| 1988 Canadian federal election: Saint John—Rothesay | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Gerry Merrithew | 16,798 | 43.1 | -9.1 | ||||
| Liberal | Joe Boyce | 15,067 | 38.6 | +13.1 | ||||
| New Democratic | Judith Meinert | 4,883 | 12.5 | -8.7 | ||||
| Confederation of Regions | Jim Webb | 1,806 | 4.6 | +4.6 | ||||
| Libertarian | Thomas Gamblin | 289 | 0.7 | -0.1 | ||||
| Independent | Gary Zatzman | 162 | 0.4 | +0.4 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 39,005 | 100.0 | ||||||
