Richmond-Steveston
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Richmond-Steveston
Richmond-Steveston is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.
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Demographics
| Population, 2001 | 51,977 |
| Population Change, 1996–2001 | 1.8% |
| Area (km²) | 14.32 |
| Pop. Density (people per km²) | 3,630 |
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Member of Legislative Assembly
Its MLA is John Yap. He was first elected in 2005, and was re-elected in 2009. He represents the British Columbia Liberal Party.
Election results
| B.C. General Election 2009: Richmond-Steveston | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| BC Liberal | John Yap | 13,168 | 61% | +2 | $109,468 | |
| New Democrat | Sue Wallis | 5,925 | 27% | -4 | $17,718 | |
| Green | Jeff Hill | 1,491 | 7% | -1 | $350 | |
| BC Conservative | Barry Chilton | 1,082 | 5% | n/a | $450 | |
| Total Valid Votes | 21,666 | 100% | ||||
| Total Rejected Ballots | 167 | 0.76% | ||||
| Turnout | 21,833 | 52% | ||||
| B.C. General Election 2005: Richmond-Steveston | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| BC Liberal | John Yap | 13,859 | 59.20% | $90,951 | ||
| New Democrat | Kay Hale | 7,334 | 31.33% | $8,858 | ||
| Green | Egidio Spinelli | 1,934 | 8.27% | $731 | ||
| Democratic Reform BC | Daniel Stuart Ferguson | 282 | 1.20% | $247 | ||
| Total Valid Votes | 23,409 | 100% | ||||
| Total Rejected Ballots | 152 | 0.65% | ||||
| Turnout | 23,561 | 59.87% | ||||
| B.C. General Election 2001: Richmond-Steveston | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| BC Liberal | Geoff Plant | 14,508 | 69.23% | $56,820 | ||
| NDP | Billie Mortimer | 2,564 | 12.24% | $2,734 | ||
| Green | Kevan Hudson | 2,257 | 10.77% | $1,063 | ||
| Marijuana | Gordon Mathias | 561 | 2.68% | $705 | ||
| Unity | Vincent Paul | 381 | 1.82% | $610 | ||
| Independent | Allan Warnke | 358 | 1.71% | $1,562 | ||
| Conservative | Barry Edward Chilton | 160 | 0.76% | $240 | ||
| BC Reform | Sue Wade | 145 | 0.69% | $610 | ||
| People's Front | Edith Petersen | 21 | 0.10% | $100 | ||
| Total Valid Votes | 20,955 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total Rejected Ballots | 125 | 0.60% | ||||
| Turnout | 21,080 | 73.27% | ||||
| B.C. General Election 1996: Richmond-Steveston | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| BC Liberal | Geoff Plant | 9,643 | 56.65% | $39,769 | ||
| NDP | Gail Paquette | 5,041 | 29.61% | $32,144 | ||
| PDA | Pat Young | 919 | 5.40% | $550 | ||
| BC Reform | Shirley Abraham-Kirk | 556 | 3.27% | $2,765 | ||
| Independent | Allan Warnke | 450 | 2.64% | $5,795 | ||
| Green | Brian Gold | 188 | 1.10% | $100 | ||
| Conservative | Gary L. Cross | 99 | 0.58% | $1,132 | ||
| Social Credit | Gordon Neuls | 88 | 0.52% | $4,315 | ||
| Natural Law | Nancy Stewart | 38 | 0.22% | $123 | ||
| Total Valid Votes | 17,022 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total Rejected Ballots | 85 | 0.50% | ||||
| Turnout | 17,107 | 74.36% | ||||
| B.C. General Election 1991: Richmond-Steveston | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| BC Liberal | Allan Warnke | 6,664 | 38.32% | $2,332 | ||
| NDP | Harold Steves | 6,054 | 34.81% | $24,142 | ||
| Social Credit | Nick Loenen | 4,609 | 26.50% | $44,277 | ||
| Conservative | Gary L. Cross | 728 | 3.19% | $2,858 | ||
| Total Valid Votes | 17,392 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total Rejected Ballots | 321 | 1.81% | ||||
| Turnout | 17,713 | 77.67% | ||||
See also
External links
- BC Stats Profile - 2001
- Results of 2001 election
- 2001 Expenditures (pdf)
- Results of 1996 election
- 1996 Expenditures
- Results of 1991 election
- 1991 Expenditures
- Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
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