Richmond Centre (provincial electoral district)

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

History

MLAs

1. Doug Symons, Liberal (1991-2001)
2. Greg Halsey-Brandt, Liberal (2001-2005)
3. Olga Ilich, Liberal (2005-2009)
4. Rob Howard, Liberal (2009–2013)
5. Teresa Wat, Liberal (2013–present)

Election results

B.C. General Election 2013 Richmond Centre
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Teresa Wat	9,462	49.83%		$153,452
	New Democratic	Frank Yunrong Huang	4,436	23.36%		$43,408
	Green	Michael Wolfe	1,678	8.84%		$754
	Independent	Gary Law	1,617	8.51%	–	$103,415
	Conservative	Lawrence Chen	961	5.06%	–	$5,393
	Independent	Richard Lee	754	3.97%	–	$9,808
	Unparty	Chanel Donovan	82	0.43%	–	$1,055
Total Valid Votes			18,990	100%
Total Rejected Ballots			180	0.94%
Turnout			19,170	43.65%

B.C. General Election 2009 Richmond Centre
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Rob Howard	10,483	61.51%		$112,387
	New Democratic	Kam Brar	4,949	29.04%		$16,638
	Green	Michael Wolfe	1,213	7.12%	–	$350
	Nation Alliance	Kang Chen	399	2.33%	$258
Total Valid Votes			17,044	100%
Total Rejected Ballots			166	0.96%
Turnout			17,210	40.97%

B.C. General Election 2005: Richmond Centre
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Olga Ilich	10,908	58.56%		$128,747
	NDP	Dale Jackaman	6,051	32.49%		$11,266
	Green	Chris Segers	1,436	7.71%	–	$200
	Marijuana	Matthew Thomas Healy	231	1.24%		$100
Total Valid Votes			18,626	100%
Total Rejected Ballots			193	1.04%
Turnout			18,819	49.42%

B.C. General Election 2001: Richmond Centre
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Greg Halsey-Brandt	12,061	71.86%		$36,519
	NDP	Jaana Grant	2,206	13.14%		$3,250
	Green	Bruce Marshall	1,615	9.62%	–	$144
	Unity	Jim Hessels	381	2.27%		$610
	Marijuana	Alice Kan-Halford	357	2.13%		$556
	Conservative	Frank Peter Tofin	165	0.98%		$100
Total Valid Votes			16,785	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			140	0.83%
Turnout			16,925	69.10%

B.C. General Election 1996: Richmond Centre
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Doug Symons	9,925	55.52%		$29,312
	NDP	Doug Black	5,723	32.01%		$26,329
	Progressive Democrat	Rob Oey	996	5.57%	–	$100
	Reform	Shamim Akbar	614	3.43%		$2,755
	Green	Manoa Friedson	235	1.31%	–	$160
	Social Credit	Andrew Biernat	154	0.86%	–
	Libertarian	Kerry Pearson	126	0.70%
	Independent	Joseph Gaudet	65	0.36%
	Natural Law	Mark McCooey	38	0.21%		$100
Total Valid Votes			17,876	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			144	0.80%
Turnout			18,020	68.67%

B.C. General Election 1991: Richmond Centre
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Douglas Symons	7,806	42.44%		$3,895
	NDP	Brian Collins	6,522	35.46%		$34,977
	Social Credit	Sheila Page	3,889	21.14%	–	$39,533
	Green	Michael Airton	108	0.59%	–	$30
	Libertarian	Kerry Pearson	68	0.37%		$33
Total Valid Votes			18,393
Total Rejected Ballots			390	2.08%
Turnout			18,783	74.42%

External links

• Results of 2001 election (pdf)
• 2001 Expenditures (pdf)
• Results of 1996 election
• 1996 Expenditures
• Results of 1991 election
• 1991 Expenditures
• Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
• BC Stats Profile