| Quebec provincial by-election, November 14, 1979: Prévost | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Solange Chaput-Rolland | 25,717 | 63.06 | |||||
| Parti Québécois | Pierre Harvey | 14,433 | 35.39 | |||||
| Workers | Richard Lépine | 298 | 0.73 | |||||
| United Social Credit | Jean-Paul Poulin | 257 | 0.63 | |||||
| Independent | Marc Blouin | 78 | 0.19 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 40,783 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Rejected and declined votes | 1,145 | |||||||
| Turnout | 41,928 | 77.98 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 53,771 | |||||||
| Source: Official Results, Government of Quebec | ||||||||