| 1972 Canadian federal election: Algoma | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Maurice Foster | 10,160 | 45.89 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Dale Burley | 6,721 | 30.36 | |||||
| New Democratic | Kelly Sweeney | 4,599 | 20.77 | |||||
| Social Credit | Nil F. Cote | 508 | 2.29 | |||||
| Independent | George Washington Strain | 150 | 0.68 | |||||