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Cowichan—Malahat—Langford

Cowichan—Malahat—Langford is a federal riding in British Columbia. Jeff Kibble (Conservative) has represented Cowichan—Malahat—Langford since the 2025 election. Jeff Kibble (Conservative) took Cowichan—Malahat—Langford from the New Democrats in the 2025 election by 3,544 votes (4.6 points), with 37.2% of the vote. Alistair MacGregor (NDP) was second with 32.6%, on a turnout of 72.4% of 105,698 electors. Member as of .

Courtenay—Alberni · New DemocraticEsquimalt—Saanich—Sooke · LiberalNanaimo—Ladysmith · ConservativeSaanich—Gulf Islands · GreenCowichan—Malahat—Langford
Fig. 1 — Cowichan—Malahat—Langford on the board, 2023 boundaries; the ridings next door as the House holds them on . Open it on the board →

Who represents Cowichan—Malahat—Langford

CJeff Kibble
Jeff Kibble's piece from the board. Illustration after the official portrait © House of Commons.

Jeff Kibble

Member of Parliament for Cowichan—Malahat—Langford

Conservative

MP since · first term

  • National Defence committee

146 speeches in the 45th Parliament, most often on Strengthening Canada's Defence Sector Act.

Contact and office · House of Commons →

The 2025 result: Conservative gain from the New Democrats

Share of the valid votes by candidate, Cowichan—Malahat—Langford, April 28, 2025

Share of the valid votes by candidate, Cowichan—Malahat—Langford, April 28, 2025Of the 76,174 valid votes, Jeff Kibble (Conservative) took 37.2%, Alistair MacGregor (New Democratic) 32.6%, Blair Herbert (Liberal) 28.2% and Kathleen Code (Green) 2.0%.2025Turnout 72.4% of 105,698 electorsJeff KibbleConservative37.2% · 28,3703,544 votes ahead · 4.7 ptsAlistair MacGregorNew Democratic32.6% · 24,826Blair HerbertLiberal28.2% · 21,478Kathleen CodeGreen2.0% · 1,500050%100%
Share of the valid votes by candidate, Cowichan—Malahat—Langford, April 28, 2025Of the 76,174 valid votes, Jeff Kibble (Conservative) took 37.2%, Alistair MacGregor (New Democratic) 32.6%, Blair Herbert (Liberal) 28.2% and Kathleen Code (Green) 2.0%.2025Turnout 72.4% of 105,698 electorsJeff KibbleConservative37.2% · 28,3703,544 votes ahead · 4.7 ptsAlistair MacGregorNew Democratic32.6% · 24,826Blair HerbertLiberal28.2% · 21,478Kathleen CodeGreen2.0% · 1,500050%100%
Shares of the 76,174 valid votes; a candidate under 1% is counted with the others. Source: Elections Canada, official voting results, the 2025 general election.
The figures
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Jeff KibbleConservative28,37037.2%
Alistair MacGregorNew Democratic24,82632.6%
Blair HerbertLiberal21,47828.2%
Kathleen CodeGreen1,5002.0%

Jeff Kibble (Conservative) won Cowichan—Malahat—Langford on with 28,370 votes, 37.2% of the 76,174 valid votes. Alistair MacGregor (New Democratic) was second with 24,826 (32.6%), 3,544 votes and 4.6 points behind.

Of the 76,174 valid votes, Jeff Kibble (Conservative) took 37.2%, Alistair MacGregor (New Democratic) 32.6%, Blair Herbert (Liberal) 28.2% and Kathleen Code (Green) 2.0%. Turnout was 72.4% of 105,698 electors: 76,535 ballots cast, 76,174 of them valid, for 4 candidates.

Since 2021

Against the 2021 result on these boundaries, the Conservatives are up 9.0 (28.2% to 37.2%), the New Democrats down 10.0 (42.6% to 32.6%), the Liberals up 11.9 (16.3% to 28.2%) and the Greens down 4.2 (6.2% to 2.0%), in points of the valid votes.

2021 is Elections Canada's transposition of that election onto the 2023 boundaries, not an election held on these lines.

Since 2004: no party has held it

The party first in Cowichan—Malahat—Langford at each general election, 2004 to 2025, on today's boundaries

  1. 2004New Democratic38.5%by 9.1 points over the Conservatives
  2. 2006New Democratic40.6%by 10.3 points over the Conservatives
  3. 2008†New Democratic36.2%by less than 0.1 points over the Conservatives
  4. 2011New Democratic45.7%by 6.6 points over the Conservatives
  5. 2015New Democratic35.9%by 12.1 points over the Liberals
  6. 2019New Democratic36.1%by 10.1 points over the Conservatives
  7. 2021New Democratic42.6%by 14.4 points over the Conservatives
  8. 2025changed handsConservative37.2%by 4.6 points over the New Democrats
Each election carried onto today's boundaries by where the riding's 2025 electors lived: our estimate to 2019, Elections Canada's transposition for 2021, the official result for 2025. Parties are counted as they ran. † The first two are within two points, so which party was first is less certain.
The figures
YearFirstShareSecondMargin (pts)Basis
2004New Democratic38.5%Conservative9.1carried, our estimate
2006New Democratic40.6%Conservative10.3carried, our estimate
2008†New Democratic36.2%Conservative0.0carried, our estimate
2011New Democratic45.7%Conservative6.6carried, our estimate
2015New Democratic35.9%Liberal12.1carried, our estimate
2019New Democratic36.1%Conservative10.1carried, our estimate
2021New Democratic42.6%Conservative14.4transposed by Elections Canada
2025Conservative37.2%New Democratic4.6official result

The NDP were first at seven of the eight general elections from 2004 to 2025, the Conservatives at one; it changed hands once. In 2025 the Conservatives took 37.2% of the vote here, 6.9 points above their average of 30.3% at the seven general elections from 2004 to 2021.

On today's boundaries the NDP were first here in 2004 (38.5%), 2006 (40.6%), 2008 (36.2%), 2011 (45.7%), 2015 (35.9%), 2019 (36.1%) and 2021 (42.6%) and the Conservatives in 2025 (37.2%), each with the share of the valid votes shown.

A stronghold is a party first at every general election since 2004, by an average of 20 points or more over the next party; held, first at every one; usually, first at all but one. By-elections are not counted. By this rule 160 of the 343 ridings have no degree. The results before 2021 are carried onto today's boundaries by where the riding's 2025 electors lived: our estimate, from the older boundaries of Taylor, Lucas, Kirby and Hewitt and the results in Sevi's "Who Runs?". 2021 is Elections Canada's transposition, and 2025 the official result. In 2008 the carried top two are within two points, so which party was first is less certain.

Before 2025
  • 2021 New Democratic · Alistair MacGregor, by 9,098 votes (14.4 pts)
  • 2019 New Democratic · Alistair MacGregor, by 6,560 votes (10.1 pts)
  • 2015 New Democratic · Alistair MacGregor, by 7,515 votes (12.1 pts)

In the old Cowichan—Malahat—Langford on the 2013 boundaries, the riding most of the 2025 electors in today's Cowichan—Malahat—Langford lived in; Elections Canada's official results.

What kind of place Cowichan—Malahat—Langford is

Population
124,1052021 census
Area
5,325km²
Density
23people per km²
Electors
105,698on the 2025 lists
Distinctions · ranked against all 343 ridings
  • 2nd-most populous in British Columbia: 124,105 people, 2021 census · 2nd of 43 in British Columbia · 32nd of 343 in Canada2nd
    2nd-most populous in British Columbia
    124,105 people, 2021 census · 2nd of 43 in British Columbia · 32nd of 343 in Canada
  • Changed hands in 2025: One of 58 of 343 ridings where the winning party changed from the transposed 2021 result (14 of 43 in British Columbia)58
    Changed hands in 2025
    One of 58 of 343 ridings where the winning party changed from the transposed 2021 result (14 of 43 in British Columbia)
  • Median age is 44.8 — a little higher than the median riding's 41.6.
    highestlowest81st highest of 343
  • Share aged 25-64 with a bachelor's degree or higher is 23.4% — about 83 percent of the median riding's 28.2%.
    highestlowest131st lowest of 343
  • Share with French as a mother tongue is 1.3% — about 81 percent of the median riding's 1.6%.
    highestlowest141st lowest of 343
  • Share of households that own their home is 73.4% — about the same as the median riding's 71.4%.
    highestlowest142nd highest of 343
  • Share who are immigrants is 13.4% — about 77 percent of the median riding's 17.3%.
    highestlowest147th lowest of 343
  • Median total household income is $85,000 — about the same as the median riding's $84,000.
    highestlowest153rd highest of 343

2021 Census on the 2023 boundaries; each rule places this riding among all 343. Density is the census population over the riding's area.

IDid this riding change?

Yes. 99% of the 2025 electors in today's Cowichan—Malahat—Langford lived in the old Cowichan—Malahat—Langford; by area, nearly all of the riding came from it.

Share of today's electorsFormer riding
99.4%Cowichan—Malahat—Langford 100.0% of the area · 99% of it kept
0.6%Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke under 0.1% of the area · 0.2% of it kept
How this is measured. Electors: the share of the current riding's 2025 ordinary-list electors who lived in each former riding, each 2025 polling division placed in the 2013 riding a point inside it falls in. Area: the share of the current riding's area that came from each former riding, by intersecting the 2013 and 2023 boundary files, and how much of the former riding that part was. Area is land, not population. Elections Canada counts 48 of 343 ridings as entirely unchanged.

IIThe 2025 result

CandidatePartyVotes%2021±
Jeff KibbleConservative28,37037.2%28.2%+9.0
Alistair MacGregorNew Democratic24,82632.6%42.6%−10.0
Blair HerbertLiberal21,47828.2%16.3%+11.9
Kathleen CodeGreen1,5002.0%6.2%−4.2
The 2021 column is Elections Canada's official transposition of the 2021 result onto these 2023 boundaries. ± is the change in each party's share. It is not "swing": with four or more competitive parties there is no single pair to swing between.

IIIHow close was it, really

Third place vs. the margin
21,478 votes
Liberal took more than the 3,544-vote margin. True in 100 of 343 ridings in 2025.
Election-day polls won by others
91 of 248
7 polls ended in an exact tie.
Fig. 2 — Each square is one election-day poll: ■ won by the Conservatives (150) · ■ won by another party (91) · ▨ tied (7).
Flip the seatHypothetical

It would have taken 1,773 voters switching from Conservative to New Democratic — 2.3% of the 76,174 valid votes, 2.3 points — to change the result. No ballot was cast this way; this only moves votes between the top two.

Conservative28,370
New Democratic24,826
Still Conservative by 3,544 votes. Actual margin: 3,544.

IVElection day versus advance

Only 49.6% of this riding's votes were cast at election-day polls. The rest were advance or special ballots.

On election day the Conservatives took 39.1%, the Liberals 24.1%, the New Democrats 34.4% and the Greens 2.4%; in advance and special ballots, 35.5%, 32.2%, 30.8% and 1.5%, in that order.

Share of the valid votes by party, election-day polls against advance and special ballots, Cowichan—Malahat—Langford, April 28, 2025

Share of the valid votes by party, election-day polls against advance and special ballots, Cowichan—Malahat—Langford, April 28, 2025On election day the Conservatives took 39.1%, the Liberals 24.1%, the New Democrats 34.4% and the Greens 2.4%; in advance and special ballots, 35.5%, 32.2%, 30.8% and 1.5%, in that order.Election dayAdvance and special± pts, the gapConservative39.1%35.5%−3.6 ptsLiberal24.1%32.2%+8.1 ptsNew Democratic34.4%30.8%−3.6 ptsGreen2.4%1.5%−0.9 pts050%100%
Share of the valid votes by party, election-day polls against advance and special ballots, Cowichan—Malahat—Langford, April 28, 2025On election day the Conservatives took 39.1%, the Liberals 24.1%, the New Democrats 34.4% and the Greens 2.4%; in advance and special ballots, 35.5%, 32.2%, 30.8% and 1.5%, in that order.Election dayAdvance and special± pts, the gapConservative39.1%35.5%−3.6 ptsLiberal24.1%32.2%+8.1 ptsNew Democratic34.4%30.8%−3.6 ptsGreen2.4%1.5%−0.9 pts050%100%
Shares of the valid votes cast at election-day polls, and of those cast at advance polls, at mobile polls and by special ballot; the gap is the second less the first, in points. Source: Elections Canada, poll-by-poll results, the 2025 general election.
The figures
PartyElection dayAdvance and specialGap
Conservative39.1%35.5%−3.6
Liberal24.1%32.2%+8.1
New Democratic34.4%30.8%−3.6
Green2.4%1.5%−0.9
An association, not a cause. Voters who cast ballots before election day differed from those who turned out on the day. It does not say why. There is no poll-level turnout figure on this page: the elector count on a polling division includes people who voted in advance and were counted elsewhere.

VWhere it is

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Fig. 3 — Cowichan—Malahat—Langford and its 4 neighbouring ridings.

Sources and citation

"Cowichan—Malahat—Langford — federal riding profile and 2025 results." The Political Record. https://politicalrecord.ca/riding/cowichan-malahat-langford/ Accessed 2026-11-10.

Results and transposition: Elections Canada. Boundaries: Elections Canada / Statistics Canada, Open Government Licence – Canada. Census: Statistics Canada 2021 Census. Member: House of Commons.

Figures reconcile to the certified national total of 19,641,663 votes. The member is as the House of Commons listed them on 2026-11-01. Page built 2026-11-10.