Steveston—Richmond East Explained

Province:British Columbia
Fed-Status:active
Fed-District-Number:59031
Fed-Created:2013
Fed-Election-First:2015
Fed-Election-Last:2021
Fed-Rep:Parm Bains
Fed-Rep-Party:Liberal
Demo-Pop-Ref:[1]
Demo-Census-Date:2021
Demo-Pop:102230
Demo-Electors:74641
Demo-Electors-Date:2022
Demo-Area:102
Demo-Cd:Metro Vancouver
Demo-Csd:Richmond

Steveston—Richmond East (French: '''Steveston—Richmond-Est''') is a federal electoral district in British Columbia. It encompasses a portion of British Columbia previously included in the electoral districts of Delta—Richmond East and Richmond.

Steveston—Richmond East was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 2015 Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015.

Under the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution the riding will be renamed Richmond East—Steveston.[2]

Geography

The riding consists of the components of the City of Richmond (including Steveston, South Arm, and Hamilton) to the east and the south of the following boundary: commencing at the northern limit of said city with the Oak Street Bridge, thence southeasterly along said bridge and BC-99 to Cambie Road, thence west along said road to No. 4 Road, thence south along said road to Westminster Highway, thence west on said highway to No. 3 Road, thence south along said road to Steveston Highway, thence west along said highway to the western limit of the city.[3]

Demographics

Panethnic
group! colspan="2"
2021[4] 2016[5] 2011[6]
East Asian51,85549,54543,865
European21,11024,15027,365
Southeast Asian10,5608,7458,410
South Asian10,12510,17510,135
Middle Eastern1,9251,4751,280
Latin American1,010860810
African995685620
Indigenous720910995
Other3,4152,7252,655
Total responses101,71099,26596,135
Total population102,23099,91396,610

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Election results

Richmond East—Steveston, 2023 representation order

2021 federal election redistributed results[7]
PartyVote%
 18,640 41.91
 15,117 33.99
 8,622 19.38
 1,057 2.38
 1,043 2.34

Steveston—Richmond East, 2013 representation order

2011 federal election redistributed results[8]
PartyVote%
 18,224 53.92
 7,714 22.82
 6,287 18.60
 1,399 4.14

Notes and References

  1. [#2011fed|Statistics Canada]
  2. Web site: Richmond East—Steveston–Final boundaries . FEDERAL ELECTORAL DISTRICTS REDISTRIBUTION 2022.
  3. Web site: 2013 . 2013 Representation Order Boundary Description . live . July 6, 2024 . Elections Canada.
  4. Web site: Government of Canada . Statistics Canada . 2022-10-26 . Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population . 2023-02-15 . www12.statcan.gc.ca.
  5. Web site: Government of Canada . Statistics Canada . 2021-10-27 . Census Profile, 2016 Census . 2023-02-15 . www12.statcan.gc.ca.
  6. Web site: Government of Canada . Statistics Canada . 2015-11-27 . NHS Profile . 2023-02-15 . www12.statcan.gc.ca.
  7. Web site: Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders. 9 April 2024. Elections Canada.
  8. http://www.punditsguide.ca/riding.php?riding=2160 Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections