| 1979 Canadian federal election: Brandon—Souris | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Walter Dinsdale | 19,108 | 52.67 | |||||
| New Democratic | David Serle | 8,949 | 24.67 | |||||
| Liberal | Vaughn Ramsay | 7,918 | 21.83 | |||||
| Social Credit | John W. Gross | 302 | 0.83 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 36,277 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 75 | |||||||
| Turnout | 36,352 | 74.48 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 48,808 | |||||||
