Richmond South Centre is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. The riding was created with territory taken from Richmond Centre, Richmond East and Richmond-Steveston in the 2015 electoral redistribution. It was first contested in the general election of 2017.
 British Columbia electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Location in Richmond, British Columbia | |||
| Coordinates: | 49°09′57″N 123°06′15″W / 49.1658°N 123.1041°W | ||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of British Columbia | ||
| MLA |
New Democratic | ||
| District created | 2015 | ||
| First contested | 2017 | ||
| Last contested | 2020 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2011) | 47,010 | ||
| Electors (2017) | 30,094 | ||
Under the 2021 British Columbia electoral redistribution the riding will be renamed Richmond Centre.[1]
Demographics[2]
| Population, 2014 | 50,101 |
| Area (km2) | 7 |
History
This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:
| Richmond South Centre | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | $37,030.55 | |||
| Liberal | Alexa Loo | 6,564 | 49.33 | +0.61 | $50,107.69 | |||
| Total valid votes | 13,307 | 100.00 | – | |||||
| Rejected ballots | 207 | 1.53 | +0.34 | |||||
| Turnout | 13,514 | 40.12 | −6.58 | |||||
| Registered voters | 33,685 | |||||||
| New Democratic gain from Liberal | Swing | +4.89 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[3][4] | ||||||||
| 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 | 100.00 | |
| Total rejected ballots | 54 | 0.52 | |
| Source: Elections BC[5] | |||
| 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 | 11.00 | $379 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 14,191 | 100.00 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 171 | 1.19 | ||||||
| Turnout | 14,362 | 46.70 | ||||||
| Registered voters | 30,753 | |||||||
| Source: Elections BC[6][7] | ||||||||
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[8] | ||||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| [9] | ||||||||