier William Aberhart won a second term in government. Nevertheless, it lost eleven seats that it had won in the 1935 landslide.
This provincial election, like the previous three, 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.

## Unity Movement

The Conservative and Liberal parties as well as the remains of the United Farmers, recognizing the widespread popularity of the Social Credit party, ran joint candidates as independents in what was called the "Independent Movement" or the "Unity Movement". Although independent candidates won almost as many votes as Social Credit, their support was dispersed across many areas so few of the movement's candidates took a majority of the votes (required under Instant-runoff voting to take the seat) so the movement's overall vote tally did not translate into its due share of seats overall. The Independent Movement lost a number of races by small margins. However, due to the Parliamentary system, which awards power solely on the basis of seats won, Social Credit was returned for a second term, albeit with a considerably reduced majority.
The Liberals under leader Edward Gray chose only to support Independent candidates that they played a hand in nominating, and nominated other candidates under its own banner. Gray felt that candidates should not be machined into the field and left it up to the individual Liberal constituency associations to decide if they would support a candidate or not.
This would be the most opposition that Social Credit would face until 1959.

## Co-operative Commonwealth

The social democratic Cooperative Commonwealth Federation nominated candidates for the first time, but failed to win any seats in the legislature, despite winning over 10% of the popular vote under the leadership of former United Farmers of Alberta MLA Chester Ronning. Like Ronning, most of the CCF's candidates had run in the 1935 election for the UFA.

## Reduction of electoral districts

An Act was passed in 1939 that provided for the reduction of the number of MLAs from 63 to 57, upon the next election. Calgary and Edmonton now returned five MLAs each instead of six, and the following other changes were made:
| Abolished | New |
| New districts ||
| | Bruce |
| | Spirit River |
| Renaming of districts ||
| Innisfail | Rocky Mountain House |
| Abolition of districts ||
| Nanton-Claresholm | divided among Macleod, Okotoks-High River and Little Bow |
| Ribstone | divided between Acadia-Coronation and Wainwright |
| Merger of districts ||
| Acadia Coronation | Acadia-Coronation |
| Bow Valley Empress | Bow Valley-Empress |
| Reorganization of districts ||
| Cochrane Pincher Creek Rocky Mountain | Banff-Cochrane Pincher Creek-Crowsnest |
| Sturgeon Victoria Whitford | Redwater Willingdon |
* ↑ from parts of Vegreville, Sedgewick and Camrose
* ↑ from part of Grande Prairie
* ↑ also drawing in parts of Edson, Red Deer and Lacombe

## Results

Elections to the 9th Alberta Legislative Assembly (1940) :
| Party | Party | Leader | Candidates | First-preference votes | First-preference votes | First-preference votes | First-preference votes | First-preference votes | First-preference votes | Seats | Seats | Seats |
| Party | Party | Leader | Candidates | Votes | ± | % Fpv | Change (pp) | Change (pp) | Change (pp) | 1935 | 1940 | ± |
| | Social Credit | William Aberhart | 56 | 132,507 | 31,193 | 42.90 | -11.35 | | | 56 | 36 / 57 | 20 |
| | Independent Movement | Andrew Davison | 57 | 130,603 | 11,178 | 42.28 | 2.51 | | 2.51 | 6 | 19 / 57 | 13 |
| | Liberal | Edward Gray | 2 | 2,755 | 483 | 0.89 | 0.14 | | 0.14 | 1 | 1 / 57 | |
| | Labour | | 2 | 3,258 | 1,828 | 1.05 | -0.63 | | | – | 1 / 57 | 1 |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | Chester Ronning | 36 | 34,316 | 34,316 | 11.11 | 11.11 | | 11.11 |
| | Independent Liberal | | 1 | 1,136 | 181 | 0.37 | 0.06 | | 0.06 |
| | Communist | | 1 | 1,067 | 4,704 | 0.35 | -1.56 | | |
| | Independent | | 2 | 569 | 2,171 | 0.18 | -0.72 | | |
| | Independent Labour | | 1 | 251 | 27 | 0.08 | 0.01 | | 0.01 |
| | Independent Progressive | | 4 | 1,726 | 1,726 | 0.56 |
| | Independent Social Credit | | 1 | 362 | 362 | 0.12 |
| | Independent Farmer | | 2 | 314 | 314 | 0.10 |
| Total | Total | Total | 165 | 308,864 | 308,864 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 10,615 | 2,346 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 319,479 | 9,458 | 74.8% | 7.0 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 427,335 | 49,086 |
* ↑ compared against combined 1935 totals for UFA, Conservatives and Liberals (other than Grouard)
* ↑ 1 in Calgary; 1 in Edmonton

## MLAs elected
### Synopsis of results

Results by riding – 1940 Alberta general election (all except Calgary and Edmonton) :
| Riding | First-preference votes | First-preference votes | First-preference votes | First-preference votes | First-preference votes | First-preference votes | First-preference votes | Turnout | Final counts | Final counts | Final counts | Final counts | Final counts | Winning party | Winning party | Winning party | Winning party |
| Name | SC | IndM | CCF | Lib | Lab | Oth | Total | Turnout | SC | IndM | CCF | Lib | Lab | 1935 | 1935 | 1940 | 1940 |
| Acadia-Coronation | 2,163 | 1,665 | 559 | – | – | – | 4,387 | 76.3% | 2,297 | 1,963 | – | – | – | New | New | | SC |
| Alexandra | 2,215 | 1,255 | 1,273 | – | – | – | | 73.1% | 2,326 | – | 1,953 | – | – | | SC | | SC |
| Athabasca | 1,965 | 1,336 | 782 | – | – | – | 4,083 | 61.9% | 2,078 | 1,497 | – | – | – | | SC | | SC |
| Banff-Cochrane | 1,869 | 2,931 | – | – | – | – | 4,800 | 80.4% | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | New | New | | IndM |
| Beaver River | 2,555 | – | 669 | – | – | 1,254 | 4,478 | 70.4% | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | | SC | | SC |
| Bow Valley-Empress | 2,035 | 1,762 | – | – | – | – | 3,797 | 70.5% | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | New | New | | SC |
| Bruce | 2,018 | 1,433 | 752 | – | – | – | 4,203 | 71.8% | 2,203 | 1,781 | – | – | – | New | New | | SC |
| Camrose | 2,472 | 1,484 | 1,550 | – | – | – | 5,506 | 77.2% | 2,582 | – | 2,508 | – | – | | SC | | SC |
| Cardston | 2,160 | 1,808 | – | – | – | – | 3,968 | 81.9% | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | | SC | | SC |
| Clover Bar | 2,252 | 1,370 | 1,476 | – | – | – | 5,098 | 77.9% | 2,418 | – | 2,261 | – | – | | SC | | SC |
| Cypress | 1,667 | 2,065 | – | – | – | – | 3,732 | 75.3% | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | | SC | | IndM |
| Didsbury | 2,312 | 2,379 | – | – | – | – | | 74.5% | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | | SC | | IndM |
| Drumheller | 2,043 | 1,530 | 741 | – | – | – | 4,314 | 79.8% | 2,330 | 1,720 | – | – | – | | SC | | SC |
| Edson | 1,949 | – | 798 | – | 2,211 | – | 4,958 | 72.7% | 2,100 | – | – | – | 2,558 | | SC | | Lab |
| Gleichen | 1,457 | 2,255 | 670 | – | – | – | 4,382 | 75.2% | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | | SC | | IndM |
| Grande Prairie | 1,556 | 1,998 | 674 | – | – | – | 4,228 | 70.4% | 1,784 | 2,233 | – | – | – | | SC | | IndM |
| Grouard | 1,703 | – | 1,024 | 1,747 | – | – | 4,474 | 62.0% | 1,961 | – | – | 1,965 | – | | Lib | | Lib |
| Hand Hills | 2,547 | 1,970 | – | – | – | – | 4,517 | 75.5% | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | | SC | | SC |
| Lac Ste. Anne | 1,612 | 1,239 | 1,110 | – | – | – | 3,961 | 63.9% | 1,839 | 1,704 | – | – | – | | SC | | SC |
| Lacombe | 2,321 | 2,061 | 626 | – | – | – | 5,008 | 75.6% | 2,457 | 2,361 | – | – | – | | SC | | SC |
| Leduc | 2,141 | 1,106 | 732 | – | – | – | 3,979 | 65.9% | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | | SC | | SC |
| Lethbridge | 2,760 | 4,318 | – | – | – | – | 7,078 | 83.4% | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | | SC | | IndM |
| Little Bow | 2,162 | 2,034 | – | – | – | – | 4,196 | 86.0% | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | | SC | | SC |
| Macleod | 2,487 | 2,446 | – | – | – | – | 4,933 | 82.3% | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | | SC | | SC |
| Medicine Hat | 2,943 | 2,863 | – | – | – | – | 5,806 | 86.1% | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | | SC | | SC |
| Okotoks-High River | 3,178 | 4,352 | – | – | – | – | 7,530 | 80.5% | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | | SC | | IndM |
| Olds | 2,345 | 2,455 | – | – | – | 362 | 5,162 | 76.4% | 2,549 | 2,483 | – | – | – | | SC | | SC |
| Peace River | 2,114 | 2,253 | – | – | – | – | 4,367 | 60.0% | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | | SC | | IndM |
| Pembina | 1,589 | 1,719 | 743 | – | – | – | 4,051 | 60.0% | 1,818 | 1,980 | – | – | – | | SC | | IndM |
| Pincher Creek-Crowsnest | 2,356 | 2,129 | – | – | 1,047 | – | 5,532 | 86.1% | 2,443 | 2,210 | – | – | – | New | New | | SC |
| Ponoka | 1,907 | 1,920 | 575 | – | – | – | 4,402 | 74.7% | 2,045 | 2,234 | – | – | – | | SC | | IndM |
| Red Deer | 2,083 | 2,760 | – | – | – | 971 | 5,814 | 77.7% | 2,330 | 3,142 | – | – | – | | SC | | IndM |
| Redwater | 2,226 | 945 | 785 | – | – | – | 3,956 | 64.9% | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | New | New | | SC |
| Rocky Mountain House | 2,477 | 1,496 | 767 | – | – | – | 4,740 | 69.4% | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | | SC | | SC |
| St. Albert | 1,692 | 1,383 | 552 | 1,008 | – | – | 4,635 | 70.9% | 2,018 | 2,304 | – | – | – | | SC | | IndM |
| St. Paul | 2,270 | 1,609 | 813 | – | – | – | 4,692 | 70.2% | 2,421 | 1,785 | – | – | – | | SC | | SC |
| Sedgewick | 2,605 | 1,426 | 794 | – | – | – | 4,825 | 75.7% | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | | SC | | SC |
| Spirit River | 1,409 | 1,087 | 772 | – | – | – | 3,268 | 63.3% | 1,707 | 1,295 | – | – | – | New | New | | SC |
| Stettler | 2,668 | 1,851 | 784 | – | – | – | 5,303 | 78.5% | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | | SC | | SC |
| Stony Plain | 1,914 | 1,228 | 942 | – | – | 196 | 4,280 | 72.6% | 2,213 | 1,606 | – | – | – | | SC | | SC |
| Taber | 1,879 | 1,383 | 576 | – | – | – | 3,838 | 80.0% | 1,998 | 1,618 | – | – | – | | SC | | SC |
| Vegreville | 2,223 | 1,920 | 523 | – | – | – | 4,666 | 75.6% | 2,375 | 2,061 | – | – | – | | SC | | SC |
| Vermilion | 2,203 | 1,815 | 936 | – | – | – | 4,954 | 76.4% | 2,506 | 2,148 | – | – | – | | SC | | SC |
| Wainwright | 2,296 | 1,611 | 1,039 | – | – | 365 | 5,311 | 76.4% | 2,583 | 2,169 | – | – | – | | SC | | SC |
| Warner | 1,558 | 1,937 | – | – | – | – | 3,495 | 83.0% | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | | SC | | IndM |
| Wetaskiwin | 2,480 | 1,874 | 901 | – | – | – | 5,255 | 71.9% | 2,761 | 2,179 | – | – | – | | SC | | SC |
| Willingdon | 2,329 | 514 | 968 | – | – | – | 3,811 | 64.4% | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | Elected on 1st count | New | New | | SC |
* ↑ including spoilt ballots
    = Open seat
    = turnout is above provincial average
    = Candidate was in previous Legislature
    = Incumbent had switched allegiance
    = Previously incumbent in another riding
    = Not incumbent; was previously elected to the Legislature
    = Incumbency arose from by-election gain
    = previously an MP in the House of Commons of Canada
    = Multiple candidates

### Multi-member districts

| District | Seats won (in order declared) | Seats won (in order declared) | Seats won (in order declared) | Seats won (in order declared) | Seats won (in order declared) |
| Calgary | | | | | |
| Edmonton | | | | | |
* Social Credit
* Independent Movement
    = Candidate was in previous Legislature
    = First-time MLA
    = Previously incumbent in another district.

## STV analysis
### Exhausted votes

Twenty-eight districts went beyond first-preference counts in order to determine winning candidates:
Exhausted votes (1935) :
| District | Counts | Counts | Exhausted | Exhausted | Exhausted |
| District | 1st preference | Final | Votes | % of 1st pref | % of 1st pref |
| Calgary | 45,914 | 44,830 | 1,084 | 2.36 | 2.36 |
| Edmonton | 43,743 | 41,130 | 2,613 | 5.97 | 5.97 |
| Acadia-Coronation | 4,387 | 4,260 | 127 | 2.89 | 2.89 |
| Alexandra | 4,743 | 4,279 | 464 | 9.78 | 9.78 |
| Athabasca | 4,083 | 3,575 | 508 | 12.44 | 12.44 |
| Bruce | 4,203 | 3,984 | 219 | 5.21 | 5.21 |
| Camrose | 5,506 | 5,090 | 416 | 7.56 | 7.56 |
| Clover Bar | 5,098 | 4,679 | 419 | 8.22 | 8.22 |
| Drumheller | 4,314 | 4,050 | 264 | 6.12 | 6.12 |
| Edson | 4,958 | 4,658 | 300 | 6.05 | 6.05 |
| Grande Prairie | 4,228 | 4,017 | 211 | 4.99 | 4.99 |
| Grouard | 4,474 | 3,926 | 548 | 12.25 | 12.25 |
| Lac Ste. Anne | 3,961 | 3,543 | 418 | 10.55 | 10.55 |
| Lacombe | 5,008 | 4,818 | 190 | 3.79 | 3.79 |
| Olds | 5,162 | 5,032 | 130 | 2.52 | 2.52 |
| Pembina | 4,051 | 3,798 | 253 | 6.25 | 6.25 |
| Pincher Creek-Crowsnest | 5,532 | 4,653 | 879 | 15.89 | 15.89 |
| Ponoka | 4,402 | 4,279 | 123 | 2.79 | 2.79 |
| Red Deer | 5,814 | 5,472 | 342 | 5.88 | 5.88 |
| St. Albert | 4,635 | 4,322 | 313 | 6.75 | 6.75 |
| St. Paul | 4,692 | 4,206 | 486 | 10.35 | 10.35 |
| Spirit River | 3,268 | 3,002 | 266 | 8.14 | 8.14 |
| Stony Plain | 4,280 | 3,819 | 461 | 10.77 | 10.77 |
| Taber | 3,838 | 3,616 | 222 | 5.78 | 5.78 |
| Vegreville | 4,666 | 4,436 | 230 | 4.93 | 4.93 |
| Vermilion | 4,954 | 4,654 | 300 | 6.06 | 6.06 |
| Wainwright | 5,311 | 4,752 | 559 | 10.53 | 10.53 |
| Wetaskiwin | 5,255 | 4,940 | 315 | 5.99 | 5.99 |

### Calgary

The Independent Movement (also called the "Citizens' Slate) fielded six candidates for the five seats. The other parties nominated fewer candidates than the maximum seats sought.
| Party | Party | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | MLAs elected | MLAs elected | MLAs elected |
| Party | Party | 1940 | 1935 | ± | 1940 | 1935 | ± |
| | Independent Movement | 6 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 3 |
| | Social Credit | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | 2 | – | 2 | – | – | – |
| | Independent Labour | 1 | 1 | | – | – | – |
| | Independent | 1 | 1 | | – | – | – |
| | Conservative | – | 4 | 4 | – | 1 | 1 |
| | Liberal | – | 4 | 4 | – | 1 | 1 |
| | Labour | – | 3 | 3 | – | – | – |
| | Communist | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Total | Total | 14 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 |
Calgary (1940 Alberta general election) (five members elected, candidates ranked in order of 1st preference) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| | Independent Movement | Andrew Davison | 27.15% | 12,465 |
| | Social Credit | William Aberhart | 26.40% | 12,122 | 12,122 |
| | Independent Movement | James Mahaffy | 7.94% | 3,645 | 5,538 | 5,615 | 5,672 | 5,704 | 5,966 | 6,041 | 6,043 | 6,971 | 7,040 | 7,162 | 9,449 |
| | Independent Movement | John J. Bowlen | 7.51% | 3,447 | 4,380 | 4,417 | 4,431 | 4,453 | 4,545 | 4,586 | 4,590 | 5,212 | 5,254 | 5,320 | 7,247 |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | Fred J. White | 6.20% | 2,846 | 2,903 | 3,025 | 3,037 | 3,097 | 3,128 | 4,179 | 4,229 | 4,319 | 4,461 | 4,965 | 5,175 |
| | Independent Movement | Joseph Tweed Shaw | 5.85% | 2,685 | 3,726 | 3,746 | 3,777 | 3,804 | 3,994 | 4,039 | 4,043 | 4,592 | 4,602 | 4,654 |
| | Social Credit | Fred Anderson | 4.22% | 1,939 | 1,959 | 4,203 | 4,213 | 4,229 | 4,236 | 4,369 | 5,227 | 5,282 | 8,744 |
| | Social Credit | Edith Gostick | 3.50% | 1,605 | 1,613 | 2,886 | 2,905 | 2,922 | 2,928 | 2,985 | 3,691 | 3,731 |
| | Independent Movement | Norman Dingle | 3.22% | 1,480 | 2,084 | 2,121 | 2,133 | 2,158 | 2,322 | 2,358 | 2,363 |
| | Social Credit | H.D. Tarves | 3.02% | 1,386 | 1,390 | 1,914 | 1,918 | 1,938 | 1,947 | 1,979 |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | Robert Alderman | 2.83% | 1,298 | 1,333 | 1,438 | 1,448 | 1,487 | 1,499 |
| | Independent Movement | Harry Pryde | 1.25% | 576 | 758 | 766 | 778 | 790 |
| | Independent Labour | D. V. Mitchell | 0.55% | 251 | 266 | 280 | 290 |
| | Independent | Frank Moodie | 0.37% | 169 | 169 | 186 | 194 |
| Exhausted ballots | Exhausted ballots | Exhausted ballots | — | — | 3 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 43 | 72 | 422 | 501 | 507 | 854 | 1,084 |
| Electorate: 59,338 Valid: 45,914 Spoilt: 777 Quota: 7,653 Turnout: 46,691 (78.7%) ||||||||||||||||
Calgary (1940 Alberta general election) (analysis of transferred votes, candidates ranked in order of 1st preference) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Maximum round | Maximum votes | Share in maximum round | Maximum votes First round votesTransfer votes |
| | Independent Movement | Andrew Davison | 1 | 12,465 | 27.15% | ​​ |
| | Social Credit | William Aberhart | 1 | 12,122 | 26.40% | ​​ |
| | Independent Movement | James Mahaffy | 12 | 9,449 | 21.08% | ​​ |
| | Independent Movement | John J. Bowlen | 12 | 7,247 | 16.17% | ​​ |
| | CCF | Fred J. White | 12 | 5,175 | 11.54% | ​​ |
| | Independent Movement | Joseph Tweed Shaw | 11 | 4,654 | 10.33% | ​​ |
| | Social Credit | Fred Anderson | 10 | 8,744 | 19.26% | ​​ |
| | Social Credit | Edith Gostick | 9 | 3,731 | 8.22% | ​​ |
| | Independent Movement | Norman Dingle | 8 | 2,363 | 5.19% | ​​ |
| | Social Credit | H.D. Tarves | 7 | 1,979 | 4.32% | ​​ |
| | CCF | Robert Alderman | 6 | 1,499 | 3.27% | ​​ |
| | Independent Movement | Harry Pryde | 5 | 790 | 1.72% | ​​ |
| | Independent Labour | D. V. Mitchell | 4 | 290 | 0.63% | ​​ |
| | Independent | Frank Moodie | 3 | 194 | 0.42% | ​​ |
| Exhausted votes | Exhausted votes | Exhausted votes | Exhausted votes | 1,084 | 2.36% | ​​ |

### Edmonton

The Independent Movement presented seven candidates for the five seats being contested.
| Party | Party | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | MLAs elected | MLAs elected | MLAs elected |
| Party | Party | 1940 | 1935 | ± | 1940 | 1935 | ± |
| | Independent Movement | 7 | – | 7 | 3 | – | 3 |
| | Social Credit | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | 3 | – | 3 | – | – | – |
| | Independent Progressive | 2 | – | 2 | – | – | – |
| | Independent | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| | Communist | 1 | 1 | | – | – | – |
| | Conservative | – | 6 | 6 | – | 1 | 1 |
| | Liberal | – | 6 | 6 | – | 3 | 3 |
| | United Farmers | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| | Labour | – | 6 | 6 | – | – | – |
| | Reconstruction | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Total | Total | 19 | 27 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 |
Edmonton (1940 Alberta general election) (five members elected, candidates ranked in order of 1st preference) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| | Social Credit | Ernest Manning | 23.01% | 10,066 |
| | Independent Movement | John Percy Page | 12.82% | 5,607 | 5,657 | 5,698 | 5,774 | 5,801 | 6,077 | 6,118 | 6,140 | 6,421 | 6,466 | 6,648 | 6,731 | 7,935 |
| | Independent Movement | Hugh John Macdonald | 9.44% | 4,128 | 4,167 | 4,189 | 4,249 | 4,256 | 4,318 | 4,342 | 4,356 | 5,029 | 5,061 | 5,127 | 5,184 | 5,828 | 6,056 | 6,649 |
| | Independent Movement | Gerald O'Connor | 9.08% | 3,972 | 3,988 | 4,006 | 4,030 | 4,047 | 4,145 | 4,180 | 4,187 | 4,578 | 4,590 | 4,627 | 4,650 | 5,081 | 5,263 | 6,035 |
| | Independent Movement | David Milwyn Duggan | 8.87% | 3,878 | 3,890 | 3,926 | 3,953 | 3,957 | 4,085 | 4,092 | 4,103 | 4,229 | 4,240 | 4,294 | 4,318 | 5,713 | 5,925 | 6,731 |
| | Independent Movement | L. Y. Cairns | 7.58% | 3,316 | 3,326 | 3,356 | 3,393 | 3,395 | 3,584 | 3,589 | 3,599 | 3,697 | 3,706 | 3,781 | 3,801 |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | Elmer Roper | 4.54% | 1,984 | 2,013 | 2,033 | 2,047 | 2,245 | 2,280 | 2,399 | 2,421 | 2,455 | 2,477 |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | Harry Dean Ainlay | 4.21% | 1,840 | 1,866 | 1,901 | 1,943 | 2,105 | 2,117 | 2,485 | 2,552 | 2,580 | 2,654 | 4,539 | 4,652 | 4,706 | 4,724 |
| | Independent Movement | E. C. Fisher | 3.67% | 1,607 | 1,620 | 1,655 | 1,671 | 1,681 | 1,712 | 1,729 | 1,738 |
| | Social Credit | Charles Gould | 2.73% | 1,192 | 1,771 | 1,790 | 1,820 | 1,826 | 1,831 | 1,965 | 2,342 | 2,378 |
| | Social Credit | Elisha East | 2.55% | 1,117 | 1,593 | 1,607 | 1,623 | 1,631 | 1,636 | 1,724 | 2,375 | 2,395 | 3,376 | 3,422 |
| | Communist | James A. MacPherson | 2.44% | 1,067 | 1,088 | 1,108 | 1,120 | 1,135 | 1,136 |
| | Social Credit | Norman B. James | 2.21% | 967 | 1,923 | 1,932 | 1,964 | 1,970 | 1,972 | 2,072 | 2,428 | 2,440 | 3,537 | 3,568 | 6,355 | 6,378 | 6,382 | 7,133 |
| | Social Credit | Charles B. Wills | 2.17% | 948 | 1,442 | 1,450 | 1,473 | 1,483 | 1,493 | 1,564 |
| | Independent Movement | Marjorie Pardee | 1.88% | 822 | 828 | 843 | 857 | 862 |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | William H. Miller | 1.01% | 442 | 457 | 482 | 493 |
| | Independent | G. F. Hustler | 0.91% | 400 | 412 | 452 |
| | Independent Progressive | Samuel Barnes | 0.64% | 282 | 299 |
| | Independent Progressive | J. H. Green | 0.25% | 108 | 112 |
| Exhausted ballots | Exhausted ballots | Exhausted ballots | — | — | 0 | 24 | 42 | 58 | 66 | 193 | 211 | 250 | 345 | 446 | 761 | 811 | 811 | 2,613 |
| Electorate: 59,685 Valid: 43,743 Spoilt: 1,204 Quota: 7,291 Turnout: 44,947 (75.3%) |||||||||||||||||||
Edmonton (1940 Alberta general election) (analysis of transferred votes, candidates ranked in order of 1st preference) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Maximum round | Maximum votes | Share in maximum round | Maximum votes First round votesTransfer votes |
| | Social Credit | Ernest Manning | 1 | 10,066 | 23.01% | ​​ |
| | Independent Movement | John Percy Page | 13 | 7,935 | 18.48% | ​​ |
| | Independent Movement | Hugh John Macdonald | 15 | 6,649 | 17.34% | ​​ |
| | Independent Movement | Gerald O'Connor | 15 | 6,035 | 14.67% | ​​ |
| | Independent Movement | David Milwyn Duggan | 15 | 6,731 | 16.37% | ​​ |
| | Independent Movement | L. Y. Cairns | 12 | 3,801 | 8.84% | ​​ |
| | CCF | Elmer Roper | 10 | 2,477 | 5.71% | ​​ |
| | CCF | Harry Dean Ainlay | 14 | 4,724 | 11.00% | ​​ |
| | Independent Movement | E. C. Fisher | 8 | 1,738 | 3.99% | ​​ |
| | Social Credit | Charles Gould | 9 | 2,378 | 5.47% | ​​ |
| | Social Credit | Elisha East | 11 | 3,422 | 7.90% | ​​ |
| | Communist | James A. MacPherson | 6 | 1,136 | 2.60% | ​​ |
| | Social Credit | Norman B. James | 15 | 7,133 | 17.34% | ​​ |
| | Social Credit | Charles B. Wills | 7 | 1,564 | 3.59% | ​​ |
| | Independent Movement | Marjorie Pardee | 5 | 862 | 1.97% | ​​ |
| | CCF | William H. Miller | 4 | 493 | 1.13% | ​​ |
| | Independent | G. F. Hustler | 3 | 452 | 1.03% | ​​ |
| | Independent Progressive | Samuel Barnes | 2 | 299 | 0.68% | ​​ |
| | Independent Progressive | J. H. Green | 2 | 112 | 0.26% | ​​ |
| Exhausted votes | Exhausted votes | Exhausted votes | Exhausted votes | 2,613 | 5.97% | ​​ |