Langley (electoral district)
Langley was a federal electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2015. It was a 327 km² in area with 117,858 people located in the suburbs of the Lower Mainland.
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 Langley in relation to other British Columbia federal electoral districts | |
| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 2003 |
| First contested | 2004 |
| Last contested | 2011 |
| District webpage | profile, map |
| Demographics | |
| Population (2011)[1] | 129,824 |
| Electors (2011) | 85,861 |
| Area (km²)[2] | 320.62 |
| Census divisions | Greater Vancouver |
| Census subdivisions | Langley |
History
The electoral district was created in the 2003 Representation Order with 82,070 people from the former riding of Langley—Abbotsford, and 28,976 people from South Surrey—White Rock—Langley. This new riding includes the City of Langley, the Township of Langley, and the Indian reserves of Katzie IR No. 2, Matsqui IR No. 4 and McMillan Island IR No. 6.
As per the 2012 electoral redistribution, this riding was dissolved into Langley—Aldergrove and Cloverdale—Langley City for the 2015 election.
Members of Parliament
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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| Riding created from Langley—Abbotsford and South Surrey—White Rock—Langley |
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| 38th | 2004–2006 | Mark Warawa | Conservative | |
| 39th | 2006–2008 | |||
| 40th | 2008–2011 | |||
| 41st | 2011–2015 | |||
| Riding to be dissolved into Langley—Aldergrove and Cloverdale—Langley City |
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Its Member of Parliament was Mark Warawa, a former loss prevention officer. He was first elected in the 2004 election. He is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada caucus. He serves as a member on the Legislative Committee on Bill C-38 and the Standing Committee on Justice, Human Rights, Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness. During the 40th Parliament, he was the parliamentary secretary to the Minister of the Environment and served as a member of the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development. Warawa died from pancreatic cancer on June 20, 2019. No by-election was held before the 2019 Canadian federal election.
Election results
| 2011 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Mark Warawa | 35,569 | 64.52 | +3.07 | $53,982.10 | |||
| New Democratic | Piotr Majkowski | 11,277 | 20.45 | +3.68 | $16,297.61 | |||
| Liberal | Rebecca Darnell | 4,990 | 9.05 | -2.05 | $38,125.25 | |||
| Green | Carey Poitras | 2,943 | 5.34 | -4.19 | $4,855.42 | |||
| Pirate | Craig Nobbs | 353 | 0.64 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 55,132 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 158 | 0.29 | +0.01 | |||||
| Turnout | 55,290 | 62.15 | +0.21 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 88,964 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -0.30 | ||||||
| 2008 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Mark Warawa | 32,594 | 61.45 | +8.88 | $41,721 | |||
| New Democratic | Andrew Claxton | 8,898 | 16.77 | -1.61 | $4,837 | |||
| Liberal | Jake Gray | 5,888 | 11.10 | -11.99 | $4,003 | |||
| Green | Patrick Meyer | 5,059 | 9.53 | +3.97 | $3,740 | |||
| Christian Heritage | Ron Gray | 594 | 1.12 | – | $7,888 | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 53,033 | 100.0 | $88,558 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 147 | 0.28 | +0.07 | |||||
| Turnout | 53,180 | 61.94 | -4.14 | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +5.24 | ||||||
| 2006 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Mark Warawa | 28,577 | 52.57 | +4.87 | $52,552 | |||
| Liberal | Bill Brooks | 12,553 | 23.09 | -1.65 | $23,836 | |||
| New Democratic | Angel Claypool | 9,993 | 18.38 | +1.63 | $5,097 | |||
| Green | Patrick Meyer | 3,023 | 5.56 | -0.52 | $1,017 | |||
| Canadian Action | Vicki Lee Sloan | 211 | 0.38 | – | $394 | |||
| Total valid votes | 54,357 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 116 | 0.21 | -0.05 | |||||
| Turnout | 54,473 | 66.08 | -0.7 | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +3.26 | ||||||
| 2004 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||||
| Conservative | Mark Warawa | 24,390 | 47.70 | $56,502 | ||||
| Liberal | Kim Richter | 12,649 | 24.74 | $17,578 | ||||
| New Democratic | Dean Morrison | 8,568 | 16.75 | $3,207 | ||||
| Green | Patrick Meyer | 3,108 | 6.08 | $3,130 | ||||
| Independent | Mel Kositsky | 2,422 | 4.74 | $15,220 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 51,137 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 131 | 0.26 | ||||||
| Turnout | 51,268 | 65.4 | ||||||
| This riding was created from parts of Langley—Abbotsford and South Surrey—White Rock—Langley, both of which elected a Canadian Alliance candidate in the previous election. | ||||||||
See also
- List of Canadian federal electoral districts
- Past Canadian electoral districts
References
- "(Code 59013) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
- Library of Parliament Riding Profile
- Canadian Census, 2001 profile
- Campaign expense data from Elections Canada - 2008
- Results - 2004
- Expenditures - 2004
- SI/2003-154: Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act: Proclamation Declaring the Representation Order to be in Force Effective on the First Dissolution of Parliament that Occurs after August 25, 2004, Canada Gazette Part II, Vol. 137, No. 6 Extra, 29 August 2003
- 2003 Representation Order Transposition of Population
Notes
- Statistics Canada: 2012
- Statistics Canada: 2012