Richmond Centre

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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.

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[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 2005: Richmond Centre
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     BC Liberal Olga Ilich 10,908 58.56%
     NDP Dale Jackaman 6,051 32.49%
     Green Chris Segers 1,436 7.71%
     Marijuana Matthew Thomas Healy 231 1.24%
Total 18,626 100.00%
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%
     Libertarian Kerry Pearson 126 0.70%
     Independent Joseph Gaudet 65 0.36%
     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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