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| 1980 Canadian federal election: Comox—Powell River | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Raymond Skelly | 25,007 | 48.97 | +4.69 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Al Lazerte | 16,545 | 32.40 | -2.81 | ||||
| Liberal | Shirley McLoughlin | 9,221 | 18.06 | -1.82 | ||||
| Communist | Sy Pederson | 292 | 0.57 | -0.06 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 51,065 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | +3.75 | ||||||