Richmond-Bridgeport
Provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada
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Richmond-Bridgeport is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.
 British Columbia electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Location in Richmond | |||
| Coordinates: | 49.173°N 123.161°W | ||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of British Columbia | ||
| MLA |
Independent | ||
| District created | 2015 (as Richmond North Centre) | ||
| First contested | 2017 | ||
| Last contested | 2024 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2021) | 54,724 | ||
| Area (km²) | 453 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 120.8 | ||
| Census division | Metro Vancouver | ||
| Census subdivision | Richmond[1] | ||
The district of Richmond North Centre was created in the 2015 redistribution from parts of Richmond Centre and Richmond East and first contested in the 2017 election. The riding adopted its current name and had minor boundary changes from the 2024 election, which implemented the results of the 2021 redistribution.
Geography
The electoral district comprises the part of the city of Richmond (including Sea Island, Vancouver International Airport, Bridgeport, Thompson and Terra Nova) within the following boundary: commencing at the northwesternmost point of said city, east along the Fraser River until BC-99 and the Oak Street Bridge, thence southeast along said bridge to River Drive, thence east along said drive to Shell Road, thence south along said the road to Bridgeport Road, thence east along said road to No. 5 Road, thence south along said road to Alderbridge Way, thence west along said way to No. 3 Road, thence south along said the road to Westminster Highway, thence west along said highway to No. 2 Road, thence south along said road to Blundell Road, thence west along said road and its production to the western limit of said city.[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:
| Richmond-Bridgeport | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| Richmond Centre prior to 2017 | ||||
| Richmond North Centre | ||||
| 41st | 2017–2020 | Teresa Wat | Liberal | |
| 42nd | 2020–2023 | |||
| 2023–2024 | BC United | |||
| 2024–2024 | Conservative | |||
| Richmond-Bridgeport | ||||
| 43rd | 2024–2026 | Teresa Wat | Conservative | |
| 2026–present | Independent | |||
Election results
Richmond-Bridgeport
| 2024 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Teresa Wat | 9,908 | 58.19 | +57.0 | $48,294.00 | |||
| New Democratic | Linda Li | 5,921 | 34.77 | -6.1 | $36,634.04 | |||
| Green | Tamás Revóczi | 547 | 3.21 | -4.7 | $1,148.70 | |||
| Independent | Glynnis Hoi Sum Chan | 519 | 3.05 | – | $9,838.43 | |||
| Independent | Charlie Smith | 132 | 0.78 | – | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 17,027 | 99.68 | – | $71,700.08 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 54 | 0.32 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 17,081 | 48.63 | – | |||||
| Registered voters | 35,127 | |||||||
| Conservative notional gain from BC United | Swing | N/A[n 1] | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[2][3] | ||||||||
- Swing cannot be calculated as BC United did not run a candidate in this riding.
| 2020 general election redistributed results[4] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | % | ||
| Liberal | 50.0 | ||
| New Democratic | 40.9 | ||
| Green | 7.9 | ||
| Conservative | 1.2 | ||
Richmond North Centre
| 2020 British Columbia general election: Richmond North Centre | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Teresa Wat | 7,675 | 51.26 | −1.22 | $41,998.62 | |||
| New Democratic | Jaeden Dela Torre | 5,964 | 39.83 | +5.79 | $6,837.05 | |||
| Green | Vernon Wang | 1,333 | 8.90 | −1.57 | $52.72 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 14,972 | 100.00 | – | $66,123.96 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 146 | 0.97 | −0.01 | |||||
| Turnout | 15,118 | 40.36 | −7.70 | |||||
| Registered voters | 37,459 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | −3.51 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[5][6] | ||||||||
| 2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Side | Votes | % | |
| First Past the Post | 8,702 | 73.35 | |
| Proportional Representation | 3,161 | 26.65 | |
| Total valid votes | 11,863 | 100.0 | |
| Total rejected ballots | 61 | 0.51 | |
| Source: Elections BC[7] | |||
| 2017 British Columbia general election: Richmond North Centre | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||||
| Liberal | Teresa Wat | 7,916 | 52.48 | $64,973 | ||||
| New Democratic | Lyren Chiu | 5,135 | 34.04 | $19,215 | ||||
| Green | Ryan Kemp Marciniw | 1,579 | 10.47 | $489 | ||||
| Independent | Dong Pan | 336 | 2.23 | $3,687 | ||||
| Action | John Crocock | 117 | 0.78 | $0 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 15,083 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 149 | 0.98 | ||||||
| Turnout | 15,232 | 48.06 | ||||||
| Registered voters | 31,695 | |||||||
| Source: Elections BC[8][9] | ||||||||
Student vote results
Student Vote Canada is a non-partisan program in Canada that holds mock elections in elementary and high schools alongside general elections (with the same candidates and same electoral system).
| 2024 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Independent | Glynnis Hoi Sum Chan | 16 | 3.06 | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Linda Li | 153 | 29.25 | -22.42 | ||||
| Green | Tamás Revóczi | 133 | 25.43 | +1.26 | ||||
| Independent | Charlie Smith | 18 | 3.44 | – | ||||
| Conservative | Teresa Wat | 203 | 38.81 | +14.64 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 523 | 100.0 | – | |||||
| Source: Student Vote Canada[10] | ||||||||
| 2020 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Jaeden Dela Torre | 62 | 51.67 | +7.36 | ||||
| Liberal | Teresa Wat | 29 | 24.17 | -5.02 | ||||
| Green | Vernon Wang | 29 | 24.17 | -2.32 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 120 | 100.0 | – | |||||
| Source: Student Vote Canada[11] | ||||||||
| 2017 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| New Democratic | Lyren Chiu | 289 | 40.99 | |||||
| Liberal | Teresa Wat | 216 | 30.64 | |||||
| Green | Ryan Kemp Marciniw | 161 | 22.84 | |||||
| Action | John Crocock | 25 | 3.55 | |||||
| Independent | Dong Pan | 14 | 1.99 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 705 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Source: Student Vote Canada[12] | ||||||||