Richmond East
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Defunct provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada
Richmond East was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It was replaced by the Richmond-Queensborough electoral district after the British Columbia electoral redistribution, 2015.
| Population, 2001 | 55,576 |
| Population Change, 1996–2001 | 7.9% |
| Area (km2) | 82.64 |
| Pop. Density (people per km2) | 673 |
Geography
History
Member of the Legislative Assembly
Its only MLA was Hon. Linda Reid, a former teacher. She was first elected in 1991 and represents the British Columbia Liberal Party. Ms. Reid was appointed Minister of State for Early Childhood Development on June 5, 2001.
| Richmond East | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| Riding created from Richmond | ||||
| 35th | 1991–1996 | Linda Reid | Liberal | |
| 36th | 1996–2001 | |||
| 37th | 2001–2005 | |||
| 38th | 2005–2009 | |||
| 39th | 2009–2013 | |||
| 40th | 2013–2017 | |||
| Riding dissolved into Richmond-Queensborough | ||||
Election results
| 2013 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Linda Reid | 11,592 | 54.68 | -4.05 | $113,202 | |||
| New Democratic | Gian Sihota | 6,047 | 28.52 | -3.93 | $18,837 | |||
| Conservative | Nathaniel Lim | 1,827 | 8.62 | - | $4,529 | |||
| Green | Doug Perry | 1,178 | 5.56 | -0.99 | $388 | |||
| Independent | Lloyd Chen | 247 | 1.17 | - | $250 | |||
| Excalibur | Ping Chan | 175 | 0.82 | - | $2,417 | |||
| Independent | Cliff Wei | 133 | 0.63 | - | $250 | |||
| Total valid votes | 21,199 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 233 | 1.09 | ||||||
| Turnout | 21,432 | 47.58 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[1] | ||||||||
| 2009 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||||
| Liberal | Linda Reid | 10,853 | 58.73% | $101,928 | ||||
| New Democratic | Shawkat Hasan | 5,998 | 32.45% | $16,464 | ||||
| Green | Stephen Rees | 1,211 | 6.55% | $2,500 | ||||
| Nation Alliance | Wei Ping Chen | 419 | 2.27% | $250 | ||||
| Total Valid Votes | 18,481 | |||||||
| Total Rejected Ballots | 184 | 0.99% | ||||||
| Turnout | 18,665 | 45.16% | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Linda Reid | 11,652 | 57.48% | $79,453 | ||
| NDP | Gian Sihota | 6,692 | 33.01% | $16,623 | ||
| Green | Michael Anthony Wolfe | 1,530 | 7.55% | – | $867 | |
| Independent | Mohamud Ali Farah | 207 | 1.02% | $651 | ||
| Marijuana | Heidi Farnola | 191 | 0.94% | $100 | ||
| Total Valid Votes | 20,272 | 100% | ||||
| Total Rejected Ballots | 182 | 0.90% | ||||
| Turnout | 20,454 | 53.01% | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Linda Reid | 12,498 | 69.18% | $49,998 | ||
| NDP | Willy Nasgowitz | 2,550 | 14.11% | $2,541 | ||
| Green | Stephen Kronstein | 1,802 | 9.97% | – | $1,389 | |
| Unity | Joe Pal | 599 | 3.32% | $1,274 | ||
| Marijuana | John Shavluk | 445 | 2.46% | $1,875 | ||
| Independent | Mohamud Ali Farah | 173 | 0.96% | $440 | ||
| Total Valid Votes | 18,067 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total Rejected Ballots | 78 | 0.43% | ||||
| Turnout | 18,145 | 70.59% | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Linda Reid | 10,205 | 55.60% | $36,939 | ||
| NDP | Balwant Sanghera | 5,763 | 31.40% | $20,448 | ||
| Progressive Democrat | Marc G. Schaper | 1,093 | 5.96% | – | $900 | |
| Reform | Paula Peterson | 792 | 4.32% | $4,067 | ||
| Green | Kevan Eric Hudson | 235 | 1.28% | – | $100 | |
| Social Credit | Chris O'Toole | 139 | 0.76% | – | $8,250 | |
| Conservative | Donald Veld | 83 | 0.45% | $850 | ||
| Natural Law | Carina Shelly | 43 | 0.23% | $100 | ||
| Total Valid Votes | 18,353 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total Rejected Ballots | 140 | 0.76% | ||||
| Turnout | 18,493 | 71.62% | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Linda Reid | 6,870 | 40.91% | $21,108 | ||
| NDP | Ron Fontaine | 6,096 | 36.31% | $24,505 | ||
| Social Credit | Larry Blaschuk | 3,703 | 22.05% | – | $33,882 | |
| Green | Douglas Dunn | 123 | 0.73% | – | ||
| Total Valid Votes | 16,792 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total Rejected Ballots | 494 | 2.86% | ||||
| Turnout | 17,286 | 75.79% | ||||
External links
- Result of 1991 election
- 2009 Official Election Results by Candidate
- Result of 2001 election (pdf)
- 2001 Expenditures (pdf)
- Result of 1996 election
- 1996 Expenditures
- 1991 Expenditures
- Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
- BC Stats Profile - 2001 (pdf)
49°09′58″N 123°04′41″W / 49.166°N 123.078°W / 49.166; -123.078
| Legislative Assembly of British Columbia | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | Constituency represented by the speaker 2013–2017 |
Succeeded by |
British Columbia provincial electoral districts (1991–2001) | |
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| North / Central | |
| Southern Interior | |
| Fraser Valley / South LM | |
| Vancouver / North LM |
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| Vancouver Island / South Coast | |
| See also: | |
- ↑ "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved May 17, 2017.