Cowichan—Malahat—Langford Explained

Province:	British Columbia
Fed-Status:	active
Fed-District-Number:	59010
Fed-Created:	2013
Fed-Election-First:	2015
Fed-Election-Last:	2021
Fed-Rep:	Alistair MacGregor
Fed-Rep-Party:	NDP
Demo-Pop-Ref:	^[1]
Demo-Area-Ref:	^[2]
Demo-Census-Date:	2011
Demo-Pop:	99160
Demo-Electors:	92,637
Demo-Electors-Date:	2019
Demo-Area:	4749
Demo-Cd:	Capital, Cowichan Valley
Demo-Csd:	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.

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.

Demographics

Panethnic
group! colspan="2"

2021^[3]	2016^[4]		2011^[5]
European	98,015		88,650		83,625
Indigenous	12,120		10,160		8,700
South Asian	3,135		2,160		1,725
East Asian	2,845		1,920		1,360
Southeast Asian	2,765		1,440		935
African	1,310		510		395
Latin American	895		520		245
Middle Eastern	535		250		90
Other	685		310		255
Total responses	122,295		105,915		97,345
Total population	124,247		108,052		99,195

Members of Parliament

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

Election results

2023 representation order

2021 federal election redistributed results^[6]
Party		Vote	%
			26,939	42.78
			17,855	28.36
			10,312	16.38
			3,947	6.27
			3,915	6.22

2013 representation order

2011 federal election redistributed results^[7]
Party		Vote	%
			20,818	43.6
			20,565	43.1
			3,452	7.2
			2,772	5.8
		Others	153	0.3

Notes and References

1. [#2011fed|Statistics Canada]
2. [#2011fed|Statistics Canada]
3. Web site: Government of Canada . Statistics Canada . 2022-10-26 . Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population . 2023-02-14 . www12.statcan.gc.ca.
4. Web site: Government of Canada . Statistics Canada . 2021-10-27 . Census Profile, 2016 Census . 2023-02-14 . www12.statcan.gc.ca.
5. Web site: Government of Canada . Statistics Canada . 2015-11-27 . NHS Profile . 2023-02-14 . www12.statcan.gc.ca.
6. Web site: Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders. 9 April 2024. Elections Canada.
7. http://www.punditsguide.ca/riding.php?riding=2139 Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections