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- This page is for the provincial electoral district of Richmond Centre. For Richmond Centre the shopping mall, see Richmond Centre (mall).
Richmond Centre is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.
[edit] Demographics
| Population, 2001 |
56,792 |
| Population Change, 1996-2001 |
22.7% |
| Area (km²) |
31.73 |
| Pop. Density (people per km²) |
1,790 |
[edit] Geography
[edit] History
[edit] Member of Legislative Assembly
Its MLA is Olga Ilich, a real estate developer. She was first elected in 2005. She is a member of the British Columbia Liberal Party. She was appointed the Minister of Tourism, Sport and the Arts on June 16, 2005.
[edit] Election results
| B.C. General Election 2001: Richmond Centre |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
| |
BC Liberal |
Greg Halsey-Brandt |
12,061 |
71.86% |
|
$36,519 |
| |
NDP |
Jaana Grant |
2,206 |
13.14% |
|
$3,250 |
| |
Green |
Bruce Marshall |
1,615 |
9.62% |
|
$144 |
| |
Unity |
Jim Hessels |
381 |
2.27% |
|
$610 |
| |
Marijuana |
Alice Kan-Halford |
357 |
2.13% |
|
$556 |
| |
Conservative |
Frank Peter Tofin |
165 |
0.98% |
|
$100 |
| Total Valid Votes |
16,785 |
100.00% |
|
| Total Rejected Ballots |
140 |
0.83% |
|
| Turnout |
16,925 |
69.10% |
|
| B.C. General Election 1996: Richmond Centre |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
| |
BC Liberal |
Doug Symons |
9,925 |
55.52% |
|
$29,312 |
| |
NDP |
Doug Black |
5,723 |
32.01% |
|
$26,329 |
| |
PDA |
Rob Oey |
996 |
5.57% |
|
$100 |
| |
BC Reform |
Shamim Akbar |
614 |
3.43% |
|
$2,755 |
| |
Green |
Manoa Friedson |
235 |
1.31% |
|
$160 |
| |
Social Credit |
Andrew Biernat |
154 |
0.86% |
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| |
Libertarian |
Kerry Pearson |
126 |
0.70% |
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| |
Independent |
Joseph Gaudet |
65 |
0.36% |
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| |
Natural Law |
Mark McCooey |
38 |
0.21% |
|
$100 |
| Total Valid Votes |
17,876 |
100.00% |
|
| Total Rejected Ballots |
144 |
0.80% |
|
| Turnout |
18,020 |
68.67% |
|
| B.C. General Election 1991: Richmond Centre |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
| |
BC Liberal |
Douglas Symons |
7,806 |
42.44% |
|
$3,895 |
| |
NDP |
Brian Collins |
6,522 |
35.46% |
|
$34,977 |
| |
Social Credit |
Sheila Page |
3,889 |
21.14% |
|
$39,533 |
| |
Green |
Michael Airton |
108 |
0.59% |
|
$30 |
| |
Libertarian |
Kerry Pearson |
68 |
0.37% |
|
$33 |
| Total Valid Votes |
18,393 |
100.00% |
|
| Total Rejected Ballots |
390 |
2.08% |
|
| Turnout |
18,783 |
74.42% |
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[edit] External links
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British Columbia provincial electoral districts |
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| Southern Interior |
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| Fraser Valley / South |
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| Vancouver |
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