| 1988 Canadian federal election: Burlington | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Bill Kempling | 26,293 | 52.1 | -9.9 | ||||
| Liberal | James Smith | 13,448 | 26.6 | +7.8 | ||||
| New Democratic | Jane Mulkewich | 8,149 | 16.1 | -3.1 | ||||
| Christian Heritage | Ron Bremer | 2,285 | 4.5 | |||||
| Libertarian | Dan Riga | 321 | 0.6 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 50,496 | 100.0 | ||||||