| 1979 Canadian federal election: Northwest Territories | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Dave Nickerson | 4,058 | 35.16 | |||||
| Liberal | David Searle | 3,827 | 33.15 | |||||
| New Democratic | Georges Erasmus | 3,385 | 29.33 | |||||
| Independent | Edward McRae | 273 | 2.37 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 11,543 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Riding created from part of the former riding of Northwest Territories, with New Democrat Wally Firth as the incumbent. | ||||||||
