| 1979 Canadian federal election: Nunatsiaq | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| New Democratic | Peter Ittinuar | 1,963 | 37.74 | |||||
| Liberal | Tagak Curley | 1,887 | 36.27 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Abe Okpik | 1,352 | 25.99 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 5,202 | 100.00 | ||||||
| This riding was created from part of Northwest Territories, where New Democrat Wally Firth was the incumbent. | ||||||||
