Richmond-Queensborough | |
Province: | British Columbia |
Prov-Status: | active |
Prov-Created: | 2015 |
Prov-Election-First: | 2017 |
Prov-Election-Last: | 2024 |
Prov-Rep: | Steve Kooner |
Prov-Rep-Party: | Conservative |
Demo-Census-Date: | 2021 |
Demo-Pop: | 54947 |
Demo-Area: | 90 |
Demo-Cd: | Metro Vancouver |
Demo-Csd: | 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 BC-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]
This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:
2020 provincial election redistributed results[2] | ||||
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Party | % | |||
46.5 | ||||
41.3 | ||||
7.2 | ||||
5.0 |
2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum | ||||
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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[3] |
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