| 1979 Canadian federal election: Vancouver Centre | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Art Phillips | 15,430 | 34.64 | −7.09 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Pat Carney | 15,335 | 34.43 | −3.10 | ||||
| New Democratic | Ron Johnson | 13,350 | 29.97 | +10.58 | ||||
| Independent | John Elliot | 267 | 0.60 | – | ||||
| Communist | Bert Ogden | 111 | 0.25 | −0.22 | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Greg Corcoran | 48 | 0.11 | −0.20 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 44,541 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | −2.00 | ||||||
