| 1945 Canadian federal election: Wellington South | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Robert Gladstone | 8,484 | 45.2 | -1.7 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Charles Patrick McTague | 7,665 | 40.8 | 17.1 | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Harold Dunk | 2,355 | 12.6 | 12.6 | ||||
| Communist | James Oldham | 268 | 1.4 | 1.4 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 18,772 | 100.0 | ||||||