Richmond-Bridgeport | |
Province: | British Columbia |
Coordinates: | 49.173°N -123.161°W |
Prov-Status: | active |
Prov-Created: | 2015 (as Richmond North Centre) |
Prov-Election-First: | 2017 |
Prov-Election-Last: | 2024 |
Prov-Rep: | Teresa Wat |
Prov-Rep-Party: | Conservative |
Prov-Rep-Party-Link: | Conservative |
Demo-Census-Date: | 2021 |
Demo-Pop: | 54724 |
Demo-Area: | 453 |
Demo-Cd: | Metro Vancouver |
Demo-Csd: | Richmond[1] |
Richmond-Bridgeport is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.
The district of Richmond North Centre was created in the 2015 redistribution from parts of Richmond Centre and Richmond East and first contested in the 2017 election. The riding adopted its current name and had minor boundary changes from the 2024 election, which implemented the results of the 2021 redistribution.
The electoral district comprises the part of the City of Richmond (including Sea Island, Vancouver International Airport, Bridgeport, Thompson and Terra Nova) within the following boundary: commencing at the northwesternmost point of said city, east along the Fraser River until BC-99 and the Oak Street Bridge, thence southeast along said bridge to River Drive, thence east along said drive to Shell Road, thence south along said road to Bridgeport Road, thence east along said road to No. 5 Road, thence south along said road to Alderbridge Way, thence west along said way to No. 3 Road, thence south along said road to Westminster Highway, thence west along said highway to No. 2 Road, thence south along said road to Blundell Road, thence west along said road and its production to the western limit of said city.[1]
This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:
2020 general election redistributed results[2] | ||||
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Party | % | |||
Liberal | 50.0 | |||
New Democratic | 40.9 | |||
Green | 7.9 | |||
Conservative | 1.2 |
2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum | ||||
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Side | Votes | % | ||
First Past the Post | 8,702 | 73.35 | ||
Proportional Representation | 3,161 | 26.65 | ||
Total valid votes | 11,863 | 100.0 | ||
Total rejected ballots | 61 | 0.51 | ||
Source: Elections BC[3] |
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