Langley (provincial 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 Member Party
28th 1966-1969     Hunter Bertram Vogel Social Credit
29th 1969-1972
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 2013–2017
41st 2017–present

Election results

British Columbia general election, 2017
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalMary Polak9,85944.71
New DemocraticGail Chaddock-Costello7,56134.29
GreenElizabeth Helen Walker3,35815.23
ConservativeJustin Greenwood1,1225.09
LibertarianRobert Kerr Pobran1510.68
Total valid votes 22,051100.00
Source: Elections BC[1]
B.C. General Election 2013: Langley
Party Candidate Votes % ±
LiberalMary Polak14,03951.44%
New DemocraticAndrew Mercier7,40327.13%
ConservativeJohn Cummins3,24211.88%
GreenWally Martin2,6089.56%
Total Valid Votes 27,292 100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots
Turnout
B.C. General Election 2009 Langley
Party Candidate Votes % ±
LiberalMary Polak13,29556.62%
  NDP Kathleen Stephany 8,400 35.77%
GreenRon Abgrall1,7887.61%–
Total 23,483 100.00%
B.C. General Election 2005: Langley
Party Candidate Votes % ±
LiberalMary Polak12,87752.18%
  NDP Dean Morrison 8,303 33.64%
GreenKathleen Blanche Stephany3,04212.33%–
MarijuanaChris Scrimes2781.13%
PlatinumLee Anthony Davies1800.73%–
Total 24,680 100.00%
B.C. General Election 2001: Langley
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
LiberalLynn Stephens14,56464.85%$47,825
GreenPat Taylor2,84712.68%–$492
  NDP Paul Latham 2,720 12.11% $1,961
UnityGordon Nelson1,6057.15%$4,453
MarijuanaMavis Becker7233.21%$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
LiberalLynn Stephens9,27746.62%$50,227
  NDP Kim Richter 5,795 29.12% $17,136
ReformJoe Lopushinsky3,22416.20%$33,546
Progressive DemocratPaul MacDonald1,1956.00%–
GreenFely Gotia-Walters2621.32%–$240
Social CreditIan B. Thompson1480.74%–$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
LiberalLynn Stephens7,14938.95%$5,383
  NDP Derrill Thompson 5,762 31.39% $22,296
Social CreditCarol M. Gran5,20128.34%–$62,018
Family CoalitionBarrie O. Norman1800.98%–$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

  1. ↑ "2017 Provincial General Election Preliminary Voting Results". Elections BC. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
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