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Richmond East

{{Short description|Defunct provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada}}

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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.

Demographics

class="wikitable"

|Population, 2001

|55,576

Population Change, 1996–2001

|7.9%

Area (km2)

|82.64

Pop. Density (people per km2)

|673

Geography

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History

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Member of the Legislative Assembly

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.

{{BC-MLA|Richmond East}}

{{BC-MLA nodata|Riding created from Richmond}}

{{BC-MLA row

| FromYr = 1991

| ToYr = 1996

| Assembly# = 35

| RepName = Linda Reid

| BCParty = Liberal

| RepTerms# = 6

| PartyTerms# = 6

}}

{{BC-MLA row

| FromYr = 1996

| ToYr = 2001

| Assembly# = 36

}}

{{BC-MLA row

| FromYr = 2001

| ToYr = 2005

| Assembly# = 37

}}

{{BC-MLA row

| FromYr = 2005

| ToYr = 2009

| Assembly# = 38

}}

{{BC-MLA row

| FromYr = 2009

| ToYr = 2013

| Assembly# = 39

}}

{{BC-MLA row

| FromYr = 2013

| ToYr = 2017

| Assembly# = 40

}}

{{BC-MLA nodata|Riding dissolved into Richmond-Queensborough}}

{{BC-MLA end}}

Election results

{{British Columbia provincial election, 2013/Richmond East}}

{{CANelec/top|BC|2009|Richmond East|percent=yes|expenditures=yes}}

{{CANelec |BC |Liberal |Linda Reid |10,853 |58.73% |$101,928}}

{{CANelec|BC|NDP|Shawkat Hasan|5,998|32.45%|$16,464}}

{{CANelec |BC |Green |Stephen Rees |1,211 |6.55% |$2,500}}

{{CANelec|BC|Nation Alliance|Wei Ping Chen|419|2.27%|$250}}

|- 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%

|}

{{Election FPTP begin | title=B.C. General Election 2005 Richmond East}}

|-

{{CANelec |BC |Liberal |Linda Reid |11,652 |57.48% | |$79,453}}

|-

{{Canadian party colour|BC|NDP|row}}

|NDP

|Gian Sihota

|align="right"|6,692

|align="right"|33.01%

|align="right"|

|align="right"|$16,623

{{CANelec |BC |Green |Michael Anthony Wolfe |1,530 |7.55% |– |$867}}

{{Canadian party colour|BC|Independent|row}}

|Independent

|Mohamud Ali Farah

|align="right"|207

|align="right"|1.02%

|align="right"|

|align="right"|$651

{{CANelec|BC|Marijuana|Heidi Farnola|191|0.94%||$100}}

|- 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"|

|}

{{Election FPTP begin | title=B.C. General Election 2001: Richmond East}}

|-

{{CANelec |BC |Liberal |Linda Reid |12,498 |69.18% | |$49,998}}

|-

{{Canadian party colour|BC|NDP|row}}

|NDP

|Willy Nasgowitz

|align="right"|2,550

|align="right"|14.11%

|align="right"|

|align="right"|$2,541

{{CANelec |BC |Green |Stephen Kronstein |1,802 |9.97% |– |$1,389}}

{{CANelec |BC |Unity |Joe Pal |599 |3.32% | |$1,274}}

{{CANelec|BC|Marijuana|John Shavluk|445|2.46%||$1,875}}

{{Canadian party colour|BC|Independent|row}}

|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"|

|}

{{Election FPTP begin | title=B.C. General Election 1996: Richmond East}}

|-

{{CANelec |BC |Liberal |Linda Reid |10,205 |55.60% | |$36,939}}

{{Canadian party colour|BC|NDP|row}}

|NDP

|Balwant Sanghera

|align="right"|5,763

|align="right"|31.40%

|align="right"|

|align="right"|$20,448

|-

{{CANelec |BC |PDA |Marc G. Schaper |1,093 |5.96% |– |$900}}

{{CANelec |BC |Reform |Paula Peterson |792 |4.32% | |$4,067}}

{{CANelec |BC |Green |Kevan Eric Hudson |235 |1.28% |– |$100}}

{{CANelec |BC |Social Credit |Chris O'Toole |139 |0.76% |– |$8,250}}

{{CANelec|BC|Conservative|Donald Veld|83|0.45%||$850}}

{{Canadian party colour|BC|Natural Law|row}}

|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"|

|}

{{Election FPTP begin | title=B.C. General Election 1991: Richmond East}}

|-

{{CANelec |BC |Liberal |Linda Reid |6,870 |40.91% | |$21,108}}

|-

{{Canadian party colour|BC|NDP|row}}

|NDP

|Ron Fontaine

|align="right"|6,096

|align="right"|36.31%

|align="right"|

|align="right"|$24,505

{{CANelec |BC |Social Credit |Larry Blaschuk |3,703 |22.05% |– |$33,882}}

{{CANelec |BC |Green |Douglas Dunn |123 |0.73% |– |}}

|- 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"|

|}

External links

  • [http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov91/sov91-77.html Result of 1991 election]
  • [http://www.elections.bc.ca/docs/stats/2009-ge-ref/fres/GE-2009-05-12_Candidate.html 2009 Official Election Results by Candidate]
  • [http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov01/rce.pdf Result of 2001 election (pdf)]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20030312155429/http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/ceofin2001.pdf 2001 Expenditures (pdf)]
  • [http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov96/va/sov96_rce.htm Result of 1996 election]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/19980521015325/http://elections.bc.ca/rpt/ceorpt_5.pdf 1996 Expenditures]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20010305200152/http://elections.bc.ca/elections/sov91/sov91-20-1.html 1991 Expenditures]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20050513204310/http://www.legis.gov.bc.ca/ Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia]
  • [http://www.bcstats.gov.bc.ca/data/cen01/profiles/PED_51.pdf BC Stats Profile - 2001 (pdf)]

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