Henry Yao

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Henry Yao
姚君憲
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Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly
for Richmond South Centre
Assumed office
October 24, 2020
Preceded byLinda Reid
Personal details
Political partyNew Democratic
Other political
affiliations		RITE Richmond

Henry Yao (traditional Chinese: 姚君憲; simplified Chinese: 姚君宪) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2020 British Columbia general election.[1] He represents the electoral district of Richmond South Centre as a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party.

Electoral record[]

Provincial Elections[]

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2020 British Columbia general election: Richmond South Centre
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Henry Yao 6,743 50.67 +10.39 $37,030.55
Liberal Alexa Loo 6,564 49.33 +0.61 $50,107.69
Total valid votes 13,307 100.00 –
Rejected ballots 207 1.53 +0.34
Turnout 13,514 40.12 −6.58
Registered voters 33,685
New Democratic gain from Liberal Swing +4.89
Source: Elections BC[2][3]

Municipal Elections[]

Top 8 candidates elected — Incumbents marked with "(X)". Elected members' names are in bold

2018 British Columbia municipal elections: Richmond City Council
Party Council candidate Vote %
  RITE Richmond Carol Day (X) 20,871 7.01
  Richmond Citizens' Association Harold Steves (X) 19,136 6.43
  Richmond Community Coalition Chak Au (X) 18,026 6.05
  Richmond First Bill McNulty (X) 17,242 5.79
  Richmond Citizens' Association Kelly Greene 16,464 5.53
  Richmond First Linda McPhail (X) 15,521 5.21
  RITE Richmond Michael Wolfe 13,627 4.58
  Independent Alexa Loo (X) 13,212 4.44
  Richmond First Derek Dang (X) 13,115 4.40
  Richmond First Andy Hobbs 12,336 4.14
  Richmond Citizens' Association Judie Schneider 11,672 3.92
  Richmond Community Coalition Ken Johnston (X) 11,161 3.75
  Richmond Community Coalition Jonathan Ho 11,140 3.74
  Richmond Citizens' Association Jack Trovato 10,915 3.67
  Richmond First Sunny Ho 8,933 3.00
  RITE Richmond Niti Sharma 8,917 2.99
  RITE Richmond Henry Yao 8,467 2.84
  Richmond First Peter Liu 8,357 2.81
  Richmond Community Coalition Parm Bains 7,973 2.68
  Independent John Roston 7,961 2.67
  Richmond Community Coalition Melissa Zhang 7,708 2.38
  Independent Kerry Starchuk 6,959 2.34
  Independent Jason Tarnow 5,720 1.92
  Independent Adil Awan 4,278 1.44
  Independent Manjit Singh 4,134 1.39
  Independent Dennis Page 3,478 1.17
  Independent Andy Chiang 3,337 1.12
  Independent Theresa Head 3,251 1.09
  Independent Patrick J. Saunders 2,241 0.75
  Independent Zhe Zhang 2,241 0.75

References[]

  1. ^ Maria Rantanen, "NDP secure third provincial seat in Richmond". Richmond News, November 7, 2020.
  2. ^ "Statement of Votes — 42nd Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved 7 February 2021.


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