Langley (federal electoral district)

Langley
British Columbia electoral district
	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)	129,824
Electors (2011)	85,861
Area (km²)	320.62
Census division(s)	Greater Vancouver
Census subdivision(s)	Langley

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.

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.

Parliament	Years		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	2011–2015
Riding to be dissolved into Langley—Aldergrove and Cloverdale—Langley City

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.

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

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.

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Federal ridings in the Fraser Valley and the Southern Lower Mainland
Conservative	Abbotsford Chilliwack—Hope Langley—Aldergrove Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge South Surrey—White Rock
Liberal	Cloverdale—Langley City Delta Fleetwood—Port Kells Richmond Centre Steveston—Richmond East Surrey Centre Surrey—Newton

List of federal ridings in British Columbia
British Columbia Interior	Cariboo—Prince George Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo Kelowna—Lake Country Kootenay—Columbia North Okanagan—Shuswap Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies Skeena—Bulkley Valley South Okanagan—West Kootenay
Fraser Valley and the Southern Lower Mainland	Abbotsford Chilliwack—Hope Cloverdale—Langley City Delta Fleetwood—Port Kells Langley—Aldergrove Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge Richmond Centre South Surrey—White Rock Steveston—Richmond East Surrey Centre Surrey—Newton
Vancouver and the Northern Lower Mainland	Burnaby North—Seymour Burnaby South Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam New Westminster—Burnaby North Vancouver Port Moody—Coquitlam Vancouver Centre Vancouver East Vancouver Granville Vancouver Kingsway Vancouver Quadra Vancouver South West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country
Vancouver Island	Courtenay—Alberni Cowichan—Malahat—Langford Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke Nanaimo—Ladysmith North Island—Powell River Saanich—Gulf Islands Victoria