# Cowichan—Malahat—Langford

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 groups in Cowichan—Malahat—Langford (2011−2021) :
| Panethnic group | 2021 | 2021 | 2016 | 2016 | 2011 | 2011 |
| Panethnic group | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % |
| European | 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 | 2,845 | 2.33% | 1,920 | 1.81% | 1,360 | 1.4% |
| Southeast Asian | 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 | 535 | 0.44% | 250 | 0.24% | 90 | 0.09% |
| Other | 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. |||||||

## Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Cowichan—Malahat—Langford Riding created from Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca and Nanaimo—Cowichan |||||
| 42nd | 2015–2019 | Alistair MacGregor | New Democratic |
| 43rd | 2019–2021 | Alistair MacGregor | New Democratic |
| 44th | 2021–present | Alistair MacGregor | New Democratic |

## Election results
### 2023 representation order

2021 federal election redistributed results :
| 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 |

### 2013 representation order

vte2021 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 | Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | 63,032 | 99.5 | – | $125,299.84 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 306 | 0.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 63,338 | 64.4 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 98,396 |
| | New Democratic hold | New Democratic hold | Swing | Swing | +2.2 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
vte2019 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 | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 65,228 | 99.57 | | $117,241.30 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 282 | 0.43 | +0.06 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 65,510 | 69.88 | -5.84 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 93,745 |
| | New Democratic hold | New Democratic hold | Swing | Swing | -1.53 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
vte2015 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 | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 61,778 | 99.63 | | $214,942.07 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 230 | 0.37 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 62,008 | 75.72 | – |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 81,888 |
| | New Democratic hold | New Democratic hold | Swing | Swing | -12.81 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
2011 federal election redistributed results :
| 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 |