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WEDNESDAY October 21, 2015 • www.langleytimes.com
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NEWS Rough Road Ahead
ARTS & LIFE Dining in the Dark
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Victory bittersweet for MP Warawa
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SPORTS Fantastic Finish
Election ‘a fresh slate,’ says Aldag Liberal ‘excited, honoured, humbled’ to represent riding of Cloverdale-Langley City
Conservative will represent LangleyAldergrove as member of the opposition
MIR A NDA G ATHE R COL E Time s re po rte r
Voters in the newly formed riding of Cloverdale-Langley City decided to go with the national flow on Monday night, electing Liberal John Aldag to be their representative in Ottawa. During a celebration at the Holiday Inn hotel in Cloverdale, about 50 supporters sang ‘Na Na, Goodbye,’ as Aldag was declared victorious, ahead of second place finisher, Conservative Dean Drysdale. Speaking to The Times shortly afterward, Aldag said he is “excited, honoured and humbled” to be elected in the new
D AN FERGU SO N Ti m e s Re po r t e r
Canadians have elected a new prime minister, showing the Conservatives the door after 10 years in power and handing Liberal leader Justin Trudeau a majority government. Locally, it was a bittersweet night for MP Mark Warawa after voters gave the Conservative another mandate — this time to represent Langley-Aldergrove as a member of the official opposition. Warawa called the new prime minister “Justin Hairdo” during a speech to a subdued victory party held in a Milner greenhouse Monday night. The re-elected MP was applauded by more than 100 supporters as he arrived with his wife Diane, but the loss to the Liberals had clearly cast a pall on the celebration of his victory. Continued Page 4
riding. “All of those things that come to mind when somebody is selected by people through a vote. “This is my first time and it’s an amazing feeling,” said Aldag. The new MP said he is most excited to meet with constituents and talk about their priorities. “I’ve been doing it for almost two years now, and I have a sense of what the issues are, but this now actually means we can start framing what our priorities are,” he said. Continued Page 5
By the Numbers... Langley-Aldergrove 1. Conservative 2. Liberal 3. NDP 4. Green Party 5. Libertarian
Mark Warawa Leon Jensen Margot Sangster Simmi Dhillon Lauren Southern
27,343 21,905 7,664 2,624 560
45.5% 36.5 % 12.8 % 4.4 % 0.9 %
Voter Turnout: 73.46 per cent or 60,096 of 81,812 registered electors (does not include electors who registered on election day).
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Newly-elected Liberal MP for Cloverdale-Langley City, John Aldag, celebrates his victory in Monday night’s federal election with a group of about 50 supporters at the Holiday Inn hotel in Cloverdale. Aldag said he is most excited to begin meeting with constituents and learning about their priorities as he prepares to head to Ottawa.
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Cloverdale-Langley City 1. Liberal John Aldag 2. Conservative Dean Drysdale 3. NDP Rebecca Smith 4. Green Party Scott Anderson
24,599 18,816 8,426 2,246
45.5 % 34.8% 15.6 % 4.2 %
Voter Turnout: 70.2 per cent or 54,087 of 77,044 registered electors (does not include electors who registered on election day). – source: Elections Canada
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