Richmond_(British_Columbia_federal_electoral_district)

Richmond Centre
British Columbia electoral district
	Richmond Centre and vicinity (2013 boundaries)
Coordinates:	49.169°N 123.160°W
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Wilson Miao; Liberal
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District created	1987
First contested	1988
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2021)	107,707
Electors (2021)	74,640
Area (km²)	43
Pop. density (per km²)	2,504.8
Census division(s)	Metro Vancouver
Census subdivision(s)	Richmond

Richmond Centre (federal electoral district)

Federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada

Richmond Centre (French: Richmond-Centre; formerly Richmond) is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1988.

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Under the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution the riding will be renamed Richmond Centre—Marpole.^[3] It will gain much of the Marpole area from Vancouver Granville and Vancouver Quadra and lose the area south of Williams Road to Richmond East—Steveston.^[4]

Demographics

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According to the 2021 Canadian census^[8]

Ethnic groups: 60.1% Chinese, 17.2% White, 6.1% Filipino, 4.9% South Asian, 1.8% Japanese, 1.3% Southeast Asian, 1.1% Latin American, 1% Korean, 1% Arab
Languages: 28.5% English, 25.4% Mandarin, 22.5% Yue, 3.2% Tagalog, 1.3% Min Nan, 1.1% Japanese, 1% Russian, 1% Punjabi
Religions: 56.3% No Religion, 30% Christian (12.5% Catholic, 1.2% Anglican, 1.1% Baptist, 1.1% United Church), 5.7% Buddhist, 3.3% Muslim, 1.6% Sikh, 1.3% Jewish, 1% Hindu
Median income: $32,800 (2020)
Average income: $45,480 (2020)

Retail trade and the service sector (professional, scientific, technical services) are the major sources of employment in Richmond. 44% of residents over the age of 15 years have obtained a university certificate or degree. The average family income is over $112,200. Unemployment is around 10.8%.^[9] This riding is home to many Asian-themed malls and other businesses, such as River Rock Casino Resort, Aberdeen Centre, Parker Place, Lansdowne Centre, CF Richmond Centre, McArthurGlen Designer Outlet Vancouver Airport and is also home to the Vancouver International Airport.

Election results

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

Richmond Centre, 2015–present

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[EastAsian-8] Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.

[euro-9] Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.

[SoutheastAsian-10] Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.

[MiddleEastern-11] Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.

[Other-12] Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.

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Statistics Canada: 2022

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Statistics Canada: 2022

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"Maps: Here's how (almost) all of Vancouver's federal ridings are changing". Vancouver Is Awesome. March 3, 2023. Retrieved April 23, 2024.

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"Richmond Centre—Marpole". FEDERAL ELECTORAL DISTRICTS REDISTRIBUTION 2022.

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Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 26, 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 15, 2023.

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Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 27, 2021). "Census Profile, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 15, 2023.

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Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (November 27, 2015). "NHS Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 15, 2023.

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"Statistics Canada: 2021 National Household Survey Profile". December 15, 2022.

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"Election Night Results — Elections Canada". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 25, 2021.

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"Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved August 7, 2021.

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"Candidate Campaign Returns — Richmond Centre". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 23, 2021.

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Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Richmond Centre, 30 September 2015

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Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates

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Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

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"Student Vote Canada 2021 Results — Richmond Centre". Student Vote. Retrieved September 26, 2021.

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"Student Vote Canada 2019 Results — Richmond Centre". Student Vote. Retrieved June 14, 2020.

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"Student Vote Canada 2015 Results — Richmond Centre". Student Vote. Retrieved September 26, 2021.

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"Student Vote Canada 2011 Results — Richmond Centre". Student Vote. Archived from the original on May 6, 2015. Retrieved September 28, 2020.

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Panethnic group	2021^[5]		2016^[6]		2011^[7]
Panethnic group	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
East Asian^{[lower-alpha 1]}	67,130	62.92%	59,875	61.48%	50,315	54%
European^{[lower-alpha 2]}	18,355	17.2%	20,905	21.46%	26,680	28.64%
Southeast Asian^{[lower-alpha 3]}	7,875	7.38%	6,775	6.96%	6,405	6.87%
South Asian	5,240	4.91%	4,190	4.3%	4,380	4.7%
Middle Eastern^{[lower-alpha 4]}	1,950	1.83%	1,235	1.27%	925	0.99%
Latin American	1,150	1.08%	720	0.74%	870	0.93%
Indigenous	820	0.77%	685	0.7%	940	1.01%
African	780	0.73%	585	0.6%	625	0.67%
Other^{[lower-alpha 5]}	3,380	3.17%	2,430	2.49%	2,025	2.17%
Total responses	106,690	99.06%	97,395	98.98%	93,170	99.26%
Total population	107,707	100%	98,396	100%	93,863	100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

Parliament	Years		Party
Richmond Riding created from Richmond—South Delta
34th	1988–1993	Tom Siddon	Progressive Conservative
35th	1993–1997	Raymond Chan	Liberal
36th	1997–2000	Raymond Chan	Liberal
37th	2000–2002	Joe Peschisolido	Alliance
37th	2002–2004	Joe Peschisolido	Liberal
38th	2004–2006	Raymond Chan
39th	2006–2008	Raymond Chan
40th	2008–2011	Alice Wong	Conservative
41st	2011–2015	Alice Wong	Conservative
Richmond Centre
42nd	2015–2019	Alice Wong	Conservative
43rd	2019–2021	Alice Wong	Conservative
44th	2021–present	Wilson Miao	Liberal

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Wilson Miao	13,440	39.34	+10.87	$46,560.77
	Conservative	Alice Wong	12,668	37.08	–11.56	$106,375.38
	New Democratic	Sandra Nixon	6,196	18.14	+3.67	$7,576.20
	Green	Laura Gillanders	1,109	3.25	–2.87	$3,975.22
	People's	James Hinton	748	2.19	+0.80	None listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			34,161	100.00	–	$108,507.63
Total rejected ballots			340	0.99	+0.04
Turnout			34,501	46.22	–6.75
Eligible voters			74,640
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+11.22
Source: Elections Canada^[10]^[11]^[12]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Alice Wong	19,037	49.04	+4.84	$101,329.13
	Liberal	Steven Kou	11,052	28.47	-12.89	$86,522.82
	New Democratic	Dustin Innes	5,617	14.47	+2.97	$0.00
	Green	Françoise Raunet	2,376	6.12	+3.23	$2,308.51
	People's	Ivan Pak	538	1.39	–	$5,776.08
	Independent	Zhe Zhang	197	0.51	–	$184.60
Total valid votes/expense limit			38,817	99.05		$102,820.08
Total rejected ballots			371	0.95	+0.38
Turnout			39,188	52.97	-4.56
Eligible voters			73,975
	Conservative hold		Swing		+8.86
Source: Elections Canada^[13]^[14]

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Alice Wong	17,622	44.21	-13.86	$154,059.88
	Liberal	Lawrence Woo	16,486	41.36	+22.61	$110,802.58
	New Democratic	Jack Trovato	4,602	11.54	-6.66	$11,679.42
	Green	Vincent Chiu	1,152	2.89	-2.10	$2,372.74
Total valid votes/expense limit			39,862	99.43		$202,743.02
Total rejected ballots			227	0.57	–
Turnout			40,089	57.53	–
Eligible voters			69,678
	Conservative hold		Swing		-18.23
Source: Elections Canada^[15]^[16]

Richmond_(British_Columbia_federal_electoral_district)

Richmond Centre (federal electoral district)

Geography

Demographics

History

Members of Parliament

Election results

Richmond Centre, 2015–present

Richmond, 1988–2015

Student vote results

2021

2019

2015, Richmond Centre

2011, Richmond

See also

References

Notes

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2011 federal election redistributed results^[17]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	19,789	58.06
	Liberal	6,391	18.75
	New Democratic	6,203	18.20
	Green	1,699	4.99

v t e 2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Alice Wong	21,329	49.77	+11.08	$79,037
	Liberal	Raymond Chan	13,221	30.85	-11.98	$78,275
	New Democratic	Dale Jackaman	5,059	11.81	-2.17	$14,221
	Green	Michael Wolfe	2,754	6.43	+1.93	$1,900
	Independent	Wei Ping Chen	397	0.93	–	$6,851
	Independent	Dobie Yiu-Chung To	93	0.22	–	$1,813
Total valid votes/expense limit			42,878	100.0		$86,879
Total rejected ballots			192	0.45	0.01
Turnout			43,070	52	-4
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+11.53

v t e 2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Raymond Chan	18,712	42.83	-1.65	$68,055
	Conservative	Darrel Reid	16,904	38.69	+3.37	$73,990
	New Democratic	Neil Smith	6,106	13.98	-1.02	$12,724
	Green	Richard Gordon Mathias	1,967	4.50	+0.25	$2,850
Total valid votes			43,689	100.0
Total rejected ballots			194	0.44	-0.11
Turnout			43,883	56	-6
	Liberal hold		Swing		-2.51

v t e 2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Raymond Chan	18,204	44.48	+2.44	$64,433
	Conservative	Alice Wong	14,457	35.32	-14.51	$71,614
	New Democratic	Dale Jackaman	6,142	15.00	+9.32	$11,072
	Green	Stephen H.F. Kronstein	1,743	4.25	+2.36	$160
	Canadian Action	Allan Warnke	376	0.91	–	$625
Total valid votes			40,922	100.0
Total rejected ballots			226	0.55	+0.08
Turnout			41,148	62.29	+0.59
	Liberal hold		Swing		+8.48

v t e 2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Alliance	Joe Peschisolido	21,064	44.40	+8.44	$58,128
	Liberal	Raymond Chan	19,940	42.04	-1.77	$63,896
	New Democratic	Gail Paquette	2,695	5.68	-3.88	$10,941
	Progressive Conservative	Frank Peter Tofin	2,578	5.43	-2.85	$4,329
	Green	Kevan Hudson	897	1.89	+0.53	$61
	Natural Law	Kathy McClement	164	0.34	-0.05
	Marxist–Leninist	Edith Petersen	93	0.19	-0.02	$10
Total valid votes			47,431	100.0
Total rejected ballots			218	0.47	-0.03
Turnout			47,649	61.70	-3.19
	Alliance gain from Liberal		Swing		+5.10