| 1980 Canadian federal election: Northwest Territories | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Dave Nickerson | 3,556 | 33.81 | −1.35 | ||||
| New Democratic | Wally Firth | 3,537 | 33.63 | +4.30 | ||||
| Liberal | Gary Boyd | 3,425 | 32.56 | –0.59 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 10,518 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | −2.82 | ||||||