Template:1979 Canadian federal election/Dartmouth—Cole Harbour
| 1979 Canadian federal election: Dartmouth—Cole Harbour | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Michael Forrestall | 21,441 | 48.72 | -2.74 | ||||
| Liberal | John Savage | 15,453 | 35.11 | -5.53 | ||||
| New Democratic | Frederick Turley | 7,116 | 16.17 | +9.00 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 44,010 | 100.00 | ||||||