| 1972 Canadian federal election: Northwest Territories | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Wally Firth | 5,597 | 39.82 | +27.07 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Bob Ward | 4,339 | 30.87 | +7.43 | ||||
| Liberal | Dick Hill | 4,121 | 29.32 | −34.48 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 14,057 | 100.0 | ||||||
| New Democratic gain from Liberal | Swing | +9.82 | ||||||