| 1972 Canadian federal election: Essex—Windsor | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Eugene Whelan | 19,793 | 48.0% | -1.7% | ||||
| New Democratic | Ralph N. Wensley | 16,503 | 40.0% | +8.3% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Edmund A. Michael | 4,929 | 12.0% | -6.6% | ||||
| Total valid votes | 41,225 | 100.0% | ||||||