| 1988 Canadian federal election: Northwest Territories | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Ethel Blondin | 5,415 | 42.37 | +16.52 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Dave Nickerson | 3,657 | 28.62 | −17.50 | ||||
| New Democratic | Wayne Cahill | 3,207 | 25.10 | −2.93 | ||||
| Independent | Cece McCauley | 331 | 2.59 | – | ||||
| Independent | Ernie Lennie | 169 | 1.32 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 12,779 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +17.01 | ||||||
