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{{Short description|Defunct provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada}}
{{use mdy dates|date=December 2021}}
'''Richmond East''' was a [[provinces and territories of Canada|provincial]] [[electoral district (Canada)|electoral district]] for the [[Legislative Assembly of British Columbia]], Canada. It was replaced by the [[Richmond-Queensborough]] electoral district after the [[British Columbia electoral redistribution, 2015]].

== Demographics ==
{| class="wikitable"
|Population, 2001
|55,576
|-
|Population Change, 1996–2001
|7.9%
|-
|Area (km<sup>2</sup>)
|82.64
|-
|Pop. Density (people per km<sup>2</sup>)
|673
|}

== Geography ==
{{Empty section|date=July 2010}}

== History ==
{{Empty section|date=July 2010}}

== Member of the Legislative Assembly ==
Its only [[Member of the Legislative Assembly|MLA]] was Hon. [[Linda Reid]], a former teacher. She was first elected in [[1991 British Columbia general election|1991]] and represents the [[British Columbia Liberal Party]]. Ms. Reid was appointed Minister of State for Early Childhood Development on June 5, 2001.

{{BC-MLA|Richmond East}}
{{BC-MLA nodata|'''Riding created from [[Richmond (British Columbia provincial electoral district)|Richmond]]'''}}
{{BC-MLA row
 | FromYr = 1991
 | ToYr = 1996
 | Assembly# = 35
 | RepName = Linda Reid
 | BCParty = Liberal
 | RepTerms# = 6
 | PartyTerms# = 6
}}
{{BC-MLA row
 | FromYr = 1996
 | ToYr = 2001
 | Assembly# = 36
}}
{{BC-MLA row
 | FromYr = 2001
 | ToYr = 2005
 | Assembly# = 37
}}
{{BC-MLA row
 | FromYr = 2005
 | ToYr = 2009
 | Assembly# = 38
}}
{{BC-MLA row
 | FromYr = 2009
 | ToYr = 2013
 | Assembly# = 39
}}
{{BC-MLA row
 | FromYr = 2013
 | ToYr = 2017
 | Assembly# = 40
}}
{{BC-MLA nodata|'''Riding dissolved into [[Richmond-Queensborough]]'''}}
{{BC-MLA end}}

== Election results ==
{{British Columbia provincial election, 2013/Richmond East}}

{{CANelec/top|BC|2009|Richmond East|percent=yes|expenditures=yes}}
{{CANelec |BC |Liberal |Linda Reid |10,853 |58.73% |$101,928}}
{{CANelec|BC|NDP|Shawkat Hasan|5,998|32.45%|$16,464}}
{{CANelec |BC |Green |Stephen Rees |1,211 |6.55% |$2,500}}
{{CANelec|BC|Nation Alliance|Wei Ping Chen|419|2.27%|$250}}
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|18,481
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|184
!align="right"|0.99%
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|18,665
!align="right"|45.16%
|}

{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[2005 British Columbia general election|B.C. General Election 2005]] Richmond East}}
|-
{{CANelec |BC |Liberal |[[Linda Reid]] |11,652 |57.48% | |$79,453}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|BC|NDP|row}} 
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|NDP]]
|Gian Sihota
|align="right"|6,692
|align="right"|33.01%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$16,623
{{CANelec |BC |Green |Michael Anthony Wolfe |1,530 |7.55% |&ndash; |$867}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Independent|row}}
|Independent
|Mohamud Ali Farah
|align="right"|207
|align="right"|1.02%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$651
{{CANelec|BC|Marijuana|Heidi Farnola|191|0.94%||$100}}
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|20,272
!align="right"|100%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|182
!align="right"|0.90%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|20,454
!align="right"|53.01%
!align="right"|
|}

{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[2001 British Columbia general election|B.C. General Election 2001]]: Richmond East}}
|-
{{CANelec |BC |Liberal |[[Linda Reid]] |12,498 |69.18% | |$49,998}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|BC|NDP|row}} 
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|NDP]]
|Willy Nasgowitz
|align="right"|2,550
|align="right"|14.11%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$2,541
{{CANelec |BC |Green |Stephen Kronstein |1,802 |9.97% |&ndash; |$1,389}}
{{CANelec |BC |Unity |Joe Pal |599 |3.32% | |$1,274}}
{{CANelec|BC|Marijuana|John Shavluk|445|2.46%||$1,875}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Independent|row}}
|Independent
|Mohamud Ali Farah
|align="right"|173
|align="right"|0.96%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$440
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|18,067
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|78
!align="right"|0.43%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|18,145
!align="right"|70.59%
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[1996 British Columbia general election|B.C. General Election 1996]]: Richmond East}}
|-
{{CANelec |BC |Liberal |[[Linda Reid]] |10,205 |55.60% | |$36,939}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|NDP|row}} 
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|NDP]]
|Balwant Sanghera
|align="right"|5,763
|align="right"|31.40%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$20,448
|-
{{CANelec |BC |PDA |Marc G. Schaper |1,093 |5.96% |&ndash; |$900}}
{{CANelec |BC |Reform |Paula Peterson |792 |4.32% | |$4,067}}
{{CANelec |BC |Green |Kevan Eric Hudson |235 |1.28% |&ndash; |$100}}
{{CANelec |BC |Social Credit |Chris O'Toole |139 |0.76% |&ndash; |$8,250}}
{{CANelec|BC|Conservative|Donald Veld|83|0.45%||$850}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Natural Law|row}}
|[[Natural Law Party of Canada|Natural Law]]
|Carina Shelly
|align="right"|43
|align="right"|0.23%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$100
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|18,353
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|140
!align="right"|0.76%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|18,493
!align="right"|71.62%
!align="right"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[1991 British Columbia general election|B.C. General Election 1991]]: Richmond East}}
|-
{{CANelec |BC |Liberal |[[Linda Reid]] |6,870 |40.91% | |$21,108}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|BC|NDP|row}} 
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|NDP]]
|Ron Fontaine
|align="right"|6,096
|align="right"|36.31%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$24,505
{{CANelec |BC |Social Credit |Larry Blaschuk |3,703 |22.05% |&ndash; |$33,882}}
{{CANelec |BC |Green |Douglas Dunn |123 |0.73% |&ndash; |}}
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|16,792
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|494
!align="right"|2.86%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|17,286
!align="right"|75.79%
!align="right"|
|}

== External links ==
*[http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov91/sov91-77.html Result of 1991 election]
*[http://www.elections.bc.ca/docs/stats/2009-ge-ref/fres/GE-2009-05-12_Candidate.html 2009 Official Election Results by Candidate]
*[http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov01/rce.pdf Result of 2001 election (pdf)]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20030312155429/http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/ceofin2001.pdf 2001 Expenditures (pdf)]
*[http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov96/va/sov96_rce.htm Result of 1996 election]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/19980521015325/http://elections.bc.ca/rpt/ceorpt_5.pdf 1996 Expenditures]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20010305200152/http://elections.bc.ca/elections/sov91/sov91-20-1.html 1991 Expenditures]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050513204310/http://www.legis.gov.bc.ca/ Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia]
*[http://www.bcstats.gov.bc.ca/data/cen01/profiles/PED_51.pdf BC Stats Profile - 2001 (pdf)]

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