Richmond East
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Richmond East is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.
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[edit] Demographics
| Population, 2001 | 55,576 |
| Population Change, 1996-2001 | 7.9% |
| Area (km²) | 82.64 |
| Pop. Density (people per km²) | 673 |
[edit] Geography
[edit] History
[edit] Member of Legislative Assembly
Its MLA is 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.
[edit] Election results
| B.C. General Election 2005 Richmond East | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| BC Liberal | Linda Reid | 11,652 | 57.48% | ||
| NDP | Gian Sihota | 6,692 | 33.01% | ||
| Green | Michael Anthony Wolfe | 1,530 | 7.55% | ||
| Independent | Mohamud Ali Farah | 207 | 1.02% | ||
| Marijuana | Heidi Farnola | 191 | 0.94% | ||
| Total | 20,272 | 100.00% | |||
| B.C. General Election 2001: Richmond East | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| BC 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 | |
| BC Liberal | Linda Reid | 10,205 | 55.60% | $36,939 | ||
| NDP | Balwant Sanghera | 5,763 | 31.40% | $20,448 | ||
| PDA | Marc G. Schaper | 1,093 | 5.96% | $900 | ||
| BC 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 | |
| BC 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% | ||||
[edit] External links
- Result of 2001 election (pdf)
- 2001 Expenditures (pdf)
- Result of 1996 election
- 1996 Expenditures
- Result of 1991 election
- 1991 Expenditures
- Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
- BC Stats Profile - 2001 (pdf)
