| 1972 Canadian federal election: Kamloops—Cariboo | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Leonard S. Marchand | 14,707 | 35.19 | -5.29 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Roy Hewson | 13,993 | 33.48 | +3.26 | ||||
| New Democratic | John Farr | 11,002 | 26.33 | +2.77 | ||||
| Social Credit | Peter R. Gook | 2,089 | 5.00 | -0.74 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 41,791 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -4.28 | ||||||