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Mark Warawa
Mark Warawa
	Warawa in 2017
Chair of the Standing Committee on ; The Environment
	In office; June 21, 2011 – January 28, 2013
Minister	Peter Kent
Preceded by	James Bezan
Succeeded by	Harold Albrecht
Member of Parliament; for Langley—Aldergrove; (Langley; 2004–2015)
	In office; June 28, 2004 – June 20, 2019
Preceded by	Riding established
Succeeded by	Tako van Popta
Personal details
Born	May 7, 1950
Died	June 20, 2019 (aged 69); Langley, British Columbia, Canada
Political party	Conservative
Residence(s)	Langley, British Columbia
Profession	Insurance executive

Mark Warawa

Canadian politician (1950–2019)

Mark Warawa (May 7, 1950 – June 20, 2019) was a Canadian politician. Formerly a businessman and loss prevention officer as well as a city councillor in Abbotsford, British Columbia from 1990 to 2004, Warawa was the Member of Parliament for Langley—Aldergrove (originally called Langley) from 2004 until his death in 2019.

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On February 10, 2006, Warawa was named parliamentary secretary to the Minister of the Environment. Less recently, he served as a member of the Standing Committee on Justice, Human Rights, Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness.

Warawa introduced a private member's bill in the House of Commons, condemning discrimination against females in sex-selective abortion.^[1]^[2]

He and his wife, Diane, lived in Langley and had five children. His son Ryan was the Conservative candidate in Vancouver East in the 2008 election, losing to Libby Davies of the NDP.

Warawa died of pancreatic cancer on June 20, 2019.^[3]

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Jones, Natasha. "MP takes aim at sex selection". The Langley Times. Archived from the original on May 13, 2013. Retrieved October 6, 2012.

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Mark Kennedy, MP continues push for sex-selection abortions vote after motion rejected, Postmedia News, March 26, 2013

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"B.C. MP Mark Warawa dies after 'valiant battle' with cancer". CBC News. June 20, 2019. Retrieved June 21, 2019.

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Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Langley—Aldergrove, 30 September 2015 Archived October 4, 2015, at the Wayback Machine

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Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine

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v t e 2015 Canadian federal election: Langley—Aldergrove
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Mark Warawa	27,333	45.6	-20.22	–
	Liberal	Leon Jensen	21,894	36.6	+27.62	–
	New Democratic	Margot Sangster	7,490	12.5	-6.85	–
	Green	Simmi Kaur Dhillon	2644	4.4	-0.86	–
	Libertarian	Lauren Southern	535	0.9	+0.41	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			59,896	100.0		$216,042.49
Total rejected ballots			204	–	–
Turnout			60,100	–	–
Eligible voters			80,360
	Conservative hold		Swing		-23.92
Source: Elections Canada^[4]^[5]

2011 Canadian federal election: Langley
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Mark Warawa	35,569	64.52	+3.07	$53,982.10
	New Democratic	Piotr Majkowski	11,277	20.45	+3.68	$16,297.61
	Liberal	Rebecca Darnell	4,990	9.05	-2.05	$38,125.25
	Green	Carey Poitras	2,943	5.34	-4.19	$4,855.42
	Pirate	Craig Nobbs	353	0.64	–
Total valid votes			55,132	100.0
Total rejected ballots			158	0.29	+0.01
Turnout			55,290	62.15	+0.21
Eligible voters			88,964
	Conservative hold		Swing		-0.30

2008 Canadian federal election: Langley
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Mark Warawa	32,594	61.45	+8.88	$41,721
	New Democratic	Andrew Claxton	8,898	16.77	-1.61	$4,837
	Liberal	Jake Gray	5,888	11.10	-11.99	$4,003
	Green	Patrick Meyer	5,059	9.53	+3.97	$3,740
	Christian Heritage	Ron Gray	594	1.12	–	$7,888
Total valid votes/Expense limit			53,033	100.0		$88,558
Total rejected ballots			147	0.28	+0.07
Turnout			53,180	61.94	-4.14
	Conservative hold		Swing		+5.24

2006 Canadian federal election: Langley
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Mark Warawa	28,577	52.57	+4.87	$52,552
	Liberal	Bill Brooks	12,553	23.09	-1.65	$23,836
	New Democratic	Angel Claypool	9,993	18.38	+1.63	$5,097
	Green	Patrick Meyer	3,023	5.56	-0.52	$1,017
	Canadian Action	Vicki Lee Sloan	211	0.38	–	$394
Total valid votes			54,357	100.0
Total rejected ballots			116	0.21	-0.05
Turnout			54,473	66.08	-0.7
	Conservative hold		Swing		+3.26

2004 Canadian federal election: Langley
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Mark Warawa	24,390	47.70	$56,502
	Liberal	Kim Richter	12,649	24.74	$17,578
	New Democratic	Dean Morrison	8,568	16.75	$3,207
	Green	Patrick Meyer	3,108	6.08	$3,130
	Independent	Mel Kositsky	2,422	4.74	$15,220
Total valid votes			51,137	100.0
Total rejected ballots			131	0.26
Turnout			51,268	65.4
This riding was created from parts of Langley—Abbotsford and South Surrey—White Rock—Langley, both of which elected a Canadian Alliance candidate in the previous election.

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Mark Warawa
Warawa in 2017

Chair of the Standing Committee on The Environment
In office June 21, 2011 – January 28, 2013
Minister	Peter Kent
Preceded by	James Bezan
Succeeded by	Harold Albrecht
Member of Parliament for Langley—Aldergrove (Langley; 2004–2015)
In office June 28, 2004 – June 20, 2019
Preceded by	Riding established
Succeeded by	Tako van Popta

Personal details
Born	(1950-05-07)May 7, 1950
Died	June 20, 2019(2019-06-20) (aged 69) Langley, British Columbia, Canada
Political party	Conservative
Residence(s)	Langley, British Columbia
Profession	Insurance executive

1996 British Columbia general election: Abbotsford
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John van Dongen	10,998	50.25	7.44
	New Democratic	Bruce Temple	5,405	24.69	15.73
	Reform	Mark Warawa	4,086	18.67	21.91
	Progressive Democrat	Merilyn Anderson	1,126	5.14	2.15
	Green	Geoff Berner	274	1.25	0.68
Total valid votes			21,889	100.00
Total rejected ballots			72
	Liberal hold		Swing		+14.68