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.^[3]

Cowichan—Malahat—Langford

British Columbia electoral district
Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2025 federal election. Point indicates the city of Langford.
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Jeff Kibble Conservative
District created	2013
First contested	2015
Last contested	2025
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	99,160
Electors (2019)	92,637
Area (km²)[2]	4,749
Pop. density (per km²)	20.9
Census division(s)	Capital, Cowichan Valley
Census subdivision(s)	Langford, North Cowichan, Duncan, Lake Cowichan, Highlands, Cowichan, Penelakut Island, Malachan, Malahat, Halalt

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]
	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.

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
44th	2021–2025
45th	2025–present		Jeff Kibble	Conservative

Election results

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

2023 representation order

v t e 2025 Canadian federal election
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Jeff Kibble	28,375	37.24	+8.88
	New Democratic	Alistair MacGregor	24,870	32.64	–10.14
	Liberal	Blair Herbert	21,447	28.15	+11.77
	Green	Kathleen Code	1,499	1.97	–4.25
Total valid votes/expense limit
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			76,191	72.71
Eligible voters			104,791
	Conservative notional gain from New Democratic		Swing		+9.51
Source: Elections Canada[8][9]

2021 federal election redistributed results[10]
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

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[11]

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[12][13]

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[14][15][16]

2011 federal election redistributed results[17]
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

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

Notes

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