Langley—Abbotsford

Langley—Abbotsford
British Columbia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1996
District abolished	2003
First contested	1997
Last contested	2000

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

Geography

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 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.

This riding elected only one Member of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Riding created from Fraser Valley East, Fraser Valley West and Surrey—White Rock—South Langley
36th	1997–2000	Randy White	Reform
36th	2000–2000		Alliance
37th	2000–2003		Alliance
37th	2003–2004		Conservative
Riding dissolved into Abbotsford and Langley

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	6.70	$6,322
	Progressive Conservative	Donald Lyle Nundal	1,800	3.53	$4,778
	Green	Doug Warkentin	790	1.55	$34
	Christian Heritage	Harold John Ludwig	495	0.97	$1,502
	Natural Law	Meri Papetti	151	0.30	$4
Total valid votes			51,051	99.71
Total rejected ballots			151	0.29
Turnout			51,202	67.27
Eligible voters			76,113
	Reform notional hold		Swing		–
This riding was created from parts of Fraser Valley East, Fraser Valley West and Surrey—White Rock—South Langley, all of which elected a Reform candidate in the previous election. Randy White was the incumbent from Fraser Valley West.
Source: Elections Canada^[3]^[4]

↑ Canada, Library of Parliament (2026). "Elections and Ridings: Langley--Abbotsford, British Columbia (2000)". lop.parl.ca.
↑ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (2000). Thirty-Seventh General Election, 2000: Official Voting Results (Report). Ottawa: Elections Canada. ISBN 0-662-65518-4.
↑ Canada, Library of Parliament (2026). "Elections and Ridings: Langley--Abbotsford, British Columbia (1997)". lop.parl.ca.
↑ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (1997). Thirty-Sixth General Election, 1997: Official Voting Results (Report). Ottawa: Elections Canada.

Riding history from the Library of Parliament:

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British Columbia Interior	Cariboo—Prince George—Omineca Columbia—Kootenay—Southern Rockies Kamloops—Thompson—Nicola Kelowna Okanagan Lake West—South Kelowna Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies Similkameen—South Okanagan—West Kootenay Skeena—Bulkley Valley Vernon—Lake Country—Monashee
Fraser Valley and the Southern Lower Mainland	Abbotsford—South Langley Chilliwack—Hope Cloverdale—Langley City Delta Fleetwood—Port Kells Langley Township—Fraser Heights Mission—Matsqui—Abbotsford Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge Richmond Centre—Marpole Richmond East—Steveston South Surrey—White Rock Surrey Centre Surrey Newton
Vancouver and the Northern Lower Mainland	Burnaby Central Burnaby North—Seymour Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam New Westminster—Burnaby—Maillardville North Vancouver—Capilano Port Moody—Coquitlam Vancouver Centre Vancouver East Vancouver Granville Vancouver Kingsway Vancouver Quadra Vancouver Fraserview—South Burnaby West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country
Vancouver Island	Courtenay—Alberni Cowichan—Malahat—Langford Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke Nanaimo—Ladysmith North Island—Powell River Saanich—Gulf Islands Victoria