| 1979 Canadian federal election: Don Valley East | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Sam Wakim | 25,352 | 47.2 | |||||
| Liberal | Mike Smith | 21,428 | 39.9 | |||||
| New Democratic | Saul Paton | 6,595 | 12.3 | |||||
| Libertarian | Nick Moldovanyi | 301 | 0.6 | |||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Donna Gordon | 56 | 0.1 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 53,732 | 100.0 | ||||||