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FPTP: 2014 Toronto city election, Alberta WWII vote saw winners with less than 18 percent of votes

18 percent elected the winner,

82 percent of the votes cast were disregarded in thsoe two cases in Canadian history


1944 Alberta Army vote

A Century of Democracy Centennial Series shows Capt. J. Harper Prowse being elected with 1050 votes out of 6125 votes cast to be Alberta's Army MLA.


2014 Toronto city election

Christina Carmichael Greb elected in Ward 16


Greb received what looks like the lowest percentage of the vote for a successful candidate in the history of Canada in this election. Less than 18 percent of the vote in her district was enough for her to take the seat in Ward 16. She received about 4000 votes, .4 percent of the voters cast across the city, although the seat she would fill would be 2.3 percent of the chamber.


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