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–present

Election results

B.C. General Election 2013: Langley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Mary Polak	14,039	51.44%
	New Democratic	Andrew Mercier	7,403	27.13%
	Conservative	John Cummins	3,242	11.88%
	Green	Wally Martin	2,608	9.56%
Total Valid Votes			27,292	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots
Turnout

B.C. General Election 2009 Langley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Mary Polak	13,295	56.62%
	NDP	Kathleen Stephany	8,400	35.77%
	Green	Ron Abgrall	1,788	7.61%	–
Total			23,483	100.00%

B.C. General Election 2005: Langley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Mary Polak	12,877	52.18%
	NDP	Dean Morrison	8,303	33.64%
	Green	Kathleen Blanche Stephany	3,042	12.33%	–
	Marijuana	Chris Scrimes	278	1.13%
	Platinum	Lee Anthony Davies	180	0.73%	–
Total			24,680	100.00%

B.C. General Election 2001: Langley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Lynn Stephens	14,564	64.85%		$47,825
	Green	Pat Taylor	2,847	12.68%	–	$492
	NDP	Paul Latham	2,720	12.11%		$1,961
	Unity	Gordon Nelson	1,605	7.15%		$4,453
	Marijuana	Mavis Becker	723	3.21%		$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
	Liberal	Lynn Stephens	9,277	46.62%		$50,227
	NDP	Kim Richter	5,795	29.12%		$17,136
	Reform	Joe Lopushinsky	3,224	16.20%		$33,546
	Progressive Democrat	Paul MacDonald	1,195	6.00%	–
	Green	Fely Gotia-Walters	262	1.32%	–	$240
	Social Credit	Ian B. Thompson	148	0.74%	–	$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
	Liberal	Lynn Stephens	7,149	38.95%		$5,383
	NDP	Derrill Thompson	5,762	31.39%		$22,296
	Social Credit	Carol M. Gran	5,201	28.34%	–	$62,018
	Family Coalition	Barrie O. Norman	180	0.98%	–	$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%

External links

• BC Stats - 2001 (pdf)
• Results of 2001 election (pdf)
• 2001 Expenditures (pdf)
• Results of 1996 election
• 1996 Expenditures (pdf)
• Results of 1991 election
• 1991 Expenditures
• Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

References