Langley—Abbotsford

Langley—Abbotsford
British Columbia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1996
District abolished	2003
First contested	1997
Last contested	2000

Langley—Abbotsford (formerly known as Langley—Matsqui) was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2004.

Geography

It consisted of the western part of Central Fraser Valley Regional District and the northwestern part of Langley District Municipality.

"Langley—Matsqui" riding was created in 1996 from parts of Fraser Valley East, Fraser Valley West and Surrey—White Rock—South Langley. The riding was renamed "Langley—Abbotsford" in 1997. It was only used in the 1997 and 2000 federal elections. The riding was abolished in 2003, divided between the ridings of Abbotsford and Langley.

This riding elected only one Member of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Riding created from Fraser Valley East, Fraser Valley West and Surrey—White Rock—South Langley
36th	1997–2000	Randy White	Reform
36th	2000–2000		Alliance
37th	2000–2003		Alliance
37th	2003–2004		Conservative
Riding dissolved into Abbotsford and Langley

2000 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Alliance	Randy White	38,810	70.11	+8.09	$56,408
	Liberal	Steve Ferguson	9,554	17.25	-7.69	$14,677
	Progressive Conservative	Bev Braaten	4,218	7.61	+4.09	$6,593
	New Democratic	Paul Latham	2,353	4.25	-2.44	$1,300
	No affiliation	Harold John Ludwig	420	0.75	-0.21
Total valid votes			55,355	100.0
Total rejected ballots			186	0.33
Turnout			55,541	66.94
	Alliance hold		Swing		+7.89
Change for the Canadian Alliance is based on the Reform Party.

1997 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Reform	Randy White	31,664	62.02	$47,566
	Liberal	Peter Warkentin	12,733	24.94	$62,704
	New Democratic	Paul Latham	3,418	6.69	$6,322
	Progressive Conservative	Don Nundal	1,800	3.52	$4,778
	Green	Doug Warkentin	790	1.54	$34
	Christian Heritage	Harold John Ludwig	495	0.96	$1,502
	Natural Law	Meri Papetti	151	0.29	$4
Total valid votes			51,051	100.0
Total rejected ballots			151	0.29
Turnout			51,202	67.27
This riding was created from parts of Fraser Valley East, Fraser Valley West and Surrey—White Rock—South Langley, all of which elected a Reform candidate in the previous election. Randy White was the incumbent from Fraser Valley West.

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Riding history from the Library of Parliament:

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