Richmond-Queensborough
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 British Columbia electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Location in Richmond | |||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of British Columbia | ||
| MLA |
Conservative | ||
| District created | 2015 | ||
| First contested | 2017 | ||
| Last contested | 2024 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2021) | 54,947 | ||
| Area (km²) | 90 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 610.5 | ||
| Census division | Metro Vancouver | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | New Westminster, Richmond[1] | ||
Richmond-Queensborough is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It was created in the 2015 redistribution from parts of Richmond East and New Westminster. It was first contested in the 2017 election.
The electoral district comprises the part of the city of Richmond (including Cambie, Shellmont and Hamilton) and the portion of the city of New Westminster on Lulu Island (Queensborough) lying to the east of the following line: commencing at River Drive directly below the Oak Street Bridge and Hwy 99, east along said drive to Shell Road, thence south along said 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. 4 Road, thence south along said road to Blundell Road, thence west along said road to No. 3 Road, thence south along said road and its production to Richmond's southern limit.[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:
| Richmond-Queensborough | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| Richmond East and New Westminster prior to 2017 | ||||
| 41st | 2017–2020 | Jas Johal | Liberal | |
| 42nd | 2020–2024 | Aman Singh | New Democratic | |
| 43rd | 2024–present | Steve Kooner | Conservative | |
Election results
| 2024 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Steve Kooner | 10,052 | 50.91 | +45.9 | $29,763.05 | |||
| New Democratic | Aman Singh | 8,713 | 44.13 | -2.4 | $61,115.76 | |||
| Independent | Errol E. Povah | 721 | 3.65 | – | $180.00 | |||
| Independent | Cindy Wu | 258 | 1.31 | – | $3,596.87 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 19,744 | 99.68 | – | $71,700.08 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 63 | 0.32 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 19,807 | 53.01 | – | |||||
| Registered voters | 37,364 | |||||||
| Conservative notional gain from New Democratic | Swing | +24.1 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[2][3] | ||||||||
| 2020 provincial election redistributed results[4] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | % | ||
| New Democratic | 46.5 | ||
| Liberal | 41.3 | ||
| Green | 7.2 | ||
| Conservative | 5.0 | ||
| 2020 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Aman Singh | 9,406 | 47.65 | +6.90 | $50,855.54 | |||
| Liberal | Jas Johal | 7,728 | 39.15 | −2.28 | $59,892.51 | |||
| Green | Earl Einarson | 1,496 | 7.58 | −5.14 | $2,311.39 | |||
| Conservative | Kay Hale | 1,108 | 5.61 | +2.11 | $6,570.00 | |||
| Total valid votes | 19,738 | 100.00 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 154 | 0.77 | –0.20 | |||||
| Turnout | 19,892 | 49.56 | −6.22 | |||||
| Registered voters | 40,138 | |||||||
| New Democratic gain from Liberal | Swing | +4.59 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[5][6] | ||||||||
| 2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Side | Votes | % | |
| First past the post | 8,787 | 69.93 | |
| Proportional representation | 3,779 | 30.07 | |
| Total valid votes | 12,566 | 100.0 | |
| Total rejected ballots | 97 | 0.77 | |
| Source: Elections BC[7] | |||
| 2017 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||||
| Liberal | Jas Johal | 8,218 | 41.43 | $67,089 | ||||
| New Democratic | Aman Singh | 8,084 | 40.75 | $30,369 | ||||
| Green | Michael Wolfe | 2,524 | 12.72 | $400 | ||||
| Conservative | Kay Khilvinder Hale | 694 | 3.50 | $1,279 | ||||
| New Republican | Lawrence Chen | 318 | 1.60 | $0 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 19,838 | 100.00 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 194 | 0.97 | ||||||
| Turnout | 20,032 | 55.78 | ||||||
| Registered voters | 35,911 | |||||||
| 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 | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Aman Singh | 640 | 44.44 | −4.75 | ||||
| Conservative | Steve Kooner | 577 | 40.07 | +33.48 | ||||
| Independent | Cindy Wu | 173 | 12.01 | – | ||||
| Independent | Errol E. Povah | 50 | 3.47 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 1,440 | 100.0 | – | |||||
| Source: Student Vote Canada[10] | ||||||||
| 2020 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Aman Singh | 336 | 49.19 | +5.34 | ||||
| Green | Earl Einarson | 166 | 24.3 | −0.28 | ||||
| Liberal | Jas Johal | 136 | 19.91 | −6.44 | ||||
| Conservative | Kay Khilvinder Hale | 45 | 6.59 | +3.67 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 683 | 100.0 | – | |||||
| Source: Student Vote Canada[11] | ||||||||
| 2017 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| New Democratic | Aman Singh | 496 | 43.85 | |||||
| Liberal | Jas Johal | 298 | 26.35 | |||||
| Green | Michael Wolfe | 278 | 24.58 | |||||
| Conservative | Kay Khilvinder Hale | 33 | 2.92 | |||||
| New Republican | Lawrence Chen | 26 | 2.3 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 1,131 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Source: Student Vote Canada[12] | ||||||||
