This is a list of New Democratic Party candidates in the 1979 Canadian federal election. The NDP nominated candidates in all of Canada's 282 ridings; 26 of whom were elected. Following the election, the NDP remained the third-largest party in the House of Commons.
Rural Alberta
Riding
|
Candidate's Name
|
Notes
|
Residence
|
Occupation
|
Votes
|
%
|
Rank
|
| Athabasca
|
Robert Godbout
|
|
|
|
2,770
|
10.17
|
3rd
|
| Bow River
|
Gale Burke
|
|
|
|
2,200
|
5.34
|
4th
|
| Crowfoot
|
Roger Milbrandt
|
|
|
|
1,529
|
4.68
|
3rd
|
| Lethbridge–Foothills
|
Roger Rickwood
|
|
|
|
3,720
|
8.94
|
3rd
|
| Medicine Hat
|
Lorne L. Burk
|
|
|
|
3,053
|
7.63
|
3rd
|
| Peace River
|
Earle Joseph Guertin
|
|
|
|
5,801
|
17.65
|
3rd
|
| Pembina
|
Norman Flach
|
|
|
|
4,953
|
|
3rd
|
| Red Deer
|
John Younie
|
|
|
|
2,856
|
6.4
|
3rd
|
| Vegreville
|
James Kenney
|
|
|
|
3,191
|
|
3rd
|
| Wetaskiwin
|
Alfred O. Arnston
|
|
|
|
3,587
|
9.9
|
3rd
|
| Yellowhead
|
Bob Ritchie
|
|
|
|
3,600
|
8.7
|
3rd
|
British Columbia Interior
Riding
|
Candidate's Name
|
Notes
|
Residence
|
Occupation
|
Votes
|
%
|
Rank
|
| Burnaby
|
Svend Robinson
|
|
|
Lawyer
|
20,604
|
39.76
|
1st
|
| Capilano
|
Michael Karton
|
|
|
|
6,639
|
14.56
|
3rd
|
| Fraser Valley East
|
Harry W. Fontaine
|
|
|
|
9,126
|
21.38
|
2nd
|
| Fraser Valley West
|
Cyril Barkved
|
|
|
|
15,322
|
30.89
|
2nd
|
| Mission—Port Moody
|
Mark Rose
|
|
|
|
20,847
|
43.83
|
1st
|
| New Westminster—Coquitlam
|
Pauline Jewett
|
|
|
President of Simon Fraser University (1974–1978)
|
19,301
|
44.43
|
1st
|
| North Vancouver—Burnaby
|
Russ Hicks
|
|
|
|
12,084
|
27.89
|
3rd
|
| Richmond—South Delta
|
Mercia Stickney
|
|
|
|
13,524
|
24.15
|
2nd
|
| Surrey—White Rock—North Delta
|
Carol Langford
|
|
|
|
17,992
|
|
2nd
|
| Vancouver Centre
|
Ron Johnson
|
|
|
|
13,350
|
29.97
|
3rd
|
| Vancouver East
|
Margaret Anne Mitchell
|
|
|
|
13,697
|
42.71
|
1st
|
| Vancouver Kingsway
|
Ian Waddell
|
|
|
|
15,928
|
44.76
|
1st
|
| Vancouver Quadra
|
Alan Bush
|
|
|
|
10,665
|
24.46
|
3rd
|
| Vancouver South
|
Judy McManus
|
|
|
|
8,806
|
20.91
|
3rd
|
Rural Manitoba
Riding
|
Candidate's Name
|
Notes
|
Residence
|
Occupation
|
Votes
|
%
|
Rank
|
| Carleton—Charlotte
|
Ed Gaunce
|
|
|
|
3,971
|
13.3
|
3rd
|
| Fundy—Royal
|
Bruce E. Halpin
|
|
|
|
7,746
|
19.14
|
3rd
|
| Gloucester
|
Kevin O'Connell
|
|
|
|
3,366
|
9.45
|
3rd
|
| Madawaska—Victoria
|
James Aucoin
|
|
|
|
1,620
|
6.3
|
3rd
|
| Moncton
|
Gregory Murphy
|
|
|
|
8,936
|
18.49
|
3rd
|
| Northumberland—Miramichi
|
Jerry Dunnett
|
|
|
|
4,653
|
17.23
|
3rd
|
| Restigouche
|
Gail Walsh
|
|
|
|
4,718
|
17.8
|
3rd
|
| Saint John
|
Eldon Richardson
|
|
|
|
6,358
|
18.9
|
3rd
|
| Westmorland—Kent
|
René Vannieuwenhuizen
|
|
|
|
4,609
|
14.92
|
3rd
|
| York—Sunbury
|
Phillip Booker
|
|
|
|
5,665
|
14.36
|
3rd
|
Riding
|
Candidate's Name
|
Notes
|
Residence
|
Occupation
|
Votes
|
%
|
Rank
|
| Annapolis Valley—Hants
|
Bob Levy
|
|
|
|
8,008
|
19.96
|
3rd
|
| Cape Breton—East Richmond
|
Andrew Hogan
|
|
|
|
15,269
|
|
1st
|
| Cape Breton Highlands—Canso
|
William J. Woodfine
|
|
|
|
4,657
|
|
3rd
|
| Cape Breton—The Sydneys
|
Ed Murphy
|
|
|
|
10,310
|
|
3rd
|
| Central Nova
|
Gary A. Chambers
|
|
|
|
4,521
|
13.53
|
3rd
|
| Cumberland—Colchester
|
Hayden Trenholm
|
|
|
|
5,662
|
13.83
|
3rd
|
| Dartmouth—Halifax East
|
Frederick Turley
|
|
|
|
7,116
|
16.17
|
3rd
|
| Halifax
|
Alexa McDonough
|
|
|
|
7,590
|
18.53
|
3rd
|
| Halifax West
|
Dennis Theman
|
|
|
|
8,265
|
17.18
|
3rd
|
| South Shore
|
John Yates
|
|
|
|
3,988
|
10.92
|
3rd
|
| South West Nova
|
Ian MacPherson
|
|
|
|
4,217
|
11.36
|
3rd
|
Riding
|
Candidate's Name
|
Notes
|
Residence
|
Occupation
|
Votes
|
%
|
Rank
|
| Glengarry—Prescott—Russell
|
Paul De Broeck
|
|
|
|
4,164
|
10.0
|
3rd
|
| Hastings—Frontenac
|
Kevin Arseneault
|
|
|
|
5,691
|
|
3rd
|
| Kingston and the Islands
|
Stephen Foster
|
|
|
|
8,472
|
19.0
|
3rd
|
| Lanark—Renfrew—Carleton
|
Gord Gilhuly
|
|
|
|
5,749
|
|
3rd
|
| Leeds—Grenville
|
Mildred Smith
|
|
|
|
6,551
|
15.42
|
3rd
|
| Nepean—Carleton
|
Marnie Girvan
|
|
|
|
7,810
|
12.7
|
3rd
|
| Ottawa—Carleton
|
Jill Vickers
|
|
|
|
8,234
|
|
3rd
|
| Ottawa Centre
|
John Smart
|
|
|
|
10,213
|
20.69
|
3rd
|
| Ottawa—Vanier
|
Paul H. Michaud
|
|
|
|
7,023
|
15.85
|
3rd
|
| Ottawa West
|
Abby Pollonetsky
|
|
|
|
7,051
|
|
3rd
|
| Prince Edward—Hastings
|
Donald Wilson
|
|
|
|
5,833
|
14.7
|
3rd
|
| Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke
|
Don Breault
|
|
|
|
7,133
|
17.3
|
3rd
|
Riding
|
Candidate's Name
|
Notes
|
Residence
|
Occupation
|
Votes
|
%
|
Rank
|
| Beaches
|
Neil Young
|
|
|
|
12,322
|
33.1
|
2nd
|
| Brampton—Georgetown
|
David Moulton
|
|
|
|
11,584
|
|
3rd
|
| Broadview–Greenwood
|
Bob Rae
|
|
|
|
13,187
|
39.72
|
1st
|
| Burlington
|
Danny Dunleavy
|
|
|
|
8,421
|
14.7
|
2nd
|
| Davenport
|
Ed Brown
|
|
|
|
5,579
|
24.4
|
2nd
|
| Don Valley East
|
Saul Paton
|
|
|
|
6,595
|
12.3
|
3rd
|
| Don Valley West
|
Jean Smith
|
|
|
|
5,572
|
10.6
|
3rd
|
| Eglinton—Lawrence
|
Leo Heaps
|
|
|
|
7,368
|
16.40
|
3rd
|
| Etobicoke Centre
|
Dan Shipley
|
|
|
|
6,237
|
10.2
|
3rd
|
| Etobicoke—Lakeshore
|
Terry Meagher
|
|
|
|
14,044
|
30.9
|
3rd
|
| Etobicoke North
|
Adrian Dorn
|
|
|
|
12,017
|
23.2
|
3rd
|
| Halton
|
Doug Black
|
|
|
|
7,838
|
14.5
|
3rd
|
| Mississauga North
|
John McGuigan
|
|
|
|
11,002
|
|
3rd
|
| Mississauga South
|
Colin Baynes
|
|
|
|
8,869
|
16.2
|
3rd
|
| Ontario
|
Geoff Rison
|
|
|
|
11,510
|
|
3rd
|
| Oshawa
|
Ed Broadbent
|
|
|
|
29,090
|
51.3
|
1st
|
| Parkdale—High Park
|
Doug Little
|
|
|
|
9,539
|
23.5
|
3rd
|
| Rosedale
|
Ron B. Thomson
|
|
|
|
6,902
|
17.54
|
3rd
|
| St. Paul's
|
James Lockyer
|
|
|
|
5,779
|
13.30
|
3rd
|
| Scarborough Centre
|
Tom Lyons
|
|
|
|
9,533
|
22.2
|
3rd
|
| Scarborough East
|
Sid Dunkley
|
|
|
|
8,190
|
|
3rd
|
| Scarborough West
|
John Paul Harney
|
|
|
|
13,437
|
31.2
|
3rd
|
| Spadina
|
John Foster
|
|
|
|
8,765
|
|
2nd
|
| Trinity
|
Manuel Azevedo
|
|
|
|
5,504
|
|
2nd
|
| Willowdale
|
Chris Thurrott
|
|
|
|
7,128
|
14.3
|
3rd
|
| York Centre
|
Vince Del Buono
|
|
|
|
10,464
|
25.7
|
2nd
|
| York East
|
Kay MacPherson
|
|
|
|
8,651
|
|
3rd
|
| York North
|
Bruce Searle
|
|
|
|
7,591
|
|
3rd
|
| York—Peel
|
Wally Gustar
|
|
|
|
7,725
|
|
3rd
|
| York—Scarborough
|
Frank Lowery
|
|
|
|
10,978
|
|
3rd
|
| York South—Weston
|
Vito Cautillo
|
|
|
|
10,451
|
28.2
|
2nd
|
| York West
|
Elio Costa
|
|
|
|
9,712
|
24.8
|
3rd
|
Riding
|
Candidate's Name
|
Notes
|
Residence
|
Occupation
|
Votes
|
%
|
Rank
|
| Algoma
|
Jim Dinner
|
|
|
|
10,989
|
32.40
|
2nd
|
| Cochrane North
|
Robert Fortin
|
|
|
|
11,080
|
|
2nd
|
| Kenora—Rainy River
|
John Edmund Parry
|
|
|
|
10,844
|
|
2nd
|
| Nickel Belt
|
John Rodriguez
|
|
|
|
17,772
|
43.37
|
1st
|
| Nipissing
|
Patricia Hughes
|
|
|
|
5,681
|
|
3rd
|
| Parry Sound—Muskoka
|
Dennis Hay
|
|
|
|
6,270
|
17.1
|
3rd
|
| Sault Ste. Marie
|
Cyril Symes
|
|
|
|
12,089
|
37.26
|
1st
|
| Thunder Bay—Atikokan
|
Iain Angus
|
|
|
|
11,667
|
34.1
|
2nd
|
| Thunder Bay—Nipigon
|
Bruce McKay
|
|
|
|
11,288
|
32.3
|
2nd
|
| Timiskaming
|
Arnold Peters
|
|
|
|
11,595
|
|
1st
|
| Timmins—Chapleau
|
Dennis Welin
|
|
|
|
10,160
|
|
2nd
|
Riding
|
Candidate's Name
|
Notes
|
Residence
|
Occupation
|
Votes
|
%
|
Rank
|
| Brant
|
Derek Blackburn
|
|
|
|
20,908
|
42.2
|
1st
|
| Bruce—Grey
|
John Giese
|
|
|
|
4,723
|
11.7
|
3rd
|
| Cambridge
|
Marc Sommerville
|
|
|
|
11,085
|
29.5
|
2nd
|
| Elgin
|
Mary Lou Weitzel
|
|
|
|
4,293
|
|
3rd
|
| Essex—Kent
|
Ralph Wensley
|
|
|
|
4,759
|
|
3rd
|
| Essex—Windsor
|
Steven W. Langdon
|
|
|
|
18,603
|
40.4
|
2nd
|
| Guelph
|
Jim Finamore
|
|
|
|
8,535
|
19.73
|
3rd
|
| Haldimand—Norfolk
|
Joe Clark
|
|
|
|
6,762
|
14.8
|
3rd
|
| Huron—Bruce
|
Moira Couper
|
|
|
|
2,729
|
7.7
|
3rd
|
| Kent
|
Marie-France Wilkinson
|
|
|
|
5,047
|
|
3rd
|
| Kitchener
|
James Herman
|
|
|
|
11,345
|
|
3rd
|
| Lambton—Middlesex
|
Grant Reynolds
|
|
|
|
4,585
|
|
3rd
|
| London East
|
Rob Martin
|
|
|
|
8,531
|
22.2
|
3rd
|
| London—Middlesex
|
Bill Lloyd
|
|
|
|
8,855
|
23.8
|
3rd
|
| London West
|
Paddy Musson
|
|
|
|
9,378
|
15.7
|
3rd
|
| Oxford
|
Marjorie Lanaway
|
|
|
|
5,980
|
14.0
|
3rd
|
| Perth
|
John Davies
|
|
|
|
4,255
|
|
3rd
|
| Sarnia—Lambton
|
Wally Krawczyk
|
|
|
|
10,148
|
25.4
|
3rd
|
| Waterloo
|
Mike Makarchuk
|
|
|
|
9,375
|
18.12
|
3rd
|
| Wellington—Dufferin—Simcoe
|
Jeff Koechlin
|
|
|
|
4,744
|
|
3rd
|
| Windsor—Walkerville
|
David Burr
|
|
|
|
15,744
|
|
2nd
|
| Windsor West
|
Maxine Jones
|
|
|
|
11,906
|
34.12
|
2nd
|
Riding
|
Candidate's Name
|
Notes
|
Residence
|
Occupation
|
Votes
|
%
|
Rank
|
| Cardigan
|
George MacFarlane
|
|
|
|
892
|
5.22
|
3rd
|
| Egmont
|
Vincent Gallant
|
|
|
|
710
|
4.49
|
3rd
|
| Hillsborough
|
Bob Crockett
|
|
|
|
1,453
|
9.58
|
3rd
|
| Malpeque
|
Charlie Sark
|
|
|
|
1,126
|
6.80
|
3rd
|
Central Quebec
Riding
|
Candidate's Name
|
Notes
|
Residence
|
Occupation
|
Votes
|
%
|
Rank
|
| Blainville—Deux-Montagnes
|
Normand J. Labrie
|
|
|
|
3,472
|
|
4th
|
| Bourassa
|
Daniel Piotrowski
|
|
|
|
1,804
|
3.8
|
5th
|
| Chambly
|
Dominique Vaillancourt
|
|
|
|
3,324
|
6.43
|
4th
|
| Dollard
|
Pierre Bourgeois
|
|
|
|
3,949
|
|
3rd
|
| Duvernay
|
John Shatilla
|
|
|
|
2,839
|
5.48
|
4th
|
| Gamelin
|
Danielle Dubois
|
|
|
|
2,753
|
|
4th
|
| Hochelaga—Maisonneuve
|
Marie-Ange Gagnon-Sirois
|
|
|
|
1,746
|
|
5th
|
| Lachine
|
Buff Norman
|
|
|
|
2,450
|
|
3rd
|
| Lasalle
|
Gaston Coté
|
|
|
|
3,249
|
|
3rd
|
| Laurier
|
Jean-Pierre Bourdouxhe
|
|
|
|
1,934
|
|
5th
|
| Laval
|
Lauraine Vaillancourt
|
|
|
|
3,521
|
|
4th
|
| Laval-des-Rapides
|
Pierre Ivan Laroche
|
|
|
|
3,702
|
|
4th
|
| Laprairie
|
Jean-Claude Bohrer
|
|
|
|
4,188
|
|
4th
|
| Longueuil
|
Jean-Pierre Vaillancourt
|
|
|
|
3,995
|
7.2
|
4th
|
| Montreal–Mercier
|
Elizabeth Chase-Chapdelaine
|
|
|
|
1,816
|
|
4th
|
| Mount Royal
|
David C. Winch
|
|
|
|
2,023
|
4.0
|
3rd
|
| Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
|
Gus Callaghan
|
|
|
|
3,683
|
8.08
|
3rd
|
| Outremont
|
Claire A. Brisson
|
|
|
|
4,112
|
10.33
|
2nd
|
| Papineau
|
Jean A. Richard
|
|
|
|
1,913
|
5.55
|
4th
|
| Rosemont
|
Marcel Julien
|
|
|
|
2,238
|
5.25
|
4th
|
| Saint-Henri—Westmount
|
Claude de Mestral
|
|
|
|
3,297
|
|
3rd
|
| Saint-Michel—Ahuntsic
|
Filippo Salvatore
|
|
|
|
2,616
|
|
3rd
|
| Saint-Léonard—Anjou
|
Colette Lalancette-Deschamps
|
|
|
|
3,105
|
|
4th
|
| Sainte-Marie
|
Jean-Pierre Juneau
|
|
|
|
1,575
|
4.77
|
4th
|
| Terrebonne
|
Roland Francis
|
|
|
|
3,114
|
5.6
|
4th
|
| Vaudreuil
|
Lorne Brown
|
|
|
|
4,512
|
|
3rd
|
Northern Quebec
Riding
|
Candidate's Name
|
Notes
|
Residence
|
Occupation
|
Votes
|
%
|
Rank
|
| Assiniboia
|
Bill Knight
|
|
|
|
11,183
|
|
2nd
|
| Humboldt—Lake Centre
|
Vic Althouse
|
|
|
Farmer
|
12,681
|
|
2nd
|
| Kindersley—Lloydminster
|
Alf Gleave
|
|
|
|
10,254
|
|
2nd
|
| Mackenzie
|
Dale R. Schmeichel
|
|
|
|
10,370
|
|
2nd
|
| Moose Jaw
|
David H. Henley
|
|
|
|
11,122
|
|
2nd
|
| Prince Albert
|
Stan Hovdebo
|
|
|
|
11,979
|
35.7
|
2nd
|
| Qu'Appelle—Moose Mountain
|
George A. Hubbard
|
|
|
|
7,008
|
|
2nd
|
| Regina East
|
Simon De Jong
|
|
|
|
15,022
|
|
1st
|
| Regina West
|
Les Benjamin
|
Member of Parliament for Regina West (1979–1988)
Member of Parliament for Regina—Lake Centre (1968–1979)
|
|
|
19,340
|
|
1st
|
| Saskatoon East
|
Bob Ogle
|
|
|
Roman Catholic priest
|
15,234
|
|
1st
|
| Saskatoon West
|
Reg Parker
|
|
|
|
15,094
|
|
2nd
|
| Swift Current—Maple Creek
|
Ron Gates
|
|
|
|
8,720
|
|
2nd
|
| The Battlefords—Meadow Lake
|
Eli Nesdoly
|
|
|
|
10,327
|
|
2nd
|
| Yorkton—Melville
|
Lorne Nystrom
|
Member of Parliament for Yorkton—Melville (1968–1993)
|
|
|
16,677
|
47.5
|
1st
|
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