Richmond-Steveston

Richmond-Steveston is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.

Demographics

Population, 2001	51,977
Population Change, 1996–2001	1.8%
Area (km²)	14.32
Pop. Density (people per km²)	3,630

Member of Legislative Assembly

Its MLA is John Yap. He was first elected in 2005, and was re-elected in 2009 and 2013. He represents the British Columbia Liberal Party.

Election results

British Columbia general election, 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Allan Warnke	6,664	38.32%	$2,332
	New Democratic	Harold Steves	6,054	34.81%	$24,142
	Social Credit	Nick Loenen	4,609	26.50%	$44,277
	Conservative	Gary L. Cross	728	3.19%	$2,858
Total valid votes			17,392	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			321	1.81%
Turnout			17,713	77.67%

British Columbia general election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Geoff Plant	9,643	56.65%	$39,769
	New Democratic	Gail Paquette	5,041	29.61%	$32,144
	Progressive Democrat	Pat Young	919	5.40%	$550
	Reform	Shirley Abraham-Kirk	556	3.27%	$2,765
	Independent	Allan Warnke	450	2.64%	$5,795
	Green	Brian Gold	188	1.10%	$100
	Conservative	Gary L. Cross	99	0.58%	$1,132
	Social Credit	Gordon Neuls	88	0.52%	$4,315
	Natural Law	Nancy Stewart	38	0.22%	$123
Total valid votes			17,022	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			85	0.50%
Turnout			17,107	74.36%

British Columbia general election, 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Geoff Plant	14,508	69.23%	$56,820
	New Democratic	Billie Mortimer	2,564	12.24%	$2,734
	Green	Kevan Hudson	2,257	10.77%	$1,063
	Marijuana	Gordon Mathias	561	2.68%	$705
	Unity	Vincent Paul	381	1.82%	$610
	Independent	Allan Warnke	358	1.71%	$1,562
	Conservative	Barry Edward Chilton	160	0.76%	$240
	Reform	Sue Wade	145	0.69%	$610
	People's Front	Edith Petersen	21	0.10%	$100
			Total Valid Votes	20,955	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			125	0.60%
Turnout			21,080	73.27%

British Columbia general election, 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	John Yap	13,859	59.20%	$90,951
	New Democratic	Kay Hale	7,334	31.33%	$8,858
	Green	Egidio Spinelli	1,934	8.27%	$731
	Democratic Reform	Daniel Stuart Ferguson	282	1.20%	$247
Total Valid Votes			23,409	100%
Total Rejected Ballots			152	0.65%
Turnout			23,561	59.87%

British Columbia general election, 2009
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	John Yap	13,168	61%	+2	$109,468
	New Democratic	Sue Wallis	5,925	27%	−4	$17,718
	Green	Jeff Hill	1,491	7%	−1	$350
	Conservative	Barry Chilton	1,082	5%	–	$450
Total Valid Votes			21,666	100%
Total Rejected Ballots			167	0.76%
Turnout			21,833	52%

British Columbia general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	John Yap	12,137	51.80%		$154,933
	New Democratic	Scott Stewart	6,608	28.20%		$19,285
	Conservative	Carol Day	2,625	11.20%		$8,745
	Green	Jerome Dickey	1,899	8.10%		$3,559
	Unparty	Mike Donovan	162	0.69%		$1,055
Total Valid Votes			23,431	100%
Total Rejected Ballots			155	0.66%
Turnout			23,586	55.39%

See also

• Richmond
• Steveston

External links

• BC Stats Profile - 2001
• Results of 2001 election
• 2001 Expenditures (pdf)
• Results of 1996 election
• 1996 Expenditures
• Results of 1991 election
• 1991 Expenditures
• Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia