Richmond Centre (electoral district)

Richmond Centre (French: Richmond-Centre; formerly Richmond) is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1988.

Geography

The electoral district comprises the western part of the City of Richmond.

Demographics

According to the 2006 Census, 61% of the residents of this riding are immigrants; in particular, 40.5% of the total population of the Richmond riding are immigrants from Eastern Asia, which is the highest such percentage for all Canadian federal riding; 14.6% have immigrated from Hong Kong, again the highest such figure for a federal riding.^[3]^[4]

With respect to visible minority status, 50.2% of the population are Chinese;^[5] indeed, it is the riding with the largest Chinese population (56,940) in all of Canada, and also the only federal electoral district where a single visible minority is the majority. In terms of ethnic origin (where multiple responses are counted) the figure for residents of Chinese ethnic origin reaches 55.2%,^[6] which is likewise the highest such percentage in Canada.

17.8% of population are native speakers of Cantonese, 15.6% of not otherwise specified Chinese, and 13.4% of Mandarin, thus making Richmond the top riding in each of these categories. The same goes for Chinese varieties as a group, which are the mother tongue for 48.4% of Richmond's population, the highest such percentage for a Canadian federal electoral district.^[7] The Richmond riding also holds Canadian records for speakers of Cantonese as a home language (15.8% of the total population), Mandarin as a home language (11.8%), and any language of the other Chinese varieties as a home language (39.7%).^[8]

Retail trade and the service sector (professional, scientific, technical services) are the major sources of employment in Richmond. 32% of residents over the age of 25 years have obtained a university certificate or degree. The average family income is over $72,000. Unemployment is around 5.9%.^[9] This riding is home to many Asian-themed malls and businesses, such as Aberdeen Centre and is home to the Vancouver International Airport.

History

The district was created in 1987 from parts of Richmond—South Delta. In 2003, more parts of Delta—South Richmond were added to it.

The 2012 electoral redistribution saw this riding renamed Richmond Centre and lost territory to Steveston—Richmond East for the 2015 election.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Richmond Riding created from Richmond—South Delta
34th	1988–1993	Tom Siddon	Progressive Conservative
35th	1993–1997	Raymond Chan	Liberal
36th	1997–2000	Raymond Chan	Liberal
37th	2000–2002	Joe Peschisolido	Alliance
37th	2002–2004	Joe Peschisolido	Liberal
38th	2004–2006	Raymond Chan
39th	2006–2008	Raymond Chan
40th	2008–2011	Alice Wong	Conservative
41st	2011–2015	Alice Wong	Conservative
Richmond Centre
42nd	2015–Present	Alice Wong	Conservative

Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is Dr. Alice Wong, a businesswoman and educator. She is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada. During the 40th Parliament, she served as the Parliamentary Secretary for Multiculturalism, and as a member on the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration.

Election results

Richmond Centre, 2015–present

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Alice Wong	17,622	44.21	-13.86	$154,059.88
	Liberal	Lawrence Woo	16,486	41.36	+22.61	$110,802.58
	New Democratic	Jack Trovato	4,602	11.54	-6.66	$11,679.42
	Green	Vincent Chiu	1,152	2.89	-2.10	$2,372.74
Total valid votes/Expense limit			39,862	100.00		$202,743.02
Total rejected ballots			227	0.57	–
Turnout			40,089	58.11	–
Eligible voters			68,991
	Conservative hold		Swing		-18.23
Source: Elections Canada^[10]^[11]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[12]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	19,789	58.06
	Liberal	6,391	18.75
	New Democratic	6,203	18.20
	Green	1,699	4.99

Richmond, 1988–2015

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Alice Wong	25,109	58.36	+8.59	$89,330.05
	Liberal	Joe Peschisolido	8,027	18.66	-12.19	$54,757.85
	New Democratic	Dale Jackaman	7,860	18.27	+6.46	$9,038.79
	Green	Michael Wolfe	2,032	4.72	-1.71	$2,933.09
Total valid votes/Expense limit			43,028	100.0		$91,788.64
Total rejected ballots			220	0.51	+0.06
Turnout			43,248	50.97	+1
Eligible voters			84,855
	Conservative hold		Swing		+10.39

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Alice Wong	21,329	49.77	+11.08	$79,037
	Liberal	Raymond Chan	13,221	30.85	-11.98	$78,275
	New Democratic	Dale Jackaman	5,059	11.81	-2.17	$14,221
	Green	Michael Wolfe	2,754	6.43	+1.93	$1,900
	Independent	Wei Ping Chen	397	0.93	–	$6,851
	Independent	Dobie Yiu-Chung To	93	0.22	–	$1,813
Total valid votes/Expense limit			42,878	100.0		$86,879
Total rejected ballots			192	0.45	0.01
Turnout			43,070	52	-4
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+11.53

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Raymond Chan	18,712	42.83	-1.65	$68,055
	Conservative	Darrel Reid	16,904	38.69	+3.37	$73,990
	New Democratic	Neil Smith	6,106	13.98	-1.02	$12,724
	Green	Richard Gordon Mathias	1,967	4.50	+0.25	$2,850
Total valid votes			43,689	100.0
Total rejected ballots			194	0.44	-0.11
Turnout			43,883	56	-6
	Liberal hold		Swing		-2.51

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Raymond Chan	18,204	44.48	+2.44	$64,433
	Conservative	Alice Wong	14,457	35.32	-14.51	$71,614
	New Democratic	Dale Jackaman	6,142	15.00	+9.32	$11,072
	Green	Stephen H.F. Kronstein	1,743	4.25	+2.36	$160
	Canadian Action	Allan Warnke	376	0.91	–	$625
Total valid votes			40,922	100.0
Total rejected ballots			226	0.55	+0.08
Turnout			41,148	62.29	+0.59
	Liberal hold		Swing		+8.48

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Alliance	Joe Peschisolido	21,064	44.40	+8.44	$58,128
	Liberal	Raymond Chan	19,940	42.04	-1.77	$63,896
	New Democratic	Gail Paquette	2,695	5.68	-3.88	$10,941
	Progressive Conservative	Frank Peter Tofin	2,578	5.43	-2.85	$4,329
	Green	Kevan Hudson	897	1.89	+0.53	$61
	Natural Law	Kathy McClement	164	0.34	-0.05
	Marxist–Leninist	Edith Petersen	93	0.19	-0.02	$10
Total valid votes			47,431	100.0
Total rejected ballots			218	0.47	-0.03
Turnout			47,649	61.70	-3.19
	Alliance gain from Liberal		Swing		+5.10

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Raymond Chan	18,165	43.81	+6.81	$53,959
	Reform	Adrian Wade	14,912	35.96	+5.07	$36,549
	New Democratic	Sylvia Surette	3,964	9.56	+3.31	$13,680
	Progressive Conservative	Larry Blaschuk	3,435	8.28	-10.72	$21,581
	Green	Kevan Hudson	565	1.36	+0.78	$19
	Christian Heritage	Randy Cliff	167	0.40	-0.09
	Natural Law	Mark McCooey	164	0.39	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Dorothy-Jean O'Donnell	90	0.21	–	$225
Total valid votes			41,462	100.0
Total rejected ballots			210	0.50
Turnout			41,672	64.89
	Liberal hold		Swing		+0.87

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Raymond Chan	21,442	37.00	+14.20
	Reform	Nick Loenen	17,791	30.89	+27.56
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Siddon	11,013	19.00	-25.04
	New Democratic	Sylvia Surette	3,623	6.25	-20.96
	National	Fred Pawluk	2,263	3.91	–
	Green	Kevan Hudson	337	0.58	+0.15
	Natural Law	Kathy McClement	333	0.57	–
	Independent	Judith Campbell	315	0.54	–
	Christian Heritage	Clyde E. Vint	282	0.49	-0.74
	Independent	Jerry Haldeman	254	0.44	–
	Libertarian	Kerry Daniel Pearson	159	0.27	-0.49
	Independent	John Edgar Square-Briggs	29	0.05	–
Total valid votes			57,950	100.0
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		-6.68

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Siddon	25,559	44.05
	New Democratic	Tom Beardsley	15,787	27.21
	Liberal	Floyd Sully	13,231	22.80
	Reform	Stuart Gilbertson	1,929	3.32
	Christian Heritage	Brian Wilson	712	1.23
	Libertarian	David W. Crawford	441	0.76
	Green	Bryan Wagman	253	0.44
	Communist	Homer Stevens	113	0.19
Total valid votes			58,025	100.0
This riding was created from parts of Richmond—South Delta, which elected Progressive Conservative candidate Tom Siddon in the previous election.

References

"(Code 59023) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
Library of Parliament Riding Profile
Expenditures – 2004
Expenditures – 2000
Expenditures – 1997

Notes

↑ Statistics Canada: 2011
↑ Statistics Canada: 2011
↑ "Immigrant Status and Place of Birth (38), Sex (3) and Age Groups (10) for the Population of Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data". 2.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2012-11-23.
↑ "Appendix J Comparison of places of birth disseminated in 2006, 2001 and 1996". 2.statcan.ca. 2009-11-20. Retrieved 2012-11-30.
↑ "2006 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations | Federal Electoral District (FED) Profile, 2006 Census". 2.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2012-11-20.
↑ "2Profile of Ethnic Origin and Visible Minorities for Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2006 Census". 2.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
↑ "2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations | Detailed Mother Tongue (232), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2011 Census". 2.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2012-11-20.
↑ "First Official Language Spoken (7), Detailed Language Spoken Most Often at Home (232), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2011 Census". 2.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
↑ Richmond, CBC.ca, 2008.
↑ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Richmond Centre, 30 September 2015
↑ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
↑ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

External links

Website of the Parliament of Canada

Federal ridings in the Fraser Valley
Liberal	Cloverdale—Langley City Delta Fleetwood—Port Kells Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge Steveston—Richmond East Surrey Centre Surrey—Newton
Conservative	Abbotsford Chilliwack—Hope Langley—Aldergrove Richmond Centre South Surrey—White Rock

Federal ridings in British Columbia
British Columbia Interior	Cariboo—Prince George Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo Kelowna—Lake Country Kootenay—Columbia North Okanagan—Shuswap Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies Skeena—Bulkley Valley South Okanagan—West Kootenay
Fraser Valley and the Southern Lower Mainland	Abbotsford Chilliwack—Hope Cloverdale—Langley City Delta Fleetwood—Port Kells Langley—Aldergrove Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge Richmond Centre South Surrey—White Rock Steveston—Richmond East Surrey Centre Surrey—Newton
Vancouver and the Northern Lower Mainland	Burnaby North—Seymour Burnaby South Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam New Westminster—Burnaby North Vancouver Port Moody—Coquitlam Vancouver Centre Vancouver East Vancouver Granville Vancouver Kingsway Vancouver Quadra Vancouver South West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country
Vancouver Island	Courtenay—Alberni Cowichan—Malahat—Langford Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke Nanaimo—Ladysmith North Island—Powell River Saanich—Gulf Islands Victoria

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