Richmond Centre (provincial electoral district)
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 British Columbia electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Location in Richmond | |||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of British Columbia | ||
| MLA |
Independent | ||
| District created | 2021 | ||
| First contested | 2024 | ||
| Last contested | 2024 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2023) | 54,474 | ||
| Area (km²) | 7 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 7,782 | ||
| Census division | Metro Vancouver | ||
| Census subdivision | Richmond[1] | ||
Richmond Centre is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, represented in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1991 to 2017 and since 2024.
Located in the central portion of the city of Richmond, the riding was first created in 1988. It was split into Richmond North Centre and Richmond South Centre after the 2015 electoral redistribution, and was re-created from those same ridings after the 2021 electoral redistribution.
The electoral district comprises the part of the city of Richmond (including Brighouse and the downtown core of said city) within the following boundary: commencing at the intersection of Westminster Highway and No. 2 Road, thence east along said highway to No. 3 Road, thence north along said road to Alderbridge Way, thence east along said way to No. 4 Road, thence south along said road to Blundell Road, thence west along said road to No. 2 Road, thence north along said road to the point of origin.[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond Centre Riding created from Richmond |
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| 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 | ||
| Riding dissolved into Richmond North Centre and Richmond South Centre |
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| Riding re-created from Richmond North Centre and Richmond South Centre |
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| 43rd | 2024–2026 | Hon Chan | Conservative | |
| 2026–present | Independent | |||
Election results
| 2024 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Hon Chan | 8,426 | 51.99 | – | $29,190.30 | |||
| New Democratic | Henry Yao | 5,961 | 36.78 | −15.7 | $51,543.13 | |||
| Unaffiliated | Wendy Yuan | 1,028 | 6.34 | – | $56,950.40 | |||
| Independent | Dickens Cheung | 556 | 3.43 | – | $9,603.95 | |||
| Independent | Sunny Ho | 237 | 1.46 | – | $6,452.31 | |||
| Total valid votes/expenses limit | 16,208 | 99.63 | – | $71,700.08 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 61 | 0.37 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 16,269 | 49.07 | – | |||||
| Registered voters | 33,153 | |||||||
| Conservative notional gain from New Democratic | Swing | +33.9 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[2][3] | ||||||||
| 2020 general election redistributed results[4] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | % | ||
| New Democratic | 52.5 | ||
| Liberal | 45.6 | ||
| Green | 2.0 | ||
Electoral history 1991–2017
| 2013 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Teresa Wat | 9,462 | 49.83 | –11.68 | $65,821.00 | |||
| New Democratic | Frank Yunrong Huang | 4,436 | 23.36 | –5.68 | $39,418.13 | |||
| Green | Michael Wolfe | 1,678 | 8.84 | +1.72 | $0.00 | |||
| Independent | Gary Law | 1,617 | 8.51 | — | $46,245.00 | |||
| Conservative | Lawrence Chen | 961 | 5.06 | — | $4,363.30 | |||
| Independent | Richard Lee | 754 | 3.97 | — | $9,441.32 | |||
| Unparty | Chanel Donovan | 82 | 0.43 | — | $165.31 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 18,990 | 100.00 | — | $73,218.39 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 180 | 0.94 | –0.04 | |||||
| Turnout | 19,170 | 43.65 | +2.63 | |||||
| Registered voters | 43,915 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | –3.00 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[5][6] | ||||||||
| 2011 Sales Tax Referendum | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Side | Votes | % | |
| Yes | 12,922 | 63.77% | |
| No | 7,347 | 36.23% | |
| 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% | ||||
Source(s) | ||||||
| 2009 Electoral Reform Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Option | Votes | % | |
| FPTP | 10,892 | 67.01 | |
| BC-STV | 5,362 | 32.99 | |
| [8] | |||
*FPTP = First Past The Post, BC-STV = Single Transferable Vote
| 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 | |
| [9] | |||
| 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% | ||||
| 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% | ||||
| 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% | ||||
Richmond Centre had the second lowest turnout (40.97%) in British Columbia at the 2009 provincial election,[7] and the lowest turnout (43.65%) at the 2013 election.[10][11] During this period, it was considered a safe seat for the British Columbia Liberal Party.[12]
Student vote results
A student vote is a mock election held alongside BC general elections in schools, with the purpose of educating persons under legal age about government and elections.
2024
| 2024 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Hon Chan | 414 | 30.11 | |||||
| Independent | Dickens Cheung | 139 | 10.11 | |||||
| Independent | Sunny Ho | 113 | 8.22 | |||||
| New Democratic | Henry Yao | 550 | 40.00 | |||||
| Unaffiliated | Wendy Yuan | 159 | 11.56 | |||||
| Total Valid Votes | 1,375 | |||||||
| [13] | ||||||||
2013
| 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 | – | |||||
| [14] | ||||||||
2009
| 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 | – | – | |||||
| [15] | ||||||||
2009
| 2009 Electoral Reform Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Option | Votes | % | |
| FPTP | 283 | 51.08 | |
| BC-STV | 271 | 48.91 | |
| [16] | |||
*FPTP = First Past the Post, BC-STV = Single Transferable Vote
2005
| 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 | ||||||
| [17] | ||||||||
2005
| 2005 Electoral Reform Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Side | Votes | % | |
| Yes | 499 | 75 | |
| No | 165 | 25 | |
| [18] | |||
