Richmond North Centre

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

Richmond North Centre

British Columbia electoral district
Location in Richmond
Coordinates:	49.173°N 123.161°W
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Teresa Wat Liberal
District created	2015
First contested	2017
Last contested	2020
Demographics
Population (2015)	49,157
Area (km²)	440
Pop. density (per km²)	111.7
Census division(s)	Metro Vancouver
Census subdivision(s)	Richmond

Demographics[1]

Population, 2014	49,157
Area (km^2)	440

History

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Richmond Centre prior to 2017
41st	2017–2020		Teresa Wat	Liberal
42nd	2020–present

Election results

Graph of the election results in Richmond North Centre (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
	Liberal	Teresa Wat	7,675	51.26	−1.22
	New Democratic	Jaeden Dela Torre	5,964	39.83	+5.79
	Green	Vernon Wang	1,333	8.9	−1.57
Total valid votes			14,972	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered voters
Source: Elections BC[2]

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

2017 British Columbia general election
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
Total Registered voters			31,695
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	Jaeden Dela Torre	62	51.67	+7.36
	Liberal	Theresa Wat	29	24.17	-5.02
	Green	Vernon Wang	29	24.17	-2.32
Total valid votes			120	100.0	–
Source: Student Vote Canada[6]

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[7]

References

1. "Population of Proposed Electoral Districts" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
2. "2020 Provincial General Election Final Voting Results". electionsbcenr.blob.core.windows.net. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
3. "Report of the Chief Electoral Officer - 2018 Referendum" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
4. "2017 Provincial General Election Official Results" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
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 British Columbia Election 2017". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on 15 May 2017. Retrieved 2020-09-24.

External links

• Hi-Res Map (pdf)