Richmond Centre (provincial electoral district)

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.

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

Richmond Centre

British Columbia electoral district
Location in Richmond
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
District created	2021
First contested	2024
Demographics
Population (2023)	54,474
Area (km²)	7[1]
Census division(s)	Metro Vancouver
Census subdivision(s)	Richmond

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:

Richmond Centre
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Richmond prior to 1991
35th	1991–1996		Doug Symons	Liberal
36th	1996–2001
37th	2001–2005		Greg Halsey-Brandt
38th	2005–2009		Olga Ilich
39th	2009–2013		Rob Howard
40th	2013–2017		Teresa Wat
Dissolved into Richmond North and South Centre
Re-created from parts of Richmond North and South Centre

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

2024 to present

2020 general election redistributed results[6]
Party		%
	New Democratic	52.5
	Liberal	45.6
	Green	2.0

1991 to 2013

v t e 2013 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Teresa Wat	9,462	49.83	–11.68	$65,821.00
	New Democratic	Frank Yunrong Huang	4,436	23.36	–5.68	$39,418.13
	Green	Michael Wolfe	1,678	8.84	+1.72	$0.00
	Independent	Gary Law	1,617	8.51	—	$46,245.00
	Conservative	Lawrence Chen	961	5.06	—	$4,363.30
	Independent	Richard Lee	754	3.97	—	$9,441.32
	Unparty	Chanel Donovan	82	0.43	—	$165.31
Total valid votes/expenses limit			18,990	100.00	—	$73,218.39
Total rejected ballots			180	0.94	–0.04
Turnout			19,170	43.65	+2.63
Registered voters			43,915
	Liberal hold		Swing		–3.00
Source: Elections BC[7][8]

2011 Sales Tax Referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Yes	12,922	63.77%
	No	7,347	36.23%

B.C. General Election 2009 Richmond Centre

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Rob Howard	10,483	61.51%		$112,387
	New Democratic	Kam Brar	4,949	29.04%		$16,638
	Green	Michael Wolfe	1,213	7.12%	–	$350
	Nation Alliance	Kang Chen	399	2.33%	–	$258
Total Valid Votes			17,044	100%
Total Rejected Ballots			166	0.96%
Turnout			17,210	40.97%
Source(s) [2]

2009 Electoral Reform Ref.
Option		Votes	%
	FPTP	10,892	67.01
	BC-STV	5,362	32.99
[9]

*FPTP = First Past The Post, BC-STV = Single Transferable Vote

B.C. General Election 2005: Richmond Centre

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Olga Ilich	10,908	58.56%		$128,747
	NDP	Dale Jackaman	6,051	32.49%		$11,266
	Green	Chris Segers	1,436	7.71%	–	$200
	Marijuana	Matthew Thomas Healy	231	1.24%		$100
Total Valid Votes			18,626	100%
Total Rejected Ballots			193	1.04%
Turnout			18,819	49.42%

2005 Electoral Reform Ref.
Side		Vote	%
	Yes	9,362	52.45
	No	8,486	47.55
[10]

B.C. General Election 2001: Richmond Centre

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Greg Halsey-Brandt	12,061	71.86%		$36,519
	NDP	Jaana Grant	2,206	13.14%		$3,250
	Green	Bruce Marshall	1,615	9.62%	–	$144
	Unity	Jim Hessels	381	2.27%		$610
	Marijuana	Alice Kan-Halford	357	2.13%		$556
	Conservative	Frank Peter Tofin	165	0.98%		$100
Total Valid Votes			16,785	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			140	0.83%
Turnout			16,925	69.10%

B.C. General Election 1996: Richmond Centre

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Doug Symons	9,925	55.52%		$29,312
	NDP	Doug Black	5,723	32.01%		$26,329
	Progressive Democrat	Rob Oey	996	5.57%	–	$100
	Reform	Shamim Akbar	614	3.43%		$2,755
	Green	Manoa Friedson	235	1.31%	–	$160
	Social Credit	Andrew Biernat	154	0.86%	–
	Libertarian	Kerry Pearson	126	0.70%
	Independent	Joseph Gaudet	65	0.36%
	Natural Law	Mark McCooey	38	0.21%		$100
Total Valid Votes			17,876	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			144	0.80%
Turnout			18,020	68.67%

B.C. General Election 1991: Richmond Centre

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Douglas Symons	7,806	42.44%		$3,895
	NDP	Brian Collins	6,522	35.46%		$34,977
	Social Credit	Sheila Page	3,889	21.14%	–	$39,533
	Green	Michael Airton	108	0.59%	–	$30
	Libertarian	Kerry Pearson	68	0.37%		$33
Total Valid Votes			18,393
Total Rejected Ballots			390	2.08%
Turnout			18,783	74.42%

Student vote results

A student vote is a mock election held alongside BC general elections in schools, the purpose, is to educate persons under legal age about government and elections.

2013

2013 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Teresa Wat	65	34.95	+5.33
	Green	Michael Wolfe	57	30.65	+15.27
	New Democratic	Frank Yunrong Huang	25	13.44	-42.37
	Conservative	Lawrence Chen	14	7.53	New
	Independent	Gary Law	13	6.99	New
	Independent	Richard Lee	7	3.76	New
	Unparty	Chanel Donovan	5	2.69	New
Total Valid Votes			186	100.0	–
[11]

2009

2009 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Kam Brar	341	55.81	+26.53
	Liberal	Rob Howard	181	29.62	-16.9
	Green	Michael Wolfe	94	15.38	+2.55
	National Alliance	Kang Chen	58	9.49	New
Total Valid Votes			611	100.0	–
Total rejected/spoiled votes			22	3.16	–
Total Turnout			696	–	–
[12]

2009

2009 Electoral Reform Ref.
Option		Votes	%
	FPTP	283	51.08
	BC-STV	271	48.91
[13]

*FPTP = First Past the Post, BC-STV = Single Transferable Vote

2005

2005 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Olga Ilich	475	46.52
	New Democratic	Dale Jackaman	299	29.28
	Green	Chris Segers	131	12.83
	Marijuana	Matthew Thomas Healy	116	11.36
Total Valid Votes			1,021	100.0
[14]

2005

2005 Electoral Reform Ref.
Side		Votes	%
	Yes	499	75
	No	165	25
[15]

References

1. Iyer, Nitya (April 3, 2023). "Redistribution Final Report" (PDF). British Columbia Electoral Boundaries Commission. Retrieved August 20, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
2. "Statement of Votes - 39th Provincial General Election - May 12, 2009" (PDF). Elections BC. January 15, 2010. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
3. "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election - May 14, 2013" (PDF). Elections BC. January 15, 2010. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
4. Wood, Graeme (June 16, 2014). "Richmond Community Coalition aims to engage". Richmond News. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
5. Smith, Charlie (September 4, 2012). "Rob Howard becomes Richmond Centre's third straight B.C. Liberal MLA to quit after one term". Georgia Straight. Retrieved June 26, 2024.
6. Fournier, Philippe J. (2024). "Richmond-Bridgeport Transposed Results and Polling". 338Canada. Retrieved August 21, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
7. Archer, Keith (January 21, 2014). "40th Election Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC. pp. 414–417. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
8. "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
9. "Results by riding" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
10. "Report of the chief electoral officer-2005 Ref. on electoral reform" (PDF). Elections BC.
11. "Results". Student Vote. June 4, 2015. Archived from the original on May 6, 2015. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
12. "Student Vote". Student Vote. May 6, 2015. Archived from the original on May 6, 2015. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
13. "Student Vote BC". Student Vote. May 6, 2015. Archived from the original on May 6, 2015. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
14. "Individual Riding Results". Student Vote. Archived from the original on August 2, 2005. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
15. "Results By Riding". Student Vote. May 8, 2006. Archived from the original on May 8, 2006. Retrieved June 18, 2020.

External links

• Results of 2001 election (pdf)
• 2001 Expenditures (pdf)
• Results of 1996 election
• 1996 Expenditures
• Results of 1991 election
• 1991 Expenditures
• Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
• BC Stats Profile