Langley in public life: past MLAs, MPs and ministers

A Langley radio station manager became BC’s health minister. A Fort Langley historic site administrator went to Ottawa. An Aldergrove Kinsmen volunteer ended up deputy premier. Langley’s ridings have sent a fair number of people into provincial and federal life, and this page sets out who held which seat and when.

We keep this strictly to the record: offices, years, portfolios and how each term ended, as the Legislative Library, Parliament and the news reported them. Nobody is ranked and no party is favoured, and portraits appear only on each person’s own page. People who hold office now have their own pages under MLAs and MPs, so we don’t repeat them here.

The profiles

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  MLA, 1972 to 1986Bob McClelland

  CJJC Langley radio man and Langley alderman who held four cabinet posts.

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  MLA, 1991 to 2005Lynn Stephens

  Langley City businesswoman and realtor, later Minister of State for Women's Equality.

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  MLA, 1996 to 2020Rich Coleman

  Aldergrove's MLA for 24 years, deputy premier from 2012 to 2017.

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  MLA, 2005 to 2020Mary Polak

  Langley's MLA for four terms and minister in six portfolios.

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  MP, 2004 to 2019Mark Warawa

  Langley's MP for 15 years, who served until his death in June 2019.

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  MP, 2015 to 2019 and 2021 to 2024John Aldag

  Ran Fort Langley National Historic Site before two terms for Cloverdale—Langley City.

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  MLA, 2020 to 2024Megan Dykeman

  Langley poultry farmer and school board chair who represented Langley East.

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  MLA, 1966 to 1972Hunter Vogel

  The City of Langley's first mayor, and its first MLA under the Langley name.

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In Victoria: who held the Langley ridings

Provincial ridings with Langley in the name have been redrawn several times. The Langley riding ran from 1966 to 2024, and for one term (1986 to 1991) it elected two members at once. Fort Langley-Aldergrove split off for the 1991 election, and was replaced in 2017 by Langley East. In 2024 the map changed again to today’s Langley-Abbotsford, Langley-Walnut Grove and Langley-Willowbrook, which are on our MLAs page.

Langley

Years	Member	Party as listed
1966 to 1972	Hunter Vogel	Social Credit
1972 to 1986	Bob McClelland	Social Credit
1986 to 1991	Carol Gran and Dan Peterson (two-member riding)	Social Credit
1991 to 2005	Lynn Stephens	Liberal
2005 to 2020	Mary Polak	Liberal
2020 to 2024	Andrew Mercier	New Democratic

Fort Langley-Aldergrove, then Langley East

Years	Member	Party as listed
1991 to 1996	Gary Farrell-Collins	Liberal
1996 to 2017	Rich Coleman (Fort Langley-Aldergrove)	Liberal
2017 to 2020	Rich Coleman (Langley East)	Liberal
2020 to 2024	Megan Dykeman (Langley East)	New Democratic

A few notes on names without a profile yet. Carol Gran, a former Langley alderman, sat in Bill Vander Zalm’s cabinet as Minister of Government Management Services and Minister responsible for Women’s Programs from November 1989 to April 1991, according to the Legislative Library’s cabinet list. Gary Farrell-Collins held Fort Langley-Aldergrove for one term, then moved to Vancouver ridings and served as BC’s finance minister from 2001 to 2004 under the name Gary Collins. Andrew Mercier, who grew up in the riding according to Global News, held Langley from 2020 to 2024; he is a candidate in the October 24, 2026 election, so we are holding off on a profile until after the vote.

In Ottawa: Langley’s MPs

Federal lines change after each census, and Langley has never had a riding to itself for long. From 1968 much of it was in Fraser Valley West, whose 1987 boundaries took in the City of Langley and the northeastern Township; from 1997 it was in Langley—Abbotsford (first called Langley—Matsqui); and from 2004 in a riding simply called Langley, which covered both the City and the Township. In 2015 that was split into Langley—Aldergrove and Cloverdale—Langley City, and in 2025 Langley—Aldergrove was renamed Langley Township—Fraser Heights.

Years	Riding	Member	Party as listed
1968 to 1974	Fraser Valley West	Mark Rose	NDP
1974 to 1993	Fraser Valley West	Robert Wenman	Progressive Conservative
1993 to 2004	Fraser Valley West, then Langley—Abbotsford	Randy White	Reform, then Canadian Alliance
2004 to 2015	Langley	Mark Warawa	Conservative
2015 to 2019	Langley—Aldergrove	Mark Warawa	Conservative
2015 to 2019	Cloverdale—Langley City	John Aldag	Liberal
2019 to 2021	Cloverdale—Langley City	Tamara Jansen	Conservative
2021 to 2024	Cloverdale—Langley City	John Aldag	Liberal

For the MPs serving now, including Tako Van Popta, first elected for Langley—Aldergrove in 2019, and Tamara Jansen, who won Cloverdale—Langley City back in a December 2024 by-election, see Langley’s MPs.

Wikipedia’s riding tables are our starting point for the years above. The boundaries in the 1970s and 1980s did not match Langley’s municipal lines, so an MP for Fraser Valley West also represented parts of Matsqui or Surrey, depending on the decade.

The Senate

Senators from BC can choose a division name, though it carries no legal meaning outside Quebec. Gerry St. Germain, appointed in June 1993, chose Langley-Pemberton-Whistler and sat until he reached the retirement age of 75 in November 2012, according to his Wikipedia biography. We are still looking for a second source on his Langley ties before writing a full profile.

Who we haven’t found yet

We have not yet found a sourced Langley-born premier, Lieutenant Governor or federal cabinet minister, or a list of judges from Langley. If you know of one and can point to a published source, tell us and we’ll add them.

Related pages

• Langley’s MLAs and Langley’s MPs
• Past mayors of Langley
• City vs. Township

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