| Defunct federal electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 1996 |
| District abolished | 2003 |
| First contested | 1997 |
| Last contested | 2000 |
Langley—Abbotsford (formerly known asLangley—Matsqui) was a federalelectoral district inBritish Columbia, Canada, that was represented in theHouse of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2004.
It consisted of the western part of Central Fraser Valley Regional District and the northwestern part of Langley District Municipality.
"Langley—Matsqui" riding was created in 1996 from parts ofFraser Valley East,Fraser Valley West andSurrey—White Rock—South Langley. The riding was renamed "Langley—Abbotsford" in 1997. It was only used in the1997 and2000 federal elections. The riding was abolished in 2003, divided between the ridings ofAbbotsford andLangley.
This riding elected only oneMember of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riding created fromFraser Valley East,Fraser Valley West andSurrey—White Rock—South Langley | ||||
| 36th | 1997–2000 | Randy White | Reform | |
| 2000–2000 | Alliance | |||
| 37th | 2000–2003 | |||
| 2003–2004 | Conservative | |||
| Riding dissolved intoAbbotsfordandLangley | ||||
| 2000 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Alliance | Randy White | 38,810 | 70.11 | +8.09 | $56,408 | |||
| Liberal | Steve Ferguson | 9,554 | 17.25 | -7.69 | $14,677 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Bev Braaten | 4,218 | 7.61 | +4.09 | $6,593 | |||
| New Democratic | Paul Latham | 2,353 | 4.25 | -2.44 | $1,300 | |||
| No affiliation | Harold John Ludwig | 420 | 0.75 | -0.21 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 55,355 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 186 | 0.33 | ||||||
| Turnout | 55,541 | 66.94 | ||||||
| Alliancehold | Swing | +7.89 | ||||||
| Change for the Canadian Alliance is based on the Reform Party. | ||||||||
| 1997 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||||
| Reform | Randy White | 31,664 | 62.02 | $47,566 | ||||
| Liberal | Peter Warkentin | 12,733 | 24.94 | $62,704 | ||||
| New Democratic | Paul Latham | 3,418 | 6.69 | $6,322 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Don Nundal | 1,800 | 3.52 | $4,778 | ||||
| Green | Doug Warkentin | 790 | 1.54 | $34 | ||||
| Christian Heritage | Harold John Ludwig | 495 | 0.96 | $1,502 | ||||
| Natural Law | Meri Papetti | 151 | 0.29 | $4 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 51,051 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 151 | 0.29 | ||||||
| Turnout | 51,202 | 67.27 | ||||||
| This riding was created from parts ofFraser Valley East,Fraser Valley West andSurrey—White Rock—South Langley, all of which elected a Reform candidate in the previous election.Randy White was the incumbent from Fraser Valley West. | ||||||||
Riding history from theLibrary of Parliament: