| 1949 Canadian federal election: Northumberland | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | George Roy McWilliam | 9,840 | 55.63 | -6.66 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Benjamin Cleland | 6,980 | 39.46 | +1.75 | ||||
| Independent | Elmer MacKinnon | 533 | 3.01 | Ø | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Paul Hansen | 336 | 1.90 | Ø | ||||
| Total valid votes | 17,689 | 100.00 | ||||||