*Story updated at 1:03 p.m. on April 29.
Conservative candidate Tamara Jansen has finished first in the riding of Cloverdale Langley City.
With 185 of 185 polls reporting, Jansen won by 769 ballots as she took 25,607 votes (47.8 per cent of the vote). The Liberals' Kyle Latchford finished second with 24,838 (46.3 per cent). The NDP's Vanessa Sharma finished third with 4.4 per cent of the vote (2,350 votes). The Greens' Kevin Wilkie finished fourth with 0.9 per cent (498 votes). And the PPC’s Jim McMurtry is fifth with 0.6 per cent (295 votes).
Elections Canada reported voter turnout in the riding was at 64.66 per cent as 53,588 of 82,873 registered electors cast ballots. Those numbers do not include electors who registered on election day.
Jansen could not be reached for comment by press time. On election night, she held a private watch party for supporters and volunteers at her riding office in Langley.
Latchford chose not to comment on election night as all polls had not been counted.
Latchford shared an election night reception, held at Rusty’s Pub in Cloverdale, with John Aldag. Aldag, the former Cloverdale-Langley City MP, ran in the riding of Langley Township-Fraser Heights and is trailing Tako Van Popta by more than 5,700 votes with 192 of 193 polls reporting.
Latchford said win or lose, he's very thankful for those who supported him on his campaign and for the many volunteers who helped out.
"It was incredibly humbling to see that support," he said. "It was unbelievable. I just want to thank them."
NDP candidate Sharma said she was grateful to the voters who cast ballots for her and said this is the time the “real fight” starts.
“I think there are a lot of folks ... who feel like their voice isn't going to be represented maybe the way that they had hoped,” Sharma said. “I don’t think the advocacy, the fight, the drive—everything in between—it doesn't stop. You keep going. You keep going until real change happens.”
Sharma said if the results stay the same, she hoped anyone who wasn’t happy with them would continue to advocate for change.
“Just keep pushing," she said. "We need to come back and fight harder. Because if our voice isn't going to represented at the table, then we'll make our own table and make sure our voices are heard."
Sharma thought U.S. president Donald Trump played a big role at the ballot box in that his policies cast a pall over the Canadian election.
"I think a lot of people voted out of fear, just with everything that's going on with Trump and the tariffs," she noted. "I think a lot of folks got into strategic voting and we saw the result of that fo that (in this election). And it's unfortunate."
Jim McMurtry, PPC candidate, was most surprised by how little votes some of the smaller parties received.
“It was sad to see them not do well,” he said. “There isn’t a diversity of voices represented. I think that’s a bit of a worry for Canada."
He said Canada won’t benefit if politics turn into a two-party system like there is in the U.S.
“The NDP really sliding into oblivion and the Green Party with only one seat—and with only one per cent of the national vote,” McMurtry added. “And the PPC isn’t much different from the Green Party in the percentage of the national vote.”
He said the smaller parties have a role to play because there are a lot of issues both the Liberals and the Conservatives never want to talk about.
"They dance away from them, but they are important to Canadians," he added.
The electoral district of Cloverdale-Langley City is about 60 per cent Cloverdale, about 25 per cent Langley, and about 12 per cent Newton. The riding is about 60 square kilometres in size with a population of more than 117,000. Elections Canada had 82,873 electors on their list as of April 27, 2025.
