| 1979 Canadian federal election: Halifax | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | George Cooper | 16,570 | 40.45 | -8.81 | ||||
| Liberal | Brian Flemming | 16,555 | 40.42 | -0.28 | ||||
| New Democratic | Alexa McDonough | 7,590 | 18.53 | +9.20 | ||||
| Independent | David F. Gray | 155 | 0.38 | |||||
| Communist | D. Scott Milsom | 64 | 0.16 | |||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Tony Seed | 27 | 0.07 | -0.18 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 40,961 | 100.00 | ||||||
