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Follow our B.C. municipal election live-blog throughout the night for the latest election news from around Metro Vancouver, and we’ll update the story below with Langley City and Township election results after the polls close.
NOTE: To toggle between Langley City and Langley Township results, click the arrow at the top to select the other municipality.
Jay Lundgren is the new mayor of Langley Township, with 54 per cent of the vote compared to 46 per cent for incumbent Eric Woodward.
Six members of Lundgren’s Langley Strong slate were also elected to the eight-person council.
An excited crowd at the Fort Langley golf course Saturday night broke out in chants of “Jay, Jay, Jay” as Lundgren was declared mayor elect. Among those in attendance were several former politicians, including past Liberal MLA Rich Coleman and NDP MLA Megan Dykeman, community advocates and business leaders like Thomas Martini.
As of 9:20 p.m., no results had come in for Langley City.
Voters in Langley Township and City will decide on a mayor and council to oversee an anticipated regional boom when the Surrey Langley SkyTrain extension is complete. In both cities, an incumbent mayor, who led a sometimes fractious council, faces a challenge from a new candidate hoping to tap into the financial concerns of voters.
In the Township, Woodward ran on the idea of “growth paying for growth,” with a focus on improving roads, parks and facilities to keep pace with past and future housing development. Another four years would allow his Progress For Langley slate to “continue the catch-up,” he told Postmedia News.
In addition to mayor, Progress for Langley is running a slate of eight candidates for council, including four incumbent councillors.
Woodward’s challenger, Lundgren, heads the Langley Strong slate . Lundgren pledged to reduce municipal debt as population growth has started to slow. He is also concerned about a “debt of respect” at city hall.
In Langley City, Mayor Nathan Pachal is running with Langley City First, which has a slate of six candidates, including three incumbent councillors. The city has been anticipating the new Langley City station with plans for a Transit Police office and bus exchange with space to expand fire and police services. Voters are “generally excited” about the new rapid transit line, Pachal told Postmedia News, but increased homelessness and crime are top of mind.
Delaney Mack, who was elected as a city councillor in 2022, is running against Pachal with Achieving For Langley City and a slate of five candidates. Mack wants a line-by-line review of the budget to find ways to address tax increases. The current council’s budget has looked the same from year to year, plus expensive “add-ons,” she said. She’s also made public safety a central part of her message.
In the 2022 election , Pachal received 64 per cent of the vote, receiving double the votes of then mayor Val van den Broek.
In the Township, Woodward won a decisive victory with 42 per cent of the vote, more than 3,000 votes ahead of challengers Blair Whitmarsh and former MLA Rich Coleman. Whitmarsh, a former councillor, won a byelection in 2025 to return to council and is now running with Lundgren’s team.
In that time, the two Langleys have been among the fastest-growing communities in Canada. The population of both municipalities has grown by almost 20 per cent since 2020, nearly double the provincial rate. Growth has slowed in recent years.
The Surrey Langley SkyTrain extension, which should be complete in late 2029, will include two SkyTrain stations — one in Willowbrook and another in Langley City — and is expected to bring big changes to the region.
The line will link Metro Vancouver’s outer suburbs to the major urban centres of Surrey and Vancouver, and is likely to change the character of neighbourhoods near the new stations with increased density, transit-oriented development and business activity. Along with population growth, rapid transit could also bring more crime and public safety concerns to the eastern part of the Metro Vancouver region, along with a quicker commute times.
The mayor and council of both City and Township will oversee preparations for the changes coming down the line.
For more on the civic elections in Metro Vancouver, follow our coverage of the following municipalities:
• Vancouver
• Burnaby
• Delta
• Langley: City and Township
• New Westminster
• North Shore
• Richmond
• Surrey
• Tri-Cities: Port Moody, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam