Richmond-Queensborough

Richmond-Queensborough is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada that was created in the 2015 redistribution from parts of Richmond East and New Westminster. It was first contested in the 2017 election.

Richmond-Queensborough

British Columbia electoral district
Location in Richmond
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Aman Singh New Democratic
District created	2015
First contested	2017
Last contested	2020
Demographics
Census division(s)	Metro Vancouver
Census subdivision(s)	New Westminster, Richmond

Demographics[1]

Population, 2014	55,627
Area (km^2)	92

History

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Richmond East and New Westminster prior to 2017
41st	2017–2020		Jas Johal	Liberal
42nd	2020–present		Aman Singh	New Democratic

Election results

Graph of election results in Richmond—Queensborough (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2020 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Aman Singh	9,406	47.65	+6.9
	Liberal	Jas Johal	7,728	39.15	−2.28
	Green	Earl Einarson	1,496	7.58	−5.14
	Conservative	Kay Hale	1,108	5.61	+2.11
Total valid votes			19,738	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered voters
Source: Elections BC[2]

2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	8,787	69.93
	Proportional representation	3,779	30.07
Total valid votes		12,566	100.0
Total rejected ballots		97	0.77
Source: Elections BC[3]

2017 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jas Johal	8,218	41.43	$67,089
	New Democratic	Aman Singh	8,084	40.75	$30,369
	Green	Michael Wolfe	2,524	12.72	$400
	Conservative	Kay Khilvinder Hale	694	3.5	$1,279
	New Republican	Lawrence Chen	318	1.6	$0
Total valid votes			19,838	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			194	0.97
Turnout			20,032	55.78
Registered voters			35,911
Source: Elections BC[4][5]

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).

2020 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Aman Singh	336	49.19	+5.34
	Green	Earl Einarson	166	24.3	-0.28
	Liberal	Jas Johal	136	19.91	-6.44
	Conservative	Kay Khilvinder Hale	45	6.59	+3.67
Total Valid Votes			683	100.0	–
Source: Student Vote Canada[6]

2017 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Aman Singh	496	43.85
	Liberal	Jas Johal	298	26.35
	Green	Michael Wolfe	278	24.58
	Conservative	Kay Khilvinder Hale	33	2.92
	New Republican	Lawrence Chen	26	2.3
Total Valid Votes			1,131	100.0
Source: Student Vote Canada[7]

External links

• Hi-Res Map (pdf)

References

1. http://bc-ebc.ca/docs/BC-EBC%5B%5D Population of Proposed Electoral Districts.pdf
2. "2020 Provincial General Election Final Voting Results". electionsbcenr.blob.core.windows.net. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
3. "Report of the Chief Electoral Officer - 2018 Referendum on Electoral Reform" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
4. "2017 Provincial General Election - Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
5. "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
6. "Student Vote British Columbia 2020". Student Vote British Columbia 2020. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
7. "Student Vote BC 2017". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on 12 June 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2020.