| 1997 Canadian federal election: Essex | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Susan Whelan | 22,052 | 46.1% | -9.1% | ||||
| New Democratic | Gerry Bastien | 14,180 | 29.6% | +1.9% | ||||
| Reform | John Larsen | 8,545 | 17.9% | +4.7% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Dave Wylupek | 3,086 | 6.4% | +3.2% | ||||
| Total valid votes | 47,863 | 100.0% | ||||||