Cowichan—Malahat—Langford

Cowichan—Malahat—Langford
British Columbia electoral district
	Cowichan—Malahat—Langford in relation to other electoral districts in the Vancouver Island area
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Alistair MacGregor; New Democratic
;
District created	2013
First contested	2015
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	99,160
Electors (2019)	92,637
Area (km²)	4,749
Pop. density (per km²)	20.9
Census division(s)	Capital, Cowichan Valley
Census subdivision(s)	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, Canada. It is on south-central Vancouver Island. 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, polling for which took place on 19 October 2015.^[4]

Demographics

Panethnic groups in Cowichan—Malahat—Langford (2011−2021)
Panethnic group	2021^[5]		2016^[6]		2011^[7]
Panethnic group	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
European^[a]	98,015	80.15%	88,650	83.7%	83,625	85.91%
Indigenous	12,120	9.91%	10,160	9.59%	8,700	8.94%
South Asian	3,135	2.56%	2,160	2.04%	1,725	1.77%
East Asian^[b]	2,845	2.33%	1,920	1.81%	1,360	1.4%
Southeast Asian^[c]	2,765	2.26%	1,440	1.36%	935	0.96%
African	1,310	1.07%	510	0.48%	395	0.41%
Latin American	895	0.73%	520	0.49%	245	0.25%
Middle Eastern^[d]	535	0.44%	250	0.24%	90	0.09%
Other^[e]	685	0.56%	310	0.29%	255	0.26%
Total responses	122,295	98.43%	105,915	98.02%	97,345	98.13%
Total population	124,247	100%	108,052	100%	99,195	100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

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

Parliament	Years		Party
Cowichan—Malahat—Langford Riding created from Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca and Nanaimo—Cowichan
42nd	2015–2019	Alistair MacGregor	New Democratic
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–present

Graph of election results in Cowichan—Malahat—Langford (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2021 federal election redistributed results^[8]
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic	26,939	42.78
	Conservative	17,855	28.36
	Liberal	10,312	16.38
	People's	3,947	6.27
	Green	3,915	6.22

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Alistair MacGregor	26,968	42.8	+6.7	$49,798.01
	Conservative	Alana DeLong	17,870	28.4	+2.4	$51,680.34
	Liberal	Blair Herbert	10,320	16.4	+0.6	$28,769.73
	People's	Mark Hecht	3,952	6.3	+4.7	$13,032.24
	Green	Lia Versaevel	3,922	6.2	-14.0	$7,031.80
Total valid votes/Expense limit			63,032	99.5	–	$125,299.84
Total rejected ballots			306	0.5
Turnout			63,338	64.4
Eligible voters			98,396
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+2.2
Source: Elections Canada^[9]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Alistair MacGregor	23,519	36.06	+0.12	$90,249.73
	Conservative	Alana DeLong	16,959	26.00	+3.19	$45,957.36
	Green	Lydia Hwitsum	13,181	20.21	+3.27	$58,460.55
	Liberal	Blair Herbert	10,301	15.79	-7.98	$25,800.21
	People's	Rhonda Chen	1,066	1.63	–	none listed
	Christian Heritage	Robin Morton Stanbridge	202	0.31	–	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			65,228	99.57		$117,241.30
Total rejected ballots			282	0.43	+0.06
Turnout			65,510	69.88	-5.84
Eligible voters			93,745
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-1.53
Source: Elections Canada^[10]^[11]

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election
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	99.63		$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^[12]^[13]^[14]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[15]
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

^ Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
^ Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
^ Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
^ Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
^ Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.

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