Cloverdale—Langley City

Cloverdale—Langley City straddles the boundary between the cities of Surrey and Langley in Metro Vancouver’s eastern suburbs. The riding encompasses all of the City of Langley, most of the Cloverdale and Sullivan neighbourhoods of Surrey, and a strip of adjacent Langley Township territory including the Willowbrook area. With a population of roughly 117,000, the riding is a mix of established suburban neighbourhoods, newer residential developments, and pockets of agricultural land. About a quarter of residents are immigrants, with significant populations born in India, the Philippines, and the United Kingdom.

Candidates

Tamara Jansen (Conservative) was first elected MP for Cloverdale—Langley City in 2019. She lost the seat in 2021 to Liberal John Aldag by a narrow margin, then regained it in a 2024 by-election after Aldag resigned to run in the BC provincial election. For over 30 years, Jansen and her husband Byron have operated an agricultural business in the riding, and she has advocated for seniors, people with disabilities, and small business owners.

Kyle Latchford (Liberal) was born and raised in Langley and has lived in the community for over 30 years. His professional background includes more than a decade in retail, service as office manager for Liberal MP John Aldag, and most recently a role as a senior advisor at TransLink.

Vanessa Sharma (NDP) works for FortisBC and serves as Equity Vice President at the Canadian Labour Congress. A union leader and mental health advocate, Sharma is a host of the V Talks podcast addressing stigmatized topics in the South Asian community. She previously ran as the NDP candidate in the 2024 Cloverdale—Langley City by-election.

Kevin Daniel Wilkie (Green Party) is a first-time candidate who works as a business development and asset manager at Black and McDonald in Surrey, focusing on energy-efficient building projects. A new parent and long-time Surrey resident, Wilkie has been involved in community outreach including prison ministry and beach cleanups.

Jim McMurtry (People’s Party) ran on the PPC platform.

About the Riding

Cloverdale—Langley City sits at a crossroads of suburban growth and community identity in Metro Vancouver’s eastern corridor. The City of Langley functions as a compact urban centre with a small-town character, while the Cloverdale neighbourhood retains a historic village atmosphere anchored by its annual rodeo and fair—one of the largest in western Canada. Surrounding these older cores, newer developments in Clayton and Willowbrook have brought waves of young families and new Canadians.

The riding’s economy is diversified across retail, construction, healthcare, and small business. TransLink’s planned SkyTrain extension along the Fraser Highway corridor into Langley is one of the most significant infrastructure projects affecting the riding, promising to reshape commuting patterns and spur further transit-oriented development.

In 2025, the riding was a closely fought battleground. Housing affordability was the dominant concern, with home prices and rents that, while below Vancouver levels, had escalated sharply. Traffic congestion on Highway 1 and the need for improved transit infrastructure were persistent frustrations. Healthcare access, including the shortage of family physicians and overcrowded emergency departments at nearby Langley Memorial Hospital, resonated across the riding. The by-election history of the seat—Jansen’s narrow 2021 loss and subsequent 2024 by-election win—underscored the riding’s competitive character and the intensity of local political engagement.