| 1974 Canadian federal election: Welland | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Victor Railton | 21,228 | 56.5 | +7.2 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Alex McCrae | 9,107 | 24.2 | -7.3 | ||||
| New Democratic | Jim McPherson | 6,983 | 18.6 | -0.5 | ||||
| Communist | John Severinsky | 238 | 0.6 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 37,556 | 100.0 | ||||||