Defunct provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada
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 .
Demographics [ ]
Population, 2001
55,576
Population Change, 1996–2001
7.9%
Area (km²)
82.64
Pop. Density (people per km²)
673
Geography [ ]
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History [ ]
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Member of 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.
Election results [ ]
2013 British Columbia general election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Liberal
Linda Reid
11,592
54.68
-4.05
$113,202
New Democratic
Gian Sihota
6,047
28.52
-3.93
$18,837
Conservative
Nathaniel Lim
1,827
8.62
-
$4,529
Green
Doug Perry
1,178
5.56
-0.99
$388
Independent
Lloyd Chen
247
1.17
-
$250
Excalibur
Ping Chan
175
0.82
-
$2,417
Independent
Cliff Wei
133
0.63
-
$250
Total valid votes
21,199
100.00
Total rejected ballots
233
1.09
Turnout
21,432
47.58
Source: Elections BC [1]
2009 British Columbia general election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Liberal
Linda Reid
10,853
58.73%
$101,928
New Democratic
Shawkat Hasan
5,998
32.45%
$16,464
Green
Stephen Rees
1,211
6.55%
$2,500
Nation Alliance
Wei Ping Chen
419
2.27%
$250
Total Valid Votes
18,481
Total Rejected Ballots
184
0.99%
Turnout
18,665
45.16%
B.C. General Election 2005 Richmond East
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±
Expenditures
Liberal
Linda Reid
11,652
57.48%
$79,453
NDP
Gian Sihota
6,692
33.01%
$16,623
Green
Michael Anthony Wolfe
1,530
7.55%
–
$867
Independent
Mohamud Ali Farah
207
1.02%
$651
Marijuana
Heidi Farnola
191
0.94%
$100
Total Valid Votes
20,272
100%
Total Rejected Ballots
182
0.90%
Turnout
20,454
53.01%
B.C. General Election 2001 : Richmond East
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±
Expenditures
Liberal
Linda Reid
12,498
69.18%
$49,998
NDP
Willy Nasgowitz
2,550
14.11%
$2,541
Green
Stephen Kronstein
1,802
9.97%
–
$1,389
Unity
Joe Pal
599
3.32%
$1,274
Marijuana
John Shavluk
445
2.46%
$1,875
Independent
Mohamud Ali Farah
173
0.96%
$440
Total Valid Votes
18,067
100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots
78
0.43%
Turnout
18,145
70.59%
B.C. General Election 1996 : Richmond East
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±
Expenditures
Liberal
Linda Reid
10,205
55.60%
$36,939
NDP
Balwant Sanghera
5,763
31.40%
$20,448
Progressive Democrat
Marc G. Schaper
1,093
5.96%
–
$900
Reform
Paula Peterson
792
4.32%
$4,067
Green
Kevan Eric Hudson
235
1.28%
–
$100
Social Credit
Chris O'Toole
139
0.76%
–
$8,250
Conservative
Donald Veld
83
0.45%
$850
Natural Law
Carina Shelly
43
0.23%
$100
Total Valid Votes
18,353
100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots
140
0.76%
Turnout
18,493
71.62%
B.C. General Election 1991 : Richmond East
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±
Expenditures
Liberal
Linda Reid
6,870
40.91%
$21,108
NDP
Ron Fontaine
6,096
36.31%
$24,505
Social Credit
Larry Blaschuk
3,703
22.05%
–
$33,882
Green
Douglas Dunn
123
0.73%
–
Total Valid Votes
16,792
100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots
494
2.86%
Turnout
17,286
75.79%
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