Langley (electoral district)

For the historical provincial riding of the same name, see Langley (provincial electoral district).

Langley

British Columbia electoral district
File:Langley, riding.png Langley in relation to other British Columbia federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Mark Warawa Conservative
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	129,824
Electors (2011)	85,861
Area (km²)	320.62
Pop. density (per km²)	404.9
Census divisions	Greater Vancouver
Census subdivisions	Langley

Langley is a federal electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. It is a 327 km² riding with 117,858 people located in the suburbs of the Lower Mainland.

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 will be dissolved into Langley—Aldergrove and Cloverdale—Langley City for the 2015 election.

Members of Parliament

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Langley—Abbotsford and South Surrey—White Rock—Langley
38th	2004–2006		Mark Warawa	Conservative
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–Present
Riding to be dissolved into Langley—Aldergrove and Cloverdale—Langley City

Its Member of Parliament is 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.

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2011
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

Canadian federal election, 2008
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

Canadian federal election, 2006
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

Canadian federal election, 2004
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

• 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