Richmond-Bridgeport

Richmond-Bridgeport

British Columbia electoral district
Location in Richmond
Coordinates:	49°10′23″N123°09′40″W / 49.173°N 123.161°W / 49.173; -123.161
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Teresa Wat Conservative
District created	2015 (as Richmond North Centre)
First contested	2017
Last contested	2024
Demographics
Population (2021)	54,724
Area (km²)	453
Pop. density (per km²)	120.8
Census division(s)	Metro Vancouver
Census subdivision(s)	Richmond [1]

Richmond-Bridgeport is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.

The district of Richmond North Centre was created in the 2015 redistribution from parts of Richmond Centre and Richmond East and first contested in the 2017 election. The riding adopted its current name and had minor boundary changes from the 2024 election, which implemented the results of the 2021 redistribution.

Geography

The electoral district comprises the part of the City of Richmond (including Sea Island, Vancouver International Airport, Bridgeport, Thompson and Terra Nova) within the following boundary: commencing at the northwesternmost point of said city, east along the Fraser River until BC-99 and the Oak Street Bridge, thence southeast along said bridge to River Drive, thence east along said drive to Shell Road, thence south along said road to Bridgeport Road, thence east along said road to No. 5 Road, thence south along said road to Alderbridge Way, thence west along said way to No. 3 Road, thence south along said road to Westminster Highway, thence west along said highway to No. 2 Road, thence south along said road to Blundell Road, thence west along said road and its production to the western limit of said city. ^[1]

History

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:

Richmond-Bridgeport
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Richmond Centre prior to 2017
41st	2017–2020		Teresa Wat	Liberal
42nd	2020–2023
	2023–2024			BC United
	2024–present			Conservative

Election results

Graph of the election results in Richmond North Centre (minor parties are combined into "Others")

Richmond-Bridgeport

v t e 2024 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Teresa Wat	9,908	58.19	+56.99
	New Democratic	Linda Li	5,921	34.77	–6.13
	Green	Tamás Revóczi	547	3.21	–4.69
	Independent	Glynnis Hoi Sum Chan	519	3.05	–
	Independent	Charlie Smith	132	0.78	–
Total valid votes/expenses limit			17,027	100.00	–	$71,700.08
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered voters
	Conservative notional gain from Liberal		Swing		+31.56
Source: Elections BC [2]

2020 general election redistributed results [3]
Party		%
	Liberal	50.0
	New Democratic	40.9
	Green	7.9
	Conservative	1.2

Richmond North Centre

v t e 2020 British Columbia general election : Richmond North Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Teresa Wat	7,675	51.26	−1.22	$41,998.62
	New Democratic	Jaeden Dela Torre	5,964	39.83	+5.79	$6,837.05
	Green	Vernon Wang	1,333	8.90	−1.57	$52.72
Total valid votes/expenses limit			14,972	100.00	–	$66,123.96
Total rejected ballots			146	0.97	−0.01
Turnout			15,118	40.36	−7.70
Registered voters			37,459
	Liberal hold		Swing		−3.51
Source: Elections BC [4] [5]

2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	8,702	73.35
	Proportional Representation	3,161	26.65
Total valid votes		11,863	100.0
Total rejected ballots		61	0.51
Source: Elections BC [6]

v t e 2017 British Columbia general election : Richmond North Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Teresa Wat	7,916	52.48	$64,973
	New Democratic	Lyren Chiu	5,135	34.04	$19,215
	Green	Ryan Kemp Marciniw	1,579	10.47	$489
	Independent	Dong Pan	336	2.23	$3,687
	Action	John Crocock	117	0.78	$0
Total valid votes			15,083	100.00
Total rejected ballots			149	0.98
Turnout			15,232	48.06
Registered voters			31,695
Source: Elections BC [7] [8]

Student vote results

Student Vote Canada is a non-partisan program in Canada that holds mock elections in elementary and high schools alongside general elections (with the same candidates and same electoral system).

2024 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Glynnis Hoi Sum Chan	16	3.06	–
	New Democratic	Linda Li	153	29.25	-22.42
	Green	Tamás Revóczi	133	25.43	+1.26
	Independent	Charlie Smith	18	3.44	–
	Conservative	Teresa Wat	203	38.81	+14.64
Total valid votes			523	100.0	–
Source: Student Vote Canada [9]

2020 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Jaeden Dela Torre	62	51.67	+7.36
	Liberal	Teresa Wat	29	24.17	-5.02
	Green	Vernon Wang	29	24.17	-2.32
Total valid votes			120	100.0	–
Source: Student Vote Canada [10]

2017 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Lyren Chiu	289	40.99
	Liberal	Teresa Wat	216	30.64
	Green	Ryan Kemp Marciniw	161	22.84
	Action	John Crocock	25	3.55
	Independent	Dong Pan	14	1.99
Total valid votes			705	100.0
Source: Student Vote Canada [11]

References

1. Iyer, Nitya (April 3, 2023). "Redistribution Final Report" (PDF). British Columbia Electoral Boundaries Commission. Retrieved October 6, 2024.
2. "2024 Election Candidate List". Elections BC. September 28, 2024. Retrieved October 3, 2024.
3. Fournier, Philippe J. (2024). "Richmond-Bridgeport Transposed Results and Polling". 338Canada. Retrieved August 20, 2024.
4. Boegman, Anton (July 27, 2021). "42nd Election Report and Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC. pp. 6, 270–272. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
5. "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
6. "Report of the Chief Electoral Officer - 2018 Referendum" (PDF). Elections BC . Retrieved October 1, 2020.
7. "2017 Provincial General Election Official Results" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
8. "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
9. "Student Vote British Columbia 2024". Student Vote. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
10. "Student Vote British Columbia 2020". Student Vote British Columbia 2020. Retrieved October 31, 2020.
11. "Student Vote British Columbia Election 2017". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on May 15, 2017. Retrieved September 24, 2020.

External links

• Hi-Res Map (pdf)