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Langley was a federal
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in the
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of
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, Canada, that was represented in the
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from 2004 to 2015. It was a 327 km2 in area with 117,858 people located in the suburbs of the
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.


History

The electoral district was created in the 2003 Representation Order with 82,070 people from the former riding of
Langley—Abbotsford Langley—Abbotsford (formerly known as Langley—Matsqui) was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2004. Geography It consisted of the western part of ...
, and 28,976 people from
South Surrey—White Rock—Langley South Surrey—White Rock—Langley was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2004. Geography This electoral district included the City of White Rock and C ...
. This new riding includes the
City of Langley The City of Langley, commonly referred to as Langley City, or just Langley, is a municipality in the Metro Vancouver Regional District in British Columbia, Canada. It lies directly east of Surrey, adjacent to the Cloverdale area, and is surrou ...
, the
Township of Langley The Township of Langley is a district municipality immediately east of the City of Surrey in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. It extends south from the Fraser River to the Canada–United States border, and west of the City of Abbotsford. ...
, and the
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of Katzie IR No. 2, Matsqui IR No. 4 and McMillan Island IR No. 6. As per the 2012 electoral redistribution, this riding was dissolved into
Langley—Aldergrove Langley—Aldergrove is a federal electoral district in British Columbia. It encompasses a portion of British Columbia previously included in the electoral districts of Langley and Abbotsford. Langley—Aldergrove was created by the 2012 fed ...
and
Cloverdale—Langley City Cloverdale—Langley City is a federal electoral district in British Columbia. It encompasses a portion of B.C. previously included in the electoral districts of Langley, South Surrey—White Rock—Cloverdale and Fleetwood—Port Kells. Clo ...
for the 2015 election.


Members of Parliament

Its
Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...
was Mark Warawa, a former loss prevention officer. He was first elected in the 2004 election. He is a member of the
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caucus. He serves as a member on the Legislative Committee on Bill C-38 and the Standing Committee on Justice, Human Rights, Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness. During the 40th Parliament, he was the parliamentary secretary to the
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and served as a member of the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development. Warawa died from
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on June 20, 2019. No by-election was held before the
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.


Election results


See also

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List of Canadian federal electoral districts This is a list of Canada's 338 federal electoral districts (commonly referred to as '' ridings'' in Canadian English) as defined by the ''2013 Representation Order''. Canadian federal electoral districts are constituencies that elect member ...
*
Past Canadian electoral districts This is a list of past arrangements of Canada's electoral districts. Each district sends one member to the House of Commons of Canada. In 1999 and 2003, the Legislative Assembly of Ontario was elected using the same districts within that provinc ...


References

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Library of Parliament Riding Profile

Canadian Census, 2001 profile

Campaign expense data from Elections Canada - 2008

Results - 2004

Expenditures - 2004SI/2003-154: Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act: Proclamation Declaring the Representation Order to be in Force Effective on the First Dissolution of Parliament that Occurs after August 25, 2004
Canada Gazette Part II, Vol. 137, No. 6 Extra, 29 August 2003
2003 Representation Order Transposition of Population


Notes

{{Ridings in British Columbia Former federal electoral districts of British Columbia Langley, British Columbia (city) Langley, British Columbia (district municipality) Federal electoral districts in Greater Vancouver and the Fraser Valley Politics of Langley, British Columbia (city)