Cowichan—Malahat—Langford

Cowichan—Malahat—Langford
British Columbia electoral district
	Cowichan—Malahat—Langford in relation to other electoral districts in the Vancouver Island area
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Alistair MacGregor; New Democratic
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District created	2013
First contested	2015
Last contested	2019
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	99,160
Electors (2019)	92,637
Area (km²)	4,749
Pop. density (per km²)	20.9
Census division(s)	Capital, Cowichan Valley
Census subdivision(s)	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]

Demographics

Ethnic groups in Cowichan—Malahat—Langford (2016) Source: [1]		Population	%
Ethnic group	European	83,195	78.5%
	Aboriginal	11,450	10.8%
	South Asian	2,160	2%
	Chinese	1,380	1.3%
	Filipino	935	0.9%
	Latin American	520	0.5%
	Black	510	0.5%
	Southeast Asian	505	0.5%
	Japanese	325	0.3%
	Korean	215	0.2%
	Arab	150	0.1%
	West Asian	100	0.1%
	Multiple minorities	210	0.2%
	Visible minority, n.i.e.	100	0.1%
Total population		108,052	100%

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

Parliament	Years		Party
Cowichan—Malahat—Langford Riding created from Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca and Nanaimo—Cowichan
42nd	2015–2019	Alistair MacGregor	New Democratic
43rd	2019–present	Alistair MacGregor	New Democratic

Graph of election results in Cowichan—Malahat—Langford (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Alistair MacGregor	23,519	36.1	+0.16	$90,249.73
	Conservative	Alana DeLong	16,959	26.0	+3.19	$45,957.36
	Green	Lydia Hwitsum	13,181	20.2	+3.27	$58,460.55
	Liberal	Blair Herbert	10,301	15.8	-7.97	$25,800.21
	People's	Rhonda Chen	1,066	1.6	–	none listed
	Christian Heritage	Robin Morton Stanbridge	202	0.3	–	none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit			65,228	100.00		$117,241.30
Total rejected ballots			282	0.43	+0.06
Turnout			65,510	70.7	-5.02
Eligible voters			92,637
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+4.07
Source: Elections Canada^[5]^[6]

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Alistair MacGregor	22,200	35.94	-7.65	$104,734.63
	Liberal	Luke Krayenhoff	14,685	23.77	+17.97	$18,683.24
	Conservative	Martin Barker	14,091	22.81	-20.25	$77,247.07
	Green	Fran Hunt-Jinnouchi	10,462	16.93	+9.71	$99,481.30
	Marxist–Leninist	Alastair Haythornthwaite	340	0.55	–	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			61,778	99.63		$214,942.07
Total rejected ballots			230	0.37	–
Turnout			62,008	75.72	–
Eligible voters			81,888
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-12.81
Source: Elections Canada^[7]^[8]^[9]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[10]
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

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v t e Federal ridings on Vancouver Island
Green	Saanich—Gulf Islands
New Democratic	Courtenay—Alberni Cowichan—Malahat—Langford Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke Nanaimo—Ladysmith North Island—Powell River Victoria

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Vancouver Island	Courtenay—Alberni Cowichan—Malahat—Langford Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke Nanaimo—Ladysmith North Island—Powell River Saanich—Gulf Islands Victoria