Richmond Centre (federal electoral district)

Not to be confused with Richmond Centre (provincial electoral district).

Richmond Centre (French: Richmond-Centre; formerly Richmond) is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1988.

Richmond Centre

British Columbia electoral district
Richmond Centre and vicinity (2013 boundaries)
Coordinates:	49.169°N 123.160°W / 49.169; -123.160
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Wilson Miao Liberal
District created	1987
First contested	1988
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2021)[1]	107,707
Electors (2021)	74,640
Area (km²)[2]	43
Pop. density (per km²)	2,504.8
Census division(s)	Metro Vancouver
Census subdivision(s)	Richmond

Under the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution the riding will be renamed Richmond Centre—Marpole.^[3] It will gain much of the Marpole area from Vancouver Granville and Vancouver Quadra and lose the area south of Williams Road to Richmond East—Steveston.^[4]

Geography

The electoral district comprises the part of the City of Richmond (including Sea Island, Brighouse, and Terra Nova) to the west and north 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.^[5]

Demographics

Panethnic groups in Richmond Centre (2011−2021)

Panethnic group	2021[6]		2016[7]		2011[8]
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
East Asian[lower-alpha 1]	67,130	62.92%	59,875	61.48%	50,315	54%
European[lower-alpha 2]	18,355	17.2%	20,905	21.46%	26,680	28.64%
Southeast Asian[lower-alpha 3]	7,875	7.38%	6,775	6.96%	6,405	6.87%
South Asian	5,240	4.91%	4,190	4.3%	4,380	4.7%
Middle Eastern[lower-alpha 4]	1,950	1.83%	1,235	1.27%	925	0.99%
Latin American	1,150	1.08%	720	0.74%	870	0.93%
Indigenous	820	0.77%	685	0.7%	940	1.01%
African	780	0.73%	585	0.6%	625	0.67%
Other[lower-alpha 5]	3,380	3.17%	2,430	2.49%	2,025	2.17%
Total responses	106,690	99.06%	97,395	98.98%	93,170	99.26%
Total population	107,707	100%	98,396	100%	93,863	100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

According to the 2021 Canadian census^[9]

Ethnic groups: 60.1% Chinese, 17.2% White, 6.1% Filipino, 4.9% South Asian, 1.8% Japanese, 1.3% Southeast Asian, 1.1% Latin American, 1% Korean, 1% Arab
Languages: 28.5% English, 25.4% Mandarin, 22.5% Yue, 3.2% Tagalog, 1.3% Min Nan, 1.1% Japanese, 1% Russian, 1% Punjabi
Religions: 56.3% No Religion, 30% Christian (12.5% Catholic, 1.2% Anglican, 1.1% Baptist, 1.1% United Church), 5.7% Buddhist, 3.3% Muslim, 1.6% Sikh, 1.3% Jewish, 1% Hindu
Median income: $32,800 (2020)
Average income: $45,480 (2020)

Retail trade and the service sector (professional, scientific, technical services) are the major sources of employment in Richmond. 44% of residents over the age of 15 years have obtained a university certificate or degree. The average family income is over $112,200. Unemployment is around 10.8%.^[10] This riding is home to many Asian-themed malls and other businesses, such as River Rock Casino Resort, Aberdeen Centre, Parker Place, Lansdowne Centre, CF Richmond Centre, McArthurGlen Designer Outlet Vancouver Airport and is also home to the Vancouver International Airport.

History

The district was created in 1987 from parts of Richmond—South Delta. In 2003, more parts of Delta—South Richmond were added to it.

The 2012 electoral redistribution saw this riding renamed Richmond Centre and lost territory to Steveston—Richmond East for the 2015 election.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Richmond Riding created from Richmond—South Delta
34th	1988–1993		Tom Siddon	Progressive Conservative
35th	1993–1997		Raymond Chan	Liberal
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2002		Joe Peschisolido	Alliance
	2002–2004			Liberal
38th	2004–2006		Raymond Chan
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011		Alice Wong	Conservative
41st	2011–2015
Richmond Centre
42nd	2015–2019		Alice Wong	Conservative
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–present		Wilson Miao	Liberal

Election results

Graph of election results in Richmond Centre (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

Richmond Centre—Marpole, 2023 Representation Order

2021 federal election redistributed results[11]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	14,375	38.58
	Conservative	13,211	35.45
	New Democratic	7,593	20.38
	Green	1,167	3.13
	People's	918	2.46

Richmond Centre, 2015–present

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Wilson Miao	13,440	39.34	+10.87	$46,560.77
	Conservative	Alice Wong	12,668	37.08	–11.56	$106,375.38
	New Democratic	Sandra Nixon	6,196	18.14	+3.67	$7,576.20
	Green	Laura Gillanders	1,109	3.25	–2.87	$3,975.22
	People's	James Hinton	748	2.19	+0.80	None listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			34,161	100.00	–	$108,507.63
Total rejected ballots			340	0.99	+0.04
Turnout			34,501	46.22	–6.75
Eligible voters			74,640
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+11.22
Source: Elections Canada[12][13][14]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Alice Wong	19,037	49.04	+4.84	$101,329.13
	Liberal	Steven Kou	11,052	28.47	-12.89	$86,522.82
	New Democratic	Dustin Innes	5,617	14.47	+2.97	$0.00
	Green	Françoise Raunet	2,376	6.12	+3.23	$2,308.51
	People's	Ivan Pak	538	1.39	–	$5,776.08
	Independent	Zhe Zhang	197	0.51	–	$184.60
Total valid votes/expense limit			38,817	99.05		$102,820.08
Total rejected ballots			371	0.95	+0.38
Turnout			39,188	52.97	-4.56
Eligible voters			73,975
	Conservative hold		Swing		+8.86
Source: Elections Canada[15][16]

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Alice Wong	17,622	44.21	-13.86	$154,059.88
	Liberal	Lawrence Woo	16,486	41.36	+22.61	$110,802.58
	New Democratic	Jack Trovato	4,602	11.54	-6.66	$11,679.42
	Green	Vincent Chiu	1,152	2.89	-2.10	$2,372.74
Total valid votes/expense limit			39,862	99.43		$202,743.02
Total rejected ballots			227	0.57	–
Turnout			40,089	57.53	–
Eligible voters			69,678
	Conservative hold		Swing		-18.23
Source: Elections Canada[17][18]

2011 federal election redistributed results[19]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	19,789	58.06
	Liberal	6,391	18.75
	New Democratic	6,203	18.20
	Green	1,699	4.99

Richmond, 1988–2015

v t e 2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Alice Wong	25,109	58.36	+8.59	$89,330.05
	Liberal	Joe Peschisolido	8,027	18.66	-12.19	$54,757.85
	New Democratic	Dale Jackaman	7,860	18.27	+6.46	$9,038.79
	Green	Michael Wolfe	2,032	4.72	-1.71	$2,933.09
Total valid votes/expense limit			43,028	100.0		$91,788.64
Total rejected ballots			220	0.51	+0.06
Turnout			43,248	50.97	+1
Eligible voters			84,855
	Conservative hold		Swing		+10.39

v t e 2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Alice Wong	21,329	49.77	+11.08	$79,037
	Liberal	Raymond Chan	13,221	30.85	-11.98	$78,275
	New Democratic	Dale Jackaman	5,059	11.81	-2.17	$14,221
	Green	Michael Wolfe	2,754	6.43	+1.93	$1,900
	Independent	Wei Ping Chen	397	0.93	–	$6,851
	Independent	Dobie Yiu-Chung To	93	0.22	–	$1,813
Total valid votes/expense limit			42,878	100.0		$86,879
Total rejected ballots			192	0.45	0.01
Turnout			43,070	52	-4
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+11.53

v t e 2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Raymond Chan	18,712	42.83	-1.65	$68,055
	Conservative	Darrel Reid	16,904	38.69	+3.37	$73,990
	New Democratic	Neil Smith	6,106	13.98	-1.02	$12,724
	Green	Richard Gordon Mathias	1,967	4.50	+0.25	$2,850
Total valid votes			43,689	100.0
Total rejected ballots			194	0.44	-0.11
Turnout			43,883	56	-6
	Liberal hold		Swing		-2.51

v t e 2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Raymond Chan	18,204	44.48	+2.44	$64,433
	Conservative	Alice Wong	14,457	35.32	-14.51	$71,614
	New Democratic	Dale Jackaman	6,142	15.00	+9.32	$11,072
	Green	Stephen H.F. Kronstein	1,743	4.25	+2.36	$160
	Canadian Action	Allan Warnke	376	0.91	–	$625
Total valid votes			40,922	100.0
Total rejected ballots			226	0.55	+0.08
Turnout			41,148	62.29	+0.59
	Liberal hold		Swing		+8.48

v t e 2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Alliance	Joe Peschisolido	21,064	44.40	+8.44	$58,128
	Liberal	Raymond Chan	19,940	42.04	-1.77	$63,896
	New Democratic	Gail Paquette	2,695	5.68	-3.88	$10,941
	Progressive Conservative	Frank Peter Tofin	2,578	5.43	-2.85	$4,329
	Green	Kevan Hudson	897	1.89	+0.53	$61
	Natural Law	Kathy McClement	164	0.34	-0.05
	Marxist–Leninist	Edith Petersen	93	0.19	-0.02	$10
Total valid votes			47,431	100.0
Total rejected ballots			218	0.47	-0.03
Turnout			47,649	61.70	-3.19
	Alliance gain from Liberal		Swing		+5.10

v t e 1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Raymond Chan	18,165	43.81	+6.81	$53,959
	Reform	Adrian Wade	14,912	35.96	+5.07	$36,549
	New Democratic	Sylvia Surette	3,964	9.56	+3.31	$13,680
	Progressive Conservative	Larry Blaschuk	3,435	8.28	-10.72	$21,581
	Green	Kevan Hudson	565	1.36	+0.78	$19
	Christian Heritage	Randy Cliff	167	0.40	-0.09
	Natural Law	Mark McCooey	164	0.39	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Dorothy-Jean O'Donnell	90	0.21	–	$225
Total valid votes			41,462	100.0
Total rejected ballots			210	0.50
Turnout			41,672	64.89
	Liberal hold		Swing		+0.87

v t e 1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Raymond Chan	21,442	37.00	+14.20
	Reform	Nick Loenen	17,791	30.89	+27.56
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Siddon	11,013	19.00	-25.04
	New Democratic	Sylvia Surette	3,623	6.25	-20.96
	National	Fred Pawluk	2,263	3.91	–
	Green	Kevan Hudson	337	0.58	+0.15
	Natural Law	Kathy McClement	333	0.57	–
	Independent	Judith Campbell	315	0.54	–
	Christian Heritage	Clyde E. Vint	282	0.49	-0.74
	Independent	Jerry Haldeman	254	0.44	–
	Libertarian	Kerry Daniel Pearson	159	0.27	-0.49
	Independent	John Edgar Square-Briggs	29	0.05	–
Total valid votes			57,950	100.0
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		-6.68

v t e 1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Siddon	25,559	44.05
	New Democratic	Tom Beardsley	15,787	27.21
	Liberal	Floyd Sully	13,231	22.80
	Reform	Stuart Gilbertson	1,929	3.32
	Christian Heritage	Brian Wilson	712	1.23
	Libertarian	David W. Crawford	441	0.76
	Green	Bryan Wagman	253	0.44
	Communist	Homer Stevens	113	0.19
Total valid votes			58,025	100.0
This riding was created from parts of Richmond—South Delta, which elected Progressive Conservative candidate Tom Siddon in the previous election.

Student vote results

A student vote is when schools participate and hold mock elections alongside federal elections.

Graph of student vote election results in Richmond Centre (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2021

2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Wilson Miao	440	27.26	+9.36
	New Democratic	Sandra Nixon	407	25.22	–3.47
	Conservative	Alice Wong	406	25.15	–3.12
	Green	Laura Gillanders	280	17.35	–0.89
	People's	James Hinton	81	5.02	+0.42
Total valid votes			1,614	100.00	–
Source: Student Vote Canada[20]

2019

2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Dustin Innes	755	28.69	+6.93
	Conservative	Alice Wong	744	28.27	-0.32
	Green	Françoise Raunet	480	18.24	+6.19
	Liberal	Steven Kou	471	17.90	-19.20
	People's	Ivan Pak	121	4.60	New
	Independent	Zhe Zhang	61	2.32	New
Total valid votes			2,632	100.00	–
Source: Student Vote Canada[21]

2015, Richmond Centre

2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lawerence Woo	1,023	37.16	+11.14
	Conservative	Alice Wong	787	28.59	-3.4
	New Democratic	Jack Trovato	599	21.76	-3.81
	Green	Vincent Chiu	344	12.05	-4.35
Total valid votes			2,753	100.00	–
Source: Student Vote Canada[22]

2011, Richmond

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alice Wong	429	31.99
	Liberal	Joe Peschisolido	349	26.02
	New Democratic	Dale Jackaman	343	25.57
	Green	Michael Wolfe	220	16.40
Total valid votes			1,341	100.00
Source: Student Vote Canada[23]

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

References

• "Richmond Centre (federal electoral district) (Code 59023) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved March 6, 2011.
• Library of Parliament Riding Profile
• Expenditures – 2004
• Expenditures – 2000
• Expenditures – 1997

Notes

1. Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
2. Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
3. Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
4. Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
5. Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.

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2. Statistics Canada: 2022
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5. "2013 Representation Order Boundary Description". Elections Canada. 2013. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
6. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 26, 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 15, 2023.
7. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 27, 2021). "Census Profile, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 15, 2023.
8. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (November 27, 2015). "NHS Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 15, 2023.
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14. "Candidate Campaign Returns – 44th Canadian Election". ELections Canada. Retrieved May 30, 2022.
15. "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
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17. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Richmond Centre, 30 September 2015
18. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
19. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
20. "Student Vote Canada 2021 Results — Richmond Centre". Student Vote. Retrieved September 26, 2021.
21. "Student Vote Canada 2019 Results — Richmond Centre". Student Vote. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
22. "Student Vote Canada 2015 Results — Richmond Centre". Student Vote. Retrieved September 26, 2021.
23. "Student Vote Canada 2011 Results — Richmond Centre". Student Vote. Archived from the original on May 6, 2015. Retrieved September 28, 2020.

External links

• Website of the Parliament of Canada