LANGLEY—ABBOTSFORD

'Langley—Abbotsford' (formerly known as 'Langley—Matsqui') was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2004.

Contents

Geography

History

Member of Parliament

Election results

See also

External links

Geography

It consisted of the western part of Central Fraser Valley Regional District and the northwestern part of Langley District Municipality.

History

"Langley—Matsqui" riding was created in 1996 from parts of Fraser Valley East, Fraser Valley West and Surrey—White Rock—South Langley. The riding was renamed "Langley—Abbotsford" in 1997. It was only used in the 1997 and 2000 federal elections. The riding was abolished in 2003, divided between the ridings of Abbotsford and Langley.

Member of Parliament

This riding elected only one Member of Parliament:
#Randy White - Reform Party, Canadian Alliance, Conservative (1993-2005).

Election results

|-
|Canadian Alliance
|Randy White
|align="right"|38,810
|align="right"|70.11%
|
|align="right"|$56,408
|Liberal
|Steve Ferguson
|align="right"|9,554
|align="right"|17.25%
|
|align="right"|$14,677
|-
|Progressive Conservative
|Bev Braaten
|align="right"|4,218
|align="right"|7.61%
|
|align="right"|$6,593
|New Democratic Party
|Paul Latham
|align="right"|2,353
|align="right"|4.25%
|
|align="right"|$1,300
|No Affiliation
|Harold John Ludwig
|align="right"|420
|align="right"|0.75%
|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|55,355
!align="right"|100.00%
!
!
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|186
!align="right"|0.33%
!
!
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|55,541
!align="right"|66.94%
!
!
|}
|-
|Reform
|Randy White
|align="right"|31,664
|align="right"|62.02%
|
|align="right"|$47,566
|Liberal
|Peter Warkentin
|align="right"|12,733
|align="right"|24.94%
|
|align="right"|$62,704
|-
|New Democratic Party
|Paul Latham
|align="right"|3,418
|align="right"|6.69%
|
|align="right"|$6,322
|Progressive Conservative
|Don Nundal
|align="right"|1,800
|align="right"|3.52%
|
|align="right"|$4,778
|Green
|Doug Warkentin
|align="right"|790
|align="right"|1.54%
|
|align="right"|$34
|Christian Heritage
|Harold John Ludwig
|align="right"|495
|align="right"|0.96%
|
|align="right"|$1,502
|Natural Law
|Meri Papetti
|align="right"|151
|align="right"|0.29%
|
|align="right"|$4
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|51,051
!align="right"|100.00%
!
!
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|151
!align="right"|0.29%
!
!
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|51,202
!align="right"|67.27%
!
!
|}

See also

★ List of Canadian federal electoral districts

★ Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

Riding history from the Library of Parliament:

★ Langley—Matsqui

★ Langley—Abbotsford

★ Expenditures - 2000

★ Expenditures – 1997

★ Website of the Parliament of Canada