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 |
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.
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||
|- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes!align="right"|18,481|- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots!align="right"|184!align="right"|0.99%|- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|18,665!align="right"|45.16%|}
|-|- |NDP|Gian Sihota|align="right"|6,692|align="right"|33.01%|align="right"||align="right"|$16,623|Independent|Mohamud Ali Farah|align="right"|207|align="right"|1.02%|align="right"||align="right"|$651|- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes!align="right"|20,272!align="right"|100%!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots!align="right"|182!align="right"|0.90%!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|20,454!align="right"|53.01%!align="right"||}
|-|- |NDP|Willy Nasgowitz|align="right"|2,550|align="right"|14.11%|align="right"||align="right"|$2,541|Independent|Mohamud Ali Farah|align="right"|173|align="right"|0.96%|align="right"||align="right"|$440|- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes!align="right"|18,067!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots!align="right"|78!align="right"|0.43%!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|18,145!align="right"|70.59%!align="right"||}|- |NDP|Balwant Sanghera|align="right"|5,763|align="right"|31.40%|align="right"||align="right"|$20,448|-|Natural Law|Carina Shelly|align="right"|43|align="right"|0.23%|align="right"||align="right"|$100|- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes!align="right"|18,353!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots!align="right"|140!align="right"|0.76%!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|18,493!align="right"|71.62%!align="right"||}|-|- |NDP|Ron Fontaine|align="right"|6,096|align="right"|36.31%|align="right"||align="right"|$24,505|- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes!align="right"|16,792!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots!align="right"|494!align="right"|2.86%!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|17,286!align="right"|75.79%!align="right"||}