| 1979 Canadian federal election: Welland | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Gilbert Parent | 16,025 | 37.2 | -19.3 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Allan E. Pietz | 15,527 | 36.1 | +11.8 | ||||
| New Democratic | Robert Wright | 11,151 | 25.9 | +7.3 | ||||
| Independent | John L. Sabados | 218 | 0.5 | |||||
| Communist | John Severinsky | 83 | 0.2 | -0.4 | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Ron Walker | 62 | 0.1 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 43,066 | 100.0 | ||||||
