Election results
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1979 election
| 1979 Northwest Territories general election | ||||||||
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| Candidate | Votes | % | ||||||
| Arnold McCallum | 311 | 36.16% | ||||||
| Richard McNelly | 301 | 35.00% | ||||||
| Jim Evans | 190 | 22.09% | ||||||
| Marguerite Robinson | 55 | 6.40% | ||||||
| Clayton Burke | 3 | 0.35% | ||||||
| Total valid ballots / Turnout | 860 | 74.01% | ||||||
| Rejected ballots | 14 | |||||||
Source(s) "REPORT OF THE CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER ON THE GENERAL ELECTION OF MEMBERS TO THE COUNCIL OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES 1979" (PDF). Elections NWT. January 1980. Retrieved 2025-04-01. | ||||||||