Cowichan—Malahat—Langford

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Cowichan—Malahat—Langford
British Columbia electoral district
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
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[edit]

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[edit]

Canadian federal election, 2015
The 2015 general election will be held on October 19.
Party Candidate Votes % ∆% Expenditures
Conservative Martin Barker
Marxist–Leninist Alastair Haythornthwaite
Green Fran Hunt-Jinnouchi
Liberal Luke Krayenhoff
New Democratic Alistair MacGregor
Total valid votes/Expense limit 100.0     $212,496.50
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters 78,148
Source: Elections Canada[5][6]
2011 federal election redistributed results[7]
Party Vote  %
  New Democratic 20,818 43.59
  Conservative 20,565 43.06
  Green 3,452 7.23
  Liberal 2,772 5.80
  Others 153 0.32

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