Richmond Centre (provincial electoral district) explained
| Richmond Centre |
| Province: | British Columbia |
| Prov-Status: | active |
| Prov-Created: | 2021 |
| Prov-Election-First: | 2024 |
| Prov-Election-Last: | 2024 |
| Prov-Rep: | Hon Chan |
| Prov-Rep-Link: | Hon Chan |
| Prov-Rep-Party: | Conservative |
| Prov-Rep-Party-Link: | Conservative |
| Demo-Census-Date: | 2023 |
| Demo-Pop: | 54474 |
| Demo-Area: | 7 |
| Demo-Cd: | Metro Vancouver |
| Demo-Csd: | Richmond[1] |
Richmond Centre is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. Located in the central portion of the city of Richmond, the riding was created in 1988, and elected its first member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) at the 1991 provincial election. It was split into Richmond North Centre and Richmond South Centre following the 2015 British Columbia electoral redistribution.
The riding was re-created following the 2021 British Columbia electoral redistribution out of parts of Richmond North Centre and Richmond South Centre.
Geography
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]
History
MLAs
This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:
Prior to 2015
Richmond Centre had the second lowest turnout (40.97%) in British Columbia at the 2009 provincial election,[2] and the lowest turnout (43.65%) at the 2013 election.[3] [4] During this period, it was considered a safe seat for the British Columbia Liberal Party.[5]
Election results
Electoral history 1991–2017
|-|- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes!align="right"|17,044!align="right"|100%!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots!align="right"|166!align="right"|0.96%!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|17,210!align="right"|40.97%!align="right"||}
*FPTP =
First Past The Post, BC-STV =
Single Transferable Vote|-|-|
NDP|
Dale Jackaman|align="right"|6,051|align="right"|32.49%|align="right"||align="right"|$11,266|- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes!align="right"|18,626!align="right"|100%!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots!align="right"|193!align="right"|1.04%!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|18,819!align="right"|49.42%!align="right"||}
|-|-|
NDP|Jaana Grant|align="right"|2,206|align="right"|13.14%|align="right"||align="right"|$3,250|
Conservative|Frank Peter Tofin|align="right"|165|align="right"|0.98%|align="right"||align="right"|$100|- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes!align="right"|16,785!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots!align="right"|140!align="right"|0.83%!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|16,925!align="right"|69.10%!align="right"||}|-|-|
NDP|Doug Black|align="right"|5,723|align="right"|32.01%|align="right"||align="right"|$26,329|Independent|Joseph Gaudet|align="right"|65|align="right"|0.36%|align="right"||align="right"||
Natural Law|Mark McCooey|align="right"|38|align="right"|0.21%|align="right"||align="right"|$100|- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes!align="right"|17,876!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots!align="right"|144!align="right"|0.80%!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|18,020!align="right"|68.67%!align="right"||}|-|
NDP|Brian Collins|align="right"|6,522|align="right"|35.46%|align="right"||align="right"|$34,977|-|- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes!align="right"|18,393|- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots!align="right"|390!align="right"|2.08%|- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|18,783!align="right"|74.42%|}
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.
2009
*FPTP = First Past the Post, BC-STV = Single Transferable Vote
2005
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Iyer . Nitya . April 3, 2023 . Redistribution Final Report . usurped . August 20, 2023 . British Columbia Electoral Boundaries Commission.
- Web site: 2010-01-15 . Statement of Votes - 39th Provincial General Election - May 12, 2009 . 2024-07-03 . . en.
- Web site: 2010-01-15 . Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election - May 14, 2013 . 2024-07-03 . . en.
- News: Wood . Graeme . 2014-06-16 . Richmond Community Coalition aims to engage . 2024-07-03 . Richmond News . en.
- Web site: Smith . Charlie . 2012-09-04 . Rob Howard becomes Richmond Centre's third straight B.C. Liberal MLA to quit after one term . 2024-06-26 . . en.
- Web site: Fournier . Philippe J. . 2024 . Richmond-Bridgeport Transposed Results and Polling . August 21, 2024 . 338Canada.
- Web site: Results by riding. 2020-06-18. Elections BC.
- Web site: Report of the chief electoral officer-2005 Ref. on electoral reform. Elections BC.
- Web site: 2015-05-06. Student Vote BC. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150506132103/http://www.studentvote.ca/bc/results2009/district.php?id=53. 2015-05-06. 2020-06-18. Student Vote.
- Web site: 2006-05-08. Results By Riding. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20060508184551/http://www.studentvote.ca/bc/results/referendum_by_riding.htm. 2006-05-08. 2020-06-18. Student Vote.
