Provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada
Langley British Columbia electoral district Legislature Legislative Assembly of British Columbia MLA Andrew Mercier New Democratic First contested 1991 Last contested 2020 Population (2001) 54,174 Area (km²) 576 Pop. density (per km²) 94.1
Langley is a 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.
Demographics [ ]
Population, 2001
54,174
Population Change, 1996–2001
6.6%
Area (km²)
94
Pop. Density (people per km²)
576
Member of Legislative Assembly [ ]
Its MLA is Mary Polak , a former chair of the Surrey school board. She was first elected in 2005 and was re-elected in 2009 and 2013 . She is a member of the British Columbia Liberal Party .
Election results [ ]
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 [3]
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 [ ]
External links [ ]
British Columbia provincial electoral districts (2017–present)
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British Columbia provincial electoral districts (1991–2001)
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British Columbia provincial electoral districts (1979–1991)
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‡ – from 1986–1991, was a 2-seat constituency
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British Columbia provincial electoral districts (1966–1979)
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