Langley (electoral district)

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Langley

British Columbia electoral district
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	2006
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	117,858
Electors (2006)	82,432
Area (km²)	327
Pop. density (per km²)	360.4
Census divisions	Greater Vancouver
Census subdivisions	Langley

This page is for the Canadian federal electoral district comprising Langley, British Columbia. For the historical provincial riding of the same name, please see Langley (provincial electoral district).

Langley is a federal electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004. It is a xx km² riding with 111,045 people located in the suburbs of the Lower Mainland.

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 2, Matsqui 4 and McMillan Island 6.

Contents 1 Member of Parliament 2 Election results 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is Mark Warawa, a former loss prevention officer. He was first elected in the 2004 election. He represents the Conservative Party of Canada. 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. He is also the current parliamentary secretary to the Minister of the Environment.

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Mark Warawa	28,577	52.27%	$52,552.38
	Liberal	Bill Brooks	12,553	23.09%	$23,836.05
	New Democratic Party	Angel Claypool	9,993	18.38%	$5,097.58
	Green	Patrick Meyer	3,023	5.56%
	Canadian Action	Vicki Lee Sloan	211	0.38%	$394.19
Total valid votes			54,357	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			116
Turnout			54,473	66.08%

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Mark Warawa	24,390	47.69%	$56,502
	Liberal	Kim Ricther	12,649	24.73%	$17,578
	New Democratic Party	Dean Morrison	8,568	16.75%	$3,207
	Green	Patrick Meyer	3,108	6.07%	$3,130
	Independent	Mel Kositsky	2,422	4.73%	$15,220
Total valid votes			51,137	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			131	0.26%
Turnout			51,268	65.40%

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• Library of Parliament Riding Profile
• Canadian Census, 2001 profile
• Results - 2004
• Expenditures - 2004
• 2003 Representation Order
• 2003 Representation Order Transposition of Population

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