Cloverdale—Langley City

Cloverdale—Langley City 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

According to the Canada 2011 Census; 2013 representation^[5]^[6]

Ethnic groups: 76.1% Caucasian, 10.4% South Asian, 3.4% Aboriginal, 3.2% Filipino, 3.0% Chinese, 2.0% Southeast Asian, 1.3% Korean
Languages: 78.2% English, 6.2% Punjabi, 2.0% Chinese, 1.5% Tagalog, 1.4% Korean, 1.3% German, 1.2% French, 1.2% Spanish
Religions: 48.4% Christian (14.8% Catholic, 4.6% United Church, 3.6% Anglican, 2.6% Pentecostal, 2.4% Baptist, 2.2% Lutheran, 1.2% Presbyterian, 16.9% Other), 7.4% Sikh, 1.5% Buddhist, 1.2% Muslim, 1.1% Hindu, 39.8% No religion
Median income (2010): $34,719
Average income (2010): $40,984

Members of Parliament

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

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Cloverdale—Langley City Riding created from Fleetwood—Port Kells, Langley and South Surrey—White Rock—Cloverdale
42nd	2015–Present		John Aldag	Liberal

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	John Aldag	24,617	45.52	+33.72	–
	Conservative	Dean Drysdale	18,800	34.77	-22.61	–
	New Democratic	Rebecca Smith	8,463	15.65	-9.03	–
	Green	Scott Anderson	2,195	4.06	-0.55	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			54,075	100.00		$207,587.77
Total rejected ballots			186	0.34	–
Turnout			54,261	70.43	–
Eligible voters			77,044
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+28.16
Source: Elections Canada^[7]^[8]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[9]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	21,595	57.37
	New Democratic	9,289	24.68
	Liberal	4,442	11.80
	Green	1,735	4.61
	Other	578	1.54

References

Federal ridings in the Fraser Valley

Liberal	Cloverdale—Langley City Delta Fleetwood—Port Kells Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge Steveston—Richmond East Surrey Centre Surrey—Newton

Conservative	Abbotsford Chilliwack—Hope Langley—Aldergrove Richmond Centre South Surrey—White Rock

Federal ridings in British Columbia

British Columbia Interior	Cariboo—Prince George Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo Kelowna—Lake Country Kootenay—Columbia North Okanagan—Shuswap Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies Skeena—Bulkley Valley South Okanagan—West Kootenay

Fraser Valley and the Southern Lower Mainland	Abbotsford Chilliwack—Hope Cloverdale—Langley City Delta Fleetwood—Port Kells Langley—Aldergrove Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge Richmond Centre South Surrey—White Rock Steveston—Richmond East Surrey Centre Surrey—Newton

Vancouver and the Northern Lower Mainland	Burnaby North—Seymour Burnaby South Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam New Westminster—Burnaby North Vancouver Port Moody—Coquitlam Vancouver Centre Vancouver East Vancouver Granville Vancouver Kingsway Vancouver Quadra Vancouver South West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country

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

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