Richmond South Centre

Richmond South Centre is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada that was created in the 2015 redistribution from parts of Richmond Centre, Richmond East and Richmond-Steveston. It was first contested in the 2017 election.

Richmond South Centre

British Columbia electoral district
Location in Richmond, British Columbia
Coordinates:	49.1658°N 123.1041°W
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Henry Yao New Democratic
District created	2015
First contested	2017
Last contested	2020
Demographics
Population (2011)	47,010
Electors (2017)	30,094

Demographics[1]

Population, 2014	50,101
Area (km^2)	7

History

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Richmond East prior to 2017
41st	2017–2020		Linda Reid	Liberal
42nd	2020-present		Henry Yao	New Democratic

Election results

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

2020 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Henry Yao	6,743	50.67	+10.39
	Liberal	Alexa Loo	6,564	49.33	+0.61
Total valid votes			13,307	100.00	–
Rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered voters
Source: Elections BC[2]

2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	7,663	74.29
	Proportional Representation	2,652	25.71
Total valid votes		10,315	100.0
Total rejected ballots		54	0.52
Source: Elections BC[3]

2017 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Linda Reid	6,914	48.72	$68,363
	New Democratic	Chak Au	5,716	40.28	$71,475
	Green	Greg Powell	1,561	11.0	$379
Total valid votes			14,191	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			171	1.19
Turnout			14,362	46.7
Registered voters			30,753
Source: Elections BC[4][5]

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	Henry Yao	666	62.3	+17.99
	Liberal	Alexa Loo	403	37.7	+8.51
Total valid votes			1,069	100.0	–
Source: Student Vote Canada[6]

2017 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Chak Au	935	44.31
	Liberal	Linda Reid	616	29.19
	Green	Greg Powell	559	26.49
Total Valid Votes			2,110	100.0
[7]

External links

• Hi-Res Map (pdf)

References

1. http://bc-ebc.ca Population of Proposed Electoral Districts.pdf
2. "2020 Provincial General Election Final Voting Results". electionsbcenr.blob.core.windows.net. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
3. "Report of the Chief Electoral Officer - 2018 Referendum" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
4. "2017 Provincial General Election Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
5. "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
6. "Student Vote British Columbia 2020". Student Vote British Columbia 2020. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
7. "Student Vote British Columbia Election 2017". Elections BC. Archived from the original on 2017-05-15. Retrieved 2020-10-04.