Richmond-Steveston

Richmond-Steveston
British Columbia electoral district
	Location in Richmond
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Kelly Greene; New Democratic
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District created	1988
First contested	1991
Last contested	2020
Demographics
Population (2011)	59,125
Area (km²)	25.135
Pop. density (per km²)	2,352.3
Census division(s)	Metro Vancouver
Census subdivision(s)	Richmond

Richmond-Steveston is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.

Geography

Consisting of that part of the City of Richmond lying westerly and southerly of a line described as follows: commencing at the intersection of the westerly limit of said city with the westerly production of Blundell Road; thence easterly along said road to No. 2 Road; thence southerly along said highway to Francis Road; thence easterly along said road to No. 3 Road; thence southerly along said road and its production to the southerly limit of said city.

History

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:

Richmond-Steveston
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
35th	1991–1996		Allan Warnke	Liberal
36th	1996–2001		Geoff Plant
37th	2001–2005		Geoff Plant
38th	2005–2009		John Yap
39th	2009–2013
40th	2013–2017
41st	2017–2020
42nd	2020–present		Kelly Greene	New Democratic

Election results

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

v t e 2020 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Kelly Greene	10,733	52.07	+12.72	$35,020.17
	Liberal	Matt Pitcairn	9,398	45.59	−2.01	$49,104.63
	Independent	Vince Li	483	2.34	–	$0.00
Total valid votes			20,614	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			192	0.92	+0.04
Turnout			20,806	56.09	−6.68
Registered voters			37,092
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+7.37
Source: Elections BC^[1]^[2]

2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	11,034	71.26
	Proportional Representation	4,450	28.74
Total valid votes		15,484	100.0
Total rejected ballots		82	0.53
Source: Elections BC^[3]

v t e 2017 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	John Yap	10,332	47.60	−4.07	$63,896
	New Democratic	Kelly Greene	8,542	39.35	+11.28	$21,429
	Green	Roy Sakata	2,833	13.05	+4.91	$2,449
Total valid votes			21,707	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			192	0.88	+0.22
Turnout			21,899	62.77	+7.38
Registered voters			34,889
	Liberal hold		Swing		−7.68
Source: Elections BC^[4]^[5]

v t e 2013 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	John Yap	12063	51.67	-9.33	$154,933
	New Democratic	Scott Stewart	6553	28.07	+1.07	$19,284
	Conservative	Carol Day	2662	11.40	+6.4	$8,744
	Green	Jerome James Dickey	1904	8.15	+1.15	$3,559
	Unparty	Mike Donovan	166	0.71	–	$1,055
Total valid votes			23431	100.00
Total rejected ballots			155	0.66
Turnout			23586	55.39
Source: Elections BC^[6]^[7]

v t e 2009 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	John Yap	13,168	61	+2	$109,468
	New Democratic	Sue Wallis	5,925	27	−4	$17,718
	Green	Jeff Hill	1,491	7	−1	$350
	Conservative	Barry Chilton	1,082	5	–	$450
Total valid votes			21,666	100
Total rejected ballots			167	0.76
Turnout			21,833	52

2009 British Columbia electoral reform referendum
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	13,701	65.2
	BC-STV	7,312	34.8
Total valid votes		21,013	100.0
Total rejected ballots		819	3.75
Source: Elections BC^[8]

v t e 2005 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	John Yap	13,859	59.20	$90,951
	New Democratic	Kay Hale	7,334	31.33	$8,858
	Green	Egidio Spinelli	1,934	8.27	$731
	Democratic Reform	Daniel Stuart Ferguson	282	1.20	$247
Total valid votes			23,409	100
Total rejected ballots			152	0.65
Turnout			23,561	59.87

2005 British Columbia electoral reform referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Yes	12,401	54.63
	No	10,301	45.37
Total valid votes		22,702	100.0
Total rejected ballots		651	2.79
Source: Elections BC^[9]

v t e 2001 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Geoff Plant	14,508	69.23	$56,820
	New Democratic	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
	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
Source: Elections BC^[10]

v t e 1996 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Geoff Plant	9,643	56.65	$39,769
	New Democratic	Gail Paquette	5,041	29.61	$32,144
	Progressive Democrat	Pat Young	919	5.40	$550
	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	0.23	$123
Total valid votes			17,022	100.00
Total rejected ballots			85	0.50
Turnout			17,107	74.36
Source: Elections BC^[11]

v t e 1991 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Allan Warnke	6,664	38.32	$2,332
	New Democratic	Harold Steves	6,054	34.81	$24,142
	Social Credit	Nick Loenen	4,609	26.50	$44,277
	Conservative	Gary L. Cross	65	3.19	$2,858
Total valid votes			17,392	100.00
Total rejected ballots			321	1.81
Turnout			17,713	77.67

Student vote results

Student Vote Canada is a non-partisan program in Canada that holds mock elections in elementary and high schools alongside general elections (with the same candidates and same electoral system).

2020 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Kelly Greene	609	54.52	+15.63
	Liberal	Matt Pitcairn	371	33.21	-2.41
	Independent	Vince Li	137	12.26	–
Total valid votes			1,117	100.0	–
Source: Student Vote Canada^[12]

2017 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Kelly Greene	928	38.89	+6.29
	Liberal	John Yap	850	35.62	+7.53
	Green	Roy Sakata	608	25.48	+3.62
Total valid votes			2,386	100.0	–
Source: Student Vote Canada^[13]

2013 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Scott Stewart	607	32.6	+5.7
	Liberal	John Yap	523	28.09	-16.6
	Green	Jerome James Dickey	407	21.86	+3.75
	Conservative	Carol Day	274	14.72	+4.42
	Unparty	Mike Donovan	51	2.74	–
Total valid votes			1,862	100.0	–
Source: Student Vote Canada^[14]

2009 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	John Yap	412	44.69
	New Democratic	Sue Wallis	248	26.9
	Green	Jeff Hill	167	18.11
	Conservative	Barry Chilton	95	10.3
Total valid votes			922	100.0
Source: Student Vote Canada^[15]