Richmond Centre (provincial electoral district)

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Richmond Centre
British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA
 
 
 
Teresa Wat
Liberal
District created1988
First contested1991
Last contested2013
Demographics
Population (2011)66,035
Area (km²)39.287
Pop. density (per km²)1,680.8
Census division(s)Metro Vancouver
Census subdivision(s)Richmond

Richmond Centre was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It was replaced by the Richmond North Centre district after the British Columbia electoral redistribution, 2015.

History[edit]

MLAs[edit]

Assembly Years Member Party
Formed from Richmond
35th 1991–1996     Doug Symons Liberal
36th 1996–2001
37th 2001–2005 Greg Halsey-Brandt
38th 2005–2009 Olga Ilich
39th 2009–2013 Rob Howard
40th 2013–2017 Teresa Wat
Dissolved into Richmond North Centre

Election results[edit]

Graph of provincial election results in Richmond Centre (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted, from 2013 on, it is dessolved)


2013 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Teresa Wat 9,462 49.83 -11.68 $153,452
New Democratic Frank Yunrong Huang 4,436 23.36 -5.68 $43,408
Green Michael Wolfe 1,678 8.84 +1.72 $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 99.06
Total rejected ballots 180 0.94
Turnout 19,170 43.65
Source: Elections BC[1]
2011 Sales Tax Referendum
Side Votes %
Yes 12,922 63.77%
No 7,347 36.23%
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%
2009 Electoral Reform Ref.
Option Votes %
FPTP 10,892 67.01
BC-STV 5,362 32.99
[2]

*FPTP = First Past The Post, BC-STV = Single Transferable Vote

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%
2005 Electoral Reform Ref.
Side Vote %
Yes 9,362 52.45
No 8,486 47.55
[3]


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%

Student vote results[edit]

A student vote is a mock election held alongside BC general elections in schools, the purpose, is to educate persons under legal age about government and elections.

2013[edit]

2013 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Teresa Wat 65 34.95 +5.33
Green Michael Wolfe 57 30.65 +15.27
New Democratic Frank Yunrong Huang 25 13.44 -42.37
Conservative Lawrence Chen 14 7.53 New
Independent Gary Law 13 6.99 New
Independent Richard Lee 7 3.76 New
Unparty Chanel Donovan 5 2.69 New
Total Valid Votes 186 100.0
[4]

2009[edit]

2009 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Kam Brar 341 55.81 +26.53
Liberal Rob Howard 181 29.62 -16.9
Green Michael Wolfe 94 15.38 +2.55
National Alliance Kang Chen 58 9.49 New
Total Valid Votes 611 100.0
Total rejected/spoiled votes 22 3.16
Total Turnout 696
[5]

2009[edit]

2009 Electoral Reform Ref.
Option Votes %
FPTP 283 51.08
BC-STV 271 48.91
[6]

*FPTP = First Past the Post, BC-STV = Single Transferable Vote

2005[edit]

2005 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Olga Ilich 475 46.52
New Democratic Dale Jackaman 299 29.28
Green Chris Segers 131 12.83
Marijuana Matthew Thomas Healy 116 11.36
Total Valid Votes 1,021 100.0
[7]

2005[edit]

2005 Electoral Reform Ref.
Side Votes %
Yes 499 75
No 165 25
[8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
  2. ^ "Results by riding" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  3. ^ "Report of the chief electoral officer-2005 Ref. on electoral reform" (PDF). Elections BC.
  4. ^ "Results". Student Vote. June 4, 2015. Archived from the original on May 6, 2015. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  5. ^ "Student Vote". Student Vote. May 6, 2015. Archived from the original on May 6, 2015. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  6. ^ "Student Vote BC". Student Vote. May 6, 2015. Archived from the original on May 6, 2015. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  7. ^ "Individual Riding Results". Student Vote. Archived from the original on August 2, 2005. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  8. ^ "Results By Riding". Student Vote. May 8, 2006. Archived from the original on May 8, 2006. Retrieved June 18, 2020.

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