Saturday April 5, 2025 | LANGFORD, BC
by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends | ELECTION EVENT CALENDAR
Federal election candidate campaign signage is popping up all around Langford.
For many people who are not deeply engaged with the details of the various campaigns, the signage around communities elevates voter awareness during the election campaign period.
For high visibility, signage in sizes large and small is placed along well-used roadways. Smaller lawn signs on individual properties also has hyper-local impact.
Campaigns started after the writ dropped on March 23. Advanced voting comes up April 18 to 21. General Election Day is Monday April 28.
Large riding:
Langford is within the geographically large Cowichan-Malahat-Langford riding that includes Cowichan Valley, North Cowichan, Lake Cowichan, Duncan, Langford, Highlands, and parts of Juan de Fuca that are northwest of Sooke and Metchosin.
The population of the Cowichan-Malahat-Langford (CML) electoral area is now over 124,105 (2021 Census).
Like many ridings there is a wide range of household types and income levels in Cowichan-Malahat-Langford, but some of the lowest-income households in BC are in the Cowichan area.
The riding boundaries were not changed in the 2023 boundaries review, but given the population growth of the region a boundary change may come for the 2029 election.
2025 CML candidates:
The candidates in Cowichan-Malahat-Langford are (incumbent, then alphabetical):
- Alistair MacGregor, incumbent – NDP (elected 2015, 2019 and 2021; seeking re-election)
- Kathleen Code – Green (first-time federal candidate)
- Blair Herbert – Liberal (ran in 2019 and 2021)
- Jeff Kibble – Conservative (first-time politician)
Issues in the riding:
Issues that voters ask candidates about including the economic impacts of the US tariffs, housing supply and affordability, the overall cost of living including groceries, and the consumer carbon tax.
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