Langley (provincial electoral district)

Langley
British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Andrew Mercier; New Democratic
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First contested	1966
Last contested	2020
Demographics
Population (2001)	54,174
Area (km²)	576
Pop. density (per km²)	94.1

Langley is a former provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. The riding was first contested in the 1966 general election.

The riding was created out of the Delta constituency in 1966. Until the election of 1991, it was considered a safe seat for the Social Credit Party. Since then, the BC Liberals have won the seat by significant margins in six consecutive elections. It returned one MLA from 1966 to 1986, two MLAs from 1986 to 1991, and one MLA from 1991 to the present day.

Under the 2021 redistribution that took effect with the 2024 election, the riding ceased to exist under its current name after almost 60 consecutive years. The largest portion of the district formed the new seat of Langley-Willowbrook, while its southern end will became part of Langley-Abbotsford.^[1]

Demographics

Population, 2001	54,174
Population Change, 1996–2001	6.6%
Area (km²)	94
Pop. Density (people per km²)	576

Member of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly	Years		Party
28th	1966–1969	Hunter Bertram Vogel	Social Credit
29th	1969–1972	Hunter Bertram Vogel
30th	1972–1975	Robert Howard McClelland
31st	1975–1979
32nd	1979-1983
33rd	1983-1986
34th	1986–1991
Two Member District
34th	1986–1991	Carol Gran	Social Credit
34th	1986–1991	Dan Peterson	Social Credit
35th	1991–1996	Lynn Stephens	Liberal
36th	1996–2001
37th	2001–2005
38th	2005–2009	Mary Polak
39th	2009–2013
40th	2013–2017
41st	2017–2020
42nd	2020–present	Andrew Mercier	New Democratic

Election results

v t e 2020 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Andrew Mercier	11,089	47.17	12.56	$28,812.20
	Liberal	Mary Polak	8,014	34.09	−10.31	$41,052.70
	Green	Bill Masse	2,469	10.50	−4.77	$1,354.87
	Conservative	Shelly Jan	1,936	8.24	3.20	$14,325.84
Total valid votes			23,508	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered voters
Source: Elections BC^[2]^[3]

v t e 2017 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Mary Polak	10,755	44.40	−7.04	$57,403
	New Democratic	Gail Chaddock-Costello	8,384	34.61	7.48	$9,689
	Green	Elizabeth Helen Walker	3,699	15.27	5.72
	Conservative	Justin Greenwood	1,221	5.04	−6.84	$171
	Libertarian	Robert Kerr Pobran	166	0.68	–
Total valid votes			24,225	100.00
Total rejected ballots			128	0.53
Turnout			24,353	59.40
Source: Elections BC^[4]

v t e 2013 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Mary Polak	14,039	51.44	−5.18	$110,992
	New Democratic	Andrew Mercier	7,403	27.13	−8.64	$57,812
	Conservative	John Cummins	3,242	11.88	–	$21,714
	Green	Wally Martin	2,608	9.55	1.95	$586
Total valid votes			27,292	100.00
Total rejected ballots			122	0.45
Turnout			27,414	59.06
Source: Elections BC^[5]

B.C. General Election 2009 Langley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Mary Polak	13,295	56.62%
	NDP	Kathleen Stephany	8,400	35.77%
	Green	Ron Abgrall	1,788	7.61%	–
Total			23,483	100.00%

B.C. General Election 2005: Langley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Mary Polak	12,877	52.18%
	NDP	Dean Morrison	8,303	33.64%
	Green	Kathleen Blanche Stephany	3,042	12.33%	–
	Marijuana	Chris Scrimes	278	1.13%
	Platinum	Lee Anthony Davies	180	0.73%	–
Total			24,680	100.00%

B.C. General Election 2001: Langley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Lynn Stephens	14,564	64.85%		$47,825
	Green	Pat Taylor	2,847	12.68%	–	$492
	NDP	Paul Latham	2,720	12.11%		$1,961
	Unity	Gordon Nelson	1,605	7.15%		$4,453
	Marijuana	Mavis Becker	723	3.21%		$721
Total valid votes			22,459	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			66	0.29%
Turnout			22,525	71.97%

B.C. General Election 1996: Langley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Lynn Stephens	9,277	46.62%		$50,227
	NDP	Kim Richter	5,795	29.12%		$17,136
	Reform	Joe Lopushinsky	3,224	16.20%		$33,546
	Progressive Democrat	Paul MacDonald	1,195	6.00%	–
	Green	Fely Gotia-Walters	262	1.32%	–	$240
	Social Credit	Ian B. Thompson	148	0.74%	–	$5,178
Total valid votes			19,901	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			125	0.62%
Turnout			20,026	73.19%

B.C. General Election 1991: Langley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Lynn Stephens	7,149	38.95%		$5,383
	NDP	Derrill Thompson	5,762	31.39%		$22,296
	Social Credit	Carol M. Gran	5,201	28.34%	–	$62,018
	Family Coalition	Barrie O. Norman	180	0.98%	–	$1,323
	Independent	Nora E. Galenzoski	62	0.34%		$120
Total valid votes			18,354	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			354	1.89%
Turnout			18,708	76.24%

References

^ "Langley residents express concerns about electoral boundaries shift". Aldergrove Star. November 7, 2022. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
^ "2020 Provincial General Election Final Voting Results". electionsbcenr.blob.core.windows.net. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
^ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
^ "Statement of Votes – 41st Provincial General Election – May 9, 2017" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
^ "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved May 17, 2017.

External links

[1] "Langley residents express concerns about electoral boundaries shift". Aldergrove Star. November 7, 2022. Retrieved April 24, 2024.

[2] "2020 Provincial General Election Final Voting Results". electionsbcenr.blob.core.windows.net. Retrieved November 27, 2020.

[3] "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved February 2, 2021.

[4] "Statement of Votes – 41st Provincial General Election – May 9, 2017" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved December 7, 2019.

[5] "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved May 17, 2017.

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