Cowichan—Malahat—Langford

Cowichan—Malahat—Langford
British Columbia electoral district
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 
 

Alistair MacGregor
New Democratic

District created 2013
First contested 2015
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1] 99,160
Electors (2015) 78,148
Area (km²)[2] 4,749
Pop. density (per km²) 20.9
Census divisions Capital, Cowichan Valley
Census subdivisions Capital H, Cowichan Valley A, Cowichan Valley B, Cowichan Valley C, Cowichan Valley D, Cowichan Valley E, Duncan, Lake Cowichan, Langford, North Cowichan

Cowichan—Malahat—Langford is a federal electoral district in British Columbia. It encompasses a portion of British Columbia previously included in the electoral districts of Nanaimo—Cowichan and Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca.[3]

Cowichan—Malahat—Langford was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015.[4]

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament Years Member Party
Cowichan—Malahat—Langford
Riding created from Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca and Nanaimo—Cowichan
42nd  2015–Present     Alistair MacGregor New Democratic

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
New DemocraticAlistair MacGregor 22,200 35.94 -7.65
LiberalLuke Krayenhoff 14,685 23.77 +17.97
ConservativeMartin Barker 14,091 22.81 -20.25
GreenFran Hunt-Jinnouchi 10,462 16.93 +9.71
Marxist–LeninistAlastair Haythornthwaite 340 0.55
Total valid votes/Expense limit 61,778100.00 $212,496.50
Total rejected ballots 2300.37
Turnout 62,00877.22
Eligible voters 80,298
New Democratic hold Swing -12.81
Source: Elections Canada[5][6]
2011 federal election redistributed results[7]
Party Vote %
  New Democratic 20,818 43.6
  Conservative 20,565 43.1
  Green 3,452 7.2
  Liberal 2,772 5.8
  Others 153 0.3

References

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