Cowichan—Malahat—Langford
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British Columbia electoral district | |||
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Cowichan—Malahat—Langford in relation to other electoral districts in the Vancouver Island area | |||
Federal electoral district | |||
Legislature | House of Commons | ||
MP |
New Democratic | ||
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 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 20.9 | ||
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]
Demographics[edit]
Ethnic groups in Cowichan—Malahat—Langford (2016) Source: [1] |
Population | % | |
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Ethnic group | European | 83,195 | 78.5% |
Aboriginal | 11,450 | 10.8% | |
South Asian | 2,160 | 2% | |
Chinese | 1,380 | 1.3% | |
Filipino | 935 | 0.9% | |
Latin American | 520 | 0.5% | |
Black | 510 | 0.5% | |
Southeast Asian | 505 | 0.5% | |
Japanese | 325 | 0.3% | |
Korean | 215 | 0.2% | |
Arab | 150 | 0.1% | |
West Asian | 100 | 0.1% | |
Multiple minorities | 210 | 0.2% | |
Visible minority, n.i.e. | 100 | 0.1% | |
Total population | 108,052 | 100% |
Members of Parliament[edit]
This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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Cowichan—Malahat—Langford Riding created from Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca and Nanaimo—Cowichan |
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42nd | 2015–present | Alistair MacGregor | New Democratic |
Election results[edit]
2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
New Democratic | Alistair MacGregor | 22,200 | 35.94 | -7.65 | $104,734.63 | |||
Liberal | Luke Krayenhoff | 14,685 | 23.77 | +17.97 | $18,683.24 | |||
Conservative | Martin Barker | 14,091 | 22.81 | -20.25 | $77,247.07 | |||
Green | Fran Hunt-Jinnouchi | 10,462 | 16.93 | +9.71 | $99,481.30 | |||
Marxist–Leninist | Alastair Haythornthwaite | 340 | 0.55 | – | – | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 61,778 | 100.00 | $214,942.07 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 230 | 0.37 | – | |||||
Turnout | 62,008 | 75.72 | – | |||||
Eligible voters | 81,888 | |||||||
New Democratic hold | Swing | -12.81 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[5][6][7] |
2011 federal election redistributed results[8] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
New Democratic | 20,818 | 43.6 | |
Conservative | 20,565 | 43.1 | |
Green | 3,452 | 7.2 | |
Liberal | 2,772 | 5.8 | |
Others | 153 | 0.3 |
References[edit]
- ^ Statistics Canada: 2011
- ^ Statistics Canada: 2011
- ^ Final Report – British Columbia
- ^ Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
- ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Cowichan—Malahat—Langford, 30 September 2015
- ^ Official Voting Results - Cowichan—Malahat—Langford
- ^ "Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates". Archived from the original on August 15, 2015.
- ^ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
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