Richmond East

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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.

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Demographics

Population, 200155,576
Population Change, 1996–20017.9%
Area (km2)82.64
Pop. Density (people per km2)673

Geography

History

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.

Richmond East
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Riding created from Richmond
35th 1991–1996   Linda Reid Liberal
36th 1996–2001
37th 2001–2005
38th 2005–2009
39th 2009–2013
40th 2013–2017
Riding dissolved into Richmond-Queensborough

Election results

2013 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Linda Reid 11,59254.68-4.05$113,202
New Democratic Gian Sihota6,04728.52-3.93$18,837
Conservative Nathaniel Lim1,8278.62-$4,529
Green Doug Perry1,1785.56-0.99$388
Independent Lloyd Chen2471.17-$250
Excalibur Ping Chan1750.82-$2,417
Independent Cliff Wei1330.63-$250
Total valid votes21,199100.00
Total rejected ballots2331.09
Turnout21,43247.58
Source: Elections BC [1]
2009 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%Expenditures
Liberal Linda Reid10,85358.73%$101,928
New Democratic Shawkat Hasan5,99832.45%$16,464
Green Stephen Rees1,2116.55%$2,500
Nation AllianceWei Ping Chen4192.27%$250
Total Valid Votes18,481
Total Rejected Ballots1840.99%
Turnout18,66545.16%
B.C. General Election 2005 Richmond East
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Liberal Linda Reid 11,65257.48%$79,453
  NDP Gian Sihota6,69233.01%$16,623
Green Michael Anthony Wolfe1,5307.55%$867
 IndependentMohamud Ali Farah2071.02%$651
Marijuana Heidi Farnola1910.94%$100
Total Valid Votes20,272100%
Total Rejected Ballots1820.90%
Turnout20,45453.01%
B.C. General Election 2001: Richmond East
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Liberal Linda Reid 12,49869.18%$49,998
  NDP Willy Nasgowitz2,55014.11%$2,541
Green Stephen Kronstein1,8029.97%$1,389
Unity Joe Pal5993.32%$1,274
Marijuana John Shavluk4452.46%$1,875
 IndependentMohamud Ali Farah1730.96%$440
Total Valid Votes18,067100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots780.43%
Turnout18,14570.59%
B.C. General Election 1996: Richmond East
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Liberal Linda Reid 10,20555.60%$36,939
  NDP Balwant Sanghera5,76331.40%$20,448
Progressive Democrat Marc G. Schaper1,0935.96%$900
Reform Paula Peterson7924.32%$4,067
Green Kevan Eric Hudson2351.28%$100
Social Credit Chris O'Toole1390.76%$8,250
Conservative Donald Veld830.45%$850
  Natural Law Carina Shelly430.23%$100
Total Valid Votes18,353100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots1400.76%
Turnout18,49371.62%
B.C. General Election 1991: Richmond East
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Liberal Linda Reid 6,87040.91%$21,108
  NDP Ron Fontaine6,09636.31%$24,505
Social Credit Larry Blaschuk3,70322.05%$33,882
Green Douglas Dunn1230.73%
Total Valid Votes16,792100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots4942.86%
Turnout17,28675.79%

49°09′58″N123°04′41″W / 49.166°N 123.078°W / 49.166; -123.078

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Preceded by Constituency represented by the Speaker
2013–2017
Succeeded by


  1. "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved May 17, 2017.