| 1948 Alberta general election: Calgary | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes 1st count |
% | Votes final count | ||||
| Social Credit | Rose Wilkinson | 7,153 | 18.29% | 6,528 | ||||
| Social Credit | Frederick C. Colborne | 3,923 | 10.03% | 6,520 | ||||
| Independent | Howard B. Macdonald | 3,840 | 9.82% | 6,339 | ||||
| Labour | Peter Newton Russel Morrison | 3,579 | 9.15% | – | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Alymer J. E. Liesemer | 2,475 | 6.33% | 5,742 | ||||
| Social Credit | James Leslie Hill | 2,464 | 6.30% | – | ||||
| Liberal | Hugh John MacDonald | 1,977 | 5.06% | 6,215 | ||||
| Social Credit | R.B. Estabrook | 1,751 | 4.48% | – | ||||
| Liberal | J. Roger Flumerfelt | 1,691 | 4.32% | – | ||||
| Liberal | Mrs. Mary Dover | 1,602 | 4.10% | – | ||||
| Liberal | Michael J. McCormick | 1,237 | 3.16% | – | ||||
| Independent | M.V. Anderson | 1,233 | 3.15% | – | ||||
| Social Credit | George M. Whicher | 1,091 | 2.79% | – | ||||
| Liberal | Loftus Dudley Ward | 949 | 2.43% | – | ||||
| Independent Social Credit | A.P. van Buren | 737 | 1.88% | – | ||||
| Independent | Mrs. Edwina Milvain | 578 | 1.48% | – | ||||
| Independent Social Credit | Art Larsen | 563 | 1.44% | – | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | George Ellinson | 539 | 1.38% | – | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | George R. Austin | 518 | 1.32% | – | ||||
| Labor–Progressive | Terry Levis | 516 | 1.32% | – | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | W. Orr | 442 | 1.13% | – | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Mrs. Mary A. Hart | 243 | 0.62% | – | ||||
| Total | 39,101 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 2,359 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 76,939 | 53.98% | -11.02% | |||||
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary Official Results 1948 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. Note: Five 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 6,520. | ||||||||
