| 2008 Canadian federal election: Essex | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Jeff Watson | 20,608 | 40.0% | -0.4% | $87,306 | |||
| Liberal | Susan Whelan | 14,973 | 29.1% | -5.0% | $87,544 | |||
| New Democratic | Taras Natyshak | 13,703 | 26.6% | +3.9% | $47,430 | |||
| Green | Richard Bachynsky | 2,234 | 4.3% | +1.6% | $0 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 51,518 | 100.0% | $90,595 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 206 | |||||||
| Turnout | 51,724 | % | ||||||
