Richmond Centre (provincial electoral district)

Richmond Centre

British Columbia electoral district

Provincial electoral district

Legislature

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

Teresa Wat
Liberal

District created

1988

First contested

Last contested

Demographics

Population (2011)

66,035

Area (km²)

39.287

Pop. density (per km²)

1,680.8

Census divisions

Metro Vancouver

Census subdivisions

Not to be confused with Richmond Centre (electoral district).

Richmond Centre is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.

History

MLAs

Doug Symons, Liberal (1991-2001)
Greg Halsey-Brandt, Liberal (2001-2005)
Olga Ilich, Liberal (2005-2009)
Rob Howard, Liberal (2009–2013)
Teresa Wat, Liberal (2013–present)

Election results

B.C. General Election 2013 Richmond Centre
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Teresa Wat	9,462	49.83%		$153,452
	New Democratic	Frank Yunrong Huang	4,436	23.36%		$43,408
	Green	Michael Wolfe	1,678	8.84%		$754
	Independent	Gary Law	1,617	8.51%	–	$103,415
	Conservative	Lawrence Chen	961	5.06%	–	$5,393
	Independent	Richard Lee	754	3.97%	–	$9,808
	Unparty	Chanel Donovan	82	0.43%	–	$1,055
Total Valid Votes			18,990	100%
Total Rejected Ballots			180	0.94%
Turnout			19,170	43.65%

B.C. General Election 2009 Richmond Centre
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Rob Howard	10,483	61.51%		$112,387
	New Democratic	Kam Brar	4,949	29.04%		$16,638
	Green	Michael Wolfe	1,213	7.12%	–	$350
	Nation Alliance	Kang Chen	399	2.33%	$258
Total Valid Votes			17,044	100%
Total Rejected Ballots			166	0.96%
Turnout			17,210	40.97%

B.C. General Election 2005: Richmond Centre
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Olga Ilich	10,908	58.56%		$128,747
	NDP	Dale Jackaman	6,051	32.49%		$11,266
	Green	Chris Segers	1,436	7.71%	–	$200
	Marijuana	Matthew Thomas Healy	231	1.24%		$100
Total Valid Votes			18,626	100%
Total Rejected Ballots			193	1.04%
Turnout			18,819	49.42%

B.C. General Election 2001: Richmond Centre
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Greg Halsey-Brandt	12,061	71.86%		$36,519
	NDP	Jaana Grant	2,206	13.14%		$3,250
	Green	Bruce Marshall	1,615	9.62%	–	$144
	Unity	Jim Hessels	381	2.27%		$610
	Marijuana	Alice Kan-Halford	357	2.13%		$556
	Conservative	Frank Peter Tofin	165	0.98%		$100
Total Valid Votes			16,785	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			140	0.83%
Turnout			16,925	69.10%

B.C. General Election 1996: Richmond Centre
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Doug Symons	9,925	55.52%		$29,312
	NDP	Doug Black	5,723	32.01%		$26,329
	Progressive Democrat	Rob Oey	996	5.57%	–	$100
	Reform	Shamim Akbar	614	3.43%		$2,755
	Green	Manoa Friedson	235	1.31%	–	$160
	Social Credit	Andrew Biernat	154	0.86%	–
	Libertarian	Kerry Pearson	126	0.70%
	Independent	Joseph Gaudet	65	0.36%
	Natural Law	Mark McCooey	38	0.21%		$100
Total Valid Votes			17,876	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			144	0.80%
Turnout			18,020	68.67%

B.C. General Election 1991: Richmond Centre
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Douglas Symons	7,806	42.44%		$3,895
	NDP	Brian Collins	6,522	35.46%		$34,977
	Social Credit	Sheila Page	3,889	21.14%	–	$39,533
	Green	Michael Airton	108	0.59%	–	$30
	Libertarian	Kerry Pearson	68	0.37%		$33
Total Valid Votes			18,393
Total Rejected Ballots			390	2.08%
Turnout			18,783	74.42%

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See also:	Electoral boundary redistribution of 2008 List of British Columbia general elections 2013 general election Defunct districts

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