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Tako Van Popta: Langley Township-Fraser Heights MP

Who Tako Van Popta, Conservative MP for Langley Township-Fraser Heights, is, with the background and offices he and the House of Commons have published.

Role
Member of Parliament for Langley Township—Fraser Heights
Party
Conservative
Elected
First elected in 2019 for Langley—Aldergrove; re-elected April 28, 2025 in the renamed riding with 33,574 votes (51.4%) against 28,034 (42.9%) for the Liberal candidate, a margin of 5,540 votes (Stephen Taylor's results map)
Official page
House of Commons member page
Constituency office
104-4769 222nd Street, Langley, BC V2Z 3C1; 604-534-5955 (as listed by the House of Commons)
Website
takovanpoptamp.ca (listed by the House of Commons)
Email
[email protected]
Last checked
October 21, 2026

Tako Van Popta is the federal MP for Langley Township—Fraser Heights, which covers much of the Township of Langley along with Barnston Island and part of Surrey. This page gathers what he, his party and others have published. It is a neutral summary, not an endorsement or a review. (Not to be confused with Misty Van Popta, the BC MLA for Langley-Walnut Grove, who has her own page.)

Background

According to the Fraser Valley Current’s 2025 election hub, he has been an MP for the Langley-Aldergrove area since 2019, was previously Shadow Minister for Pacific Economic Development, and practised law in the Fraser Valley for 30 years. Wikipedia adds that he holds an undergraduate degree from Trinity Western University and a law degree from UBC, spent over 30 years at the law firm McQuarrie Hunter LLP, and now sits on the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.

Business and community affiliations

Per Wikipedia, he has served as a director of the Surrey Board of Trade and the Downtown Surrey Business Improvement Association. He is a lawyer by profession. We found no other business interests published.

On the record

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