Steveston—Richmond East

Not to be confused with Richmond-Steveston.

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.^[2]

Steveston—Richmond East

British Columbia electoral district
Steveston—Richmond East and vicinity (2013 boundaries)
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Parm Bains Liberal
District created	2013
First contested	2015
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2021)[1]	102,230
Electors (2022)	74,641
Area (km²)[1]	102
Pop. density (per km²)	1,002.3
Census division(s)	Metro Vancouver
Census subdivision(s)	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.^[3]

Under the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution the riding will be renamed Richmond East—Steveston.^[4]

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.^[5]

Demographics

Panethnic groups in Steveston—Richmond East (2011−2021)

Panethnic group	2021[6]		2016[7]		2011[8]
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
East Asian[a]	51,855	50.98%	49,545	49.91%	43,865	45.63%
European[b]	21,110	20.76%	24,150	24.33%	27,365	28.47%
Southeast Asian[c]	10,560	10.38%	8,745	8.81%	8,410	8.75%
South Asian	10,125	9.95%	10,175	10.25%	10,135	10.54%
Middle Eastern[d]	1,925	1.89%	1,475	1.49%	1,280	1.33%
Latin American	1,010	0.99%	860	0.87%	810	0.84%
African	995	0.98%	685	0.69%	620	0.64%
Indigenous	720	0.71%	910	0.92%	995	1.04%
Other[e]	3,415	3.36%	2,725	2.75%	2,655	2.76%
Total responses	101,710	99.49%	99,265	99.35%	96,135	99.51%
Total population	102,230	100%	99,913	100%	96,610	100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

Members of Parliament

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

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Steveston—Richmond East Riding created from Delta—Richmond East and Richmond
42nd	2015–2019		Joe Peschisolido	Liberal
43rd	2019–2021		Kenny Chiu	Conservative
44th	2021–present		Parm Bains	Liberal

Election results

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

Richmond East—Steveston, 2023 representation order

2021 federal election redistributed results[9]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	18,640	41.91
	Conservative	15,117	33.99
	New Democratic	8,622	19.38
	People's	1,057	2.38
	Green	1,043	2.34

Steveston—Richmond East, 2013 representation order

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Parm Bains	16,543	42.47	+7.36	$107,393.91
	Conservative	Kenny Chiu	13,066	33.55	–8.11	$88,909.23
	New Democratic	Jack Trovato	7,525	19.32	+4.25	$9,430.58
	People's	Jennifer Singh	955	2.45	–	$2,482.99
	Green	Françoise Raunet	860	2.21	–4.87	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limits			38,949	100.00	–	$108,448.59
Total rejected ballots			363	0.92	–0.10
Turnout			39,312	52.77	–4.17
Eligible voters			74,503
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+7.74
Source: Elections Canada[10][11][12]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Kenny Chiu	17,478	41.66	+3.19	$98,603.15
	Liberal	Joe Peschisolido	14,731	35.11	-9.97	none listed
	New Democratic	Jaeden Dela Torre	6,321	15.07	+2.93	$2,143.97
	Green	Nicole Iaci	2,972	7.08	+3.41	none listed
	Independent	Ping Chan	449	1.07	–	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			41,951	98.98	–	105,107.07
Total rejected ballots			431	1.02	–
Turnout			42,382	56.94	–
Eligible voters			74,428
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+6.58
Source: Elections Canada[13][14][15]

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Joe Peschisolido	19,486	45.08	+26.48	$76,684.16
	Conservative	Kenny Chiu	16,630	38.47	-15.44	$152,116.66
	New Democratic	Scott Stewart	5,248	12.14	-10.68	$12,292.51
	Green	Laura-Leah Shaw	1,587	3.67	-0.46	$1,891.69
	Libertarian	Matthew Swanston	274	0.63	–	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			43,225	99.34		$204,726.35
Total rejected ballots			287	0.66	–
Turnout			43,512	60.25	–
Eligible voters			72,225
	Liberal notional gain from Conservative		Swing		+20.96
Source: Elections Canada[16][17]

2011 federal election redistributed results[18]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	18,224	53.92
	New Democratic	7,714	22.82
	Liberal	6,287	18.60
	Green	1,399	4.14

See also

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

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.