Langley (provincial electoral district)

For the federal electoral district of the same name, see Langley (electoral district).

Langley

British Columbia electoral district

Provincial electoral district

Legislature

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

MLA

Mary Polak
Liberal

Demographics

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 first appeared 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 Social Credit. Since then, the 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.

Parliament	Years		Party
28th	1966-1969	Hunter Bertram Vogel	Social Credit
29th	1969-1972	Hunter Bertram Vogel	Social Credit
30th	1972-1975	Robert Howard McClelland	Social Credit
31st	1975-1979
32nd	1979-1983
33rd	1983-1986
34th	1986-1991	Carol Gran and Dan Peterson	Social Credit
35th	1991–1996	Lynn Stephens	Liberal
36th	1996–2001
37th	2001–2005
38th	2005–2009	Mary Polak	Liberal
39th	2009–2013
40th	2013–present

Election results

B.C. General Election 2013: Langley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Mary Polak	14,039	51.44%
	New Democratic	Andrew Mercier	7,403	27.13%
	Conservative	John Cummins	3,242	11.88%
	Green	Wally Martin	2,608	9.56%
Total Valid Votes			27,292	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots
Turnout

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%

External links

References

British Columbia provincial electoral districts (2009–2017)

North / Central	Cariboo-Chilcotin Cariboo North Nechako Lakes North Coast Peace River North Peace River South Prince George-Mackenzie Prince George-Valemount Skeena Stikine

Southern Interior	Boundary-Similkameen Columbia River-Revelstoke Kamloops-North Thompson Kamloops-South Thompson Kelowna-Lake Country Kelowna-Mission Kootenay East Kootenay West Fraser-Nicola Nelson-Creston Penticton Shuswap Vernon-Monashee Westside-Kelowna

Fraser Valley / South LM	Abbotsford-Mission Abbotsford South Abbotsford West Chilliwack Chilliwack-Hope Delta North Delta South Fort Langley-Aldergrove Langley Maple Ridge-Mission Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Richmond Centre Richmond East Richmond-Steveston Surrey-Cloverdale Surrey-Fleetwood Surrey-Green Timbers Surrey-Newton Surrey-Panorama Surrey-Tynehead Surrey-Whalley Surrey-White Rock

Vancouver / North LM	Burnaby-Deer Lake Burnaby-Edmonds Burnaby-Lougheed Burnaby North Coquitlam-Burke Mountain Coquitlam-Maillardville New Westminster North Vancouver-Lonsdale North Vancouver-Seymour Port Coquitlam Port Moody-Coquitlam Powell River-Sunshine Coast Vancouver-Fairview Vancouver-False Creek Vancouver-Fraserview Vancouver-Hastings Vancouver-Kensington Vancouver-Kingsway Vancouver-Langara Vancouver-Mount Pleasant Vancouver-Point Grey Vancouver-Quilchena Vancouver-West End West Vancouver-Capilano West Vancouver-Sea to Sky

Vancouver Island	Alberni-Pacific Rim Comox Valley Cowichan Valley Esquimalt-Royal Roads Juan de Fuca Nanaimo Nanaimo-North Cowichan North Island Oak Bay-Gordon Head Parksville-Qualicum Saanich North and the Islands Saanich South Victoria-Beacon Hill Victoria-Swan Lake

See also:	Electoral boundary redistribution of 2008 List of British Columbia general elections 2013 general election Defunct districts

British Columbia provincial electoral districts (2001–2009)

North / Central	Bulkley Valley-Stikine Cariboo North Cariboo South North Coast Peace River North Peace River South Prince George-Mount Robson Prince George North Prince George-Omineca Skeena

Southern Interior	Columbia River-Revelstoke East Kootenay Kamloops Kamloops-North Thompson Kelowna-Lake Country Kelowna-Mission Nelson-Creston Okanagan-Westside Okanagan-Vernon Penticton-Okanagan Valley Shuswap West Kootenay-Boundary Yale-Lillooet

Fraser Valley / South LM	Abbotsford-Clayburn Abbotsford-Mount Lehman Chilliwack-Kent Chilliwack-Sumas Delta North Delta South Fort Langley-Aldergrove Langley Maple Ridge-Mission Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Richmond Centre Richmond East Richmond-Steveston Surrey-Cloverdale Surrey-Green Timbers Surrey-Newton Surrey-Panorama Ridge Surrey-Tynehead Surrey-Whalley Surrey-White Rock

Vancouver / North LM	Burnaby-Edmonds Burnaby North Burnaby-Willingdon Burquitlam Coquitlam-Maillardville New Westminster North Vancouver-Lonsdale North Vancouver-Seymour Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain Port Moody-Westwood Vancouver-Burrard Vancouver-Fairview Vancouver-Fraserview Vancouver-Hastings Vancouver-Kensington Vancouver-Kingsway Vancouver-Langara Vancouver-Mount Pleasant Vancouver-Point Grey Vancouver-Quilchena West Vancouver-Capilano West Vancouver-Garibaldi

Vancouver Island / South Coast	Alberni-Qualicum Comox Valley Cowichan-Ladysmith Esquimalt-Metchosin Malahat-Juan de Fuca Nanaimo Nanaimo-Parksville North Island Oak Bay-Gordon Head Powell River-Sunshine Coast Saanich North and the Islands Saanich South Victoria-Beacon Hill Victoria-Hillside

See also:	1999 electoral redistribution 2001 general election 2005 general election 2008 electoral redistribution Defunct districts

British Columbia provincial electoral districts (1991–2001)

North / Central	Bulkley Valley-Stikine Cariboo North Cariboo South North Coast Peace River North Peace River South Prince George-Mount Robson Prince George North Prince George-Omineca Skeena

Southern Interior	Columbia River-Revelstoke Kamloops Kamloops-North Thompson Kootenay Nelson-Creston Okanagan-Boundary Okanagan East Okanagan-Penticton Okanagan-Vernon Okanagan West Shuswap Rossland-Trail Yale-Lillooet

Fraser Valley / South LM	Abbotsford Chilliwack Delta North Delta South Fort Langley-Aldergrove Langley Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Matsqui Mission-Kent Richmond Centre Richmond East Richmond-Steveston Surrey-Cloverdale Surrey-Green Timbers Surrey-Newton Surrey-Whalley Surrey-White Rock

Vancouver / North LM	Burnaby-Edmonds Burnaby North Burnaby-Willingdon Coquitlam-Maillardville New Westminster North Vancouver-Lonsdale North Vancouver-Seymour Port Coquitlam Port Moody-Burnaby Mountain Vancouver-Burrard Vancouver-Fraserview Vancouver-Hastings Vancouver-Kensington Vancouver-Kingsway Vancouver-Langara Vancouver-Little Mountain Vancouver-Mount Pleasant Vancouver-Point Grey Vancouver-Quilchena West Vancouver-Capilano West Vancouver-Garibaldi

Vancouver Island / South Coast	Alberni Comox Valley Cowichan-Ladysmith Esquimalt-Metchosin Malahat-Juan de Fuca Nanaimo North Island Oak Bay-Gordon Head Parksville-Qualicum Powell River-Sunshine Coast Saanich North and the Islands Saanich South Victoria-Beacon Hill Victoria-Hillside

See also:	List of British Columbia general elections 1991 general election 1996 general election Defunct districts

British Columbia provincial electoral districts (1979–1991)

North / Central	Atlin Cariboo ‡ North Peace River Omineca Prince George North Prince George South Prince Rupert Skeena South Peace River

Southern Interior	Boundary-Similkameen ‡ Columbia River Kamloops ‡ Kootenay Nelson-Creston Okanagan North Okanagan South ‡ Rossland-Trail Shuswap-Revelstoke Yale-Lillooet

Fraser Valley / South LM	Central Fraser Valley ‡ Chilliwack Delta ‡ Dewdney ‡ Langley ‡ Richmond ‡ Surrey (2) †

Vancouver / North LM	Burnaby-Edmonds Burnaby North Burnaby-Willingdon Coquitlam-Moody Maillardville-Coquitlam New Westminster North Vancouver-Capilano North Vancouver-Seymour Vancouver Centre (2) Vancouver East (2) Vancouver-Little Mountain (2) Vancouver-Point Grey (2) Vancouver South (2) West Vancouver-Howe Sound

Vancouver Island / South Coast	Alberni Comox Cowichan-Malahat Esquimalt-Port Renfrew Mackenzie Nanaimo ‡ North Island Oak Bay-Gordon Head Saanich and the Islands ‡ Victoria (2)

See also:	List of British Columbia general elections 1979 general election 1983 general election 1986 general election Defunct districts

‡ – from 1986–1991, was a 2-seat constituency † – from 1986–1991, was broken into 3 single-seat constituencies Surrey-Guildford-Whalley Surrey-Newton Surrey-White Rock-Cloverdale

British Columbia provincial electoral districts (1966–1979)

North / Central	Atlin Cariboo Fort George North Peace River Omineca Prince Rupert Skeena South Peace River

Southern Interior	Boundary-Similkameen Columbia River Kamloops Kootenay Nelson-Creston North Okanagan Revelstoke-Slocan Rossland-Trail South Okanagan Shuswap Yale-Lillooet

Lower Mainland	Burnaby-Edmonds Burnaby North Burnaby-Willingdon Chilliwack Coquitlam Delta Dewdney Langley New Westminster North Vancouver-Capilano North Vancouver-Seymour Richmond Surrey Vancouver-Burrard (2) Vancouver Centre (2) Vancouver East (2) Vancouver-Little Mountain (2) Vancouver-Point Grey (2) Vancouver South (2) West Vancouver-Howe Sound

Vancouver Island / South Coast	Alberni Comox Cowichan-Malahat Esquimalt Mackenzie Nanaimo Oak Bay-Gordon Head Saanich and the Islands Victoria (2)

See also:	List of British Columbia general elections 1966 general election 1969 general election 1972 general election 1975 general election Defunct districts

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