| 1979 Canadian federal election: Prince George—Peace River | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Frank Oberle Sr. | 16,288 | 60.95 | +14.11 | ||||
| New Democratic | Bob Simpson | 5,478 | 20.50 | +5.83 | ||||
| Liberal | Les Broddy | 4,957 | 18.55 | -15.79 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 26,723 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +4.14 | ||||||