Henry Yao

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2020 British Columbia general election: Richmond South Centre
Henry Yao
姚君憲
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Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly
for Richmond South Centre
In office
October 24, 2020 September 21, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
New Democratic Henry Yao 6,74350.67+10.39$37,030.55
Liberal Alexa Loo 6,56449.33+0.61$50,107.69
Total valid votes13,307100.00
Rejected ballots2071.53+0.34
Turnout13,51440.12−6.58
Registered voters33,685
New Democratic gain from Liberal Swing +4.89
Source: Elections BC [10] [11]

Municipal elections

Top 8 candidates elected — Incumbents marked with "(X)". Elected members' names are in bold

2018 British Columbia municipal elections: Richmond City Council
PartyCouncil candidateVote %
 RITE RichmondCarol Day (X)20,8717.01
 Richmond Citizens' Association Harold Steves (X)19,1366.43
 Richmond Community CoalitionChak Au (X)18,0266.05
 Richmond FirstBill McNulty (X)17,2425.79
 Richmond Citizens' Association Kelly Greene 16,4645.53
 Richmond FirstLinda McPhail (X)15,5215.21
 RITE RichmondMichael Wolfe13,6274.58
 Independent Alexa Loo (X)13,2124.44
 Richmond FirstDerek Dang (X)13,1154.40
 Richmond FirstAndy Hobbs12,3364.14
 Richmond Citizens' AssociationJudie Schneider11,6723.92
 Richmond Community CoalitionKen Johnston (X)11,1613.75
 Richmond Community CoalitionJonathan Ho11,1403.74
 Richmond Citizens' AssociationJack Trovato10,9153.67
 Richmond FirstSunny Ho8,9333.00
 RITE RichmondNiti Sharma8,9172.99
 RITE RichmondHenry Yao8,4672.84
 Richmond FirstPeter Liu8,3572.81
 Richmond Community Coalition Parm Bains 7,9732.68
 IndependentJohn Roston7,9612.67
 Richmond Community CoalitionMelissa Zhang7,7082.38
 IndependentKerry Starchuk6,9592.34
 IndependentJason Tarnow5,7201.92
 IndependentAdil Awan4,2781.44
 IndependentManjit Singh4,1341.39
 IndependentDennis Page3,4781.17
 IndependentAndy Chiang3,3371.12
 IndependentTheresa Head3,2511.09
 IndependentPatrick J. Saunders2,2410.75
 IndependentZhe Zhang2,2410.75

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