[Iowa_Flames_Fan]

Originally Posted by cal_guy

According to wikipedia Calgary, Edmonton and Medicine Hat actually used the Single-Transferable Vote to assign ridings while all of the other ridings used instant-runoff! They only changed to the first-past-the-post system in 1955.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History...le_Vote#Canada

Now THAT is interesting!

From the link:

The unexpected result of using this voting method was the election of enough candidates of a new party, Social Credit (also known as “SoCreds”). This resulted in the SoCreds forming a minority government, with the CCF forming the official opposition. The Liberals were reduced to four members in the Legislature. The Conservatives (who changed their name to “Progressive Conservative” in tandem with their federal counterparts) were reduced to three.
The SoCred minority government lasted only nine months. The alternate voting system was again employed for the resulting general election. The result was a SoCred majority. During this term of office, the SoCreds abolished the new voting system and returned the province to the traditional voting system.