Steveston—Richmond East

Steveston—Richmond East (French: Steveston—Richmond-Est) is a federal electoral district in British Columbia. It encompasses a portion of British Columbia previously included in the electoral districts of Delta—Richmond East and Richmond.[2]

Steveston—Richmond East

British Columbia electoral district
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Kenny Chiu Conservative
District created	2013
First contested	2015
Last contested	2019
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]	99,913
Electors (2015)	70,676
Area (km²)[1]	102
Pop. density (per km²)	979.5
Census divisions	Metro Vancouver
Census subdivisions	Richmond

The riding consists of the eastern part of Richmond, British Columbia and the western part of Richmond south of Steveston Highway, including Steveston.

Steveston—Richmond East was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015.[3]

Demographics

Ethnic groups in Steveston Richmond East (2016) Source:		Population	%
Ethnic group	Chinese	46,700	47%
	European	26,510	26.7%
	South Asian	10,175	10.3%
	Filipino	7,655	7.7%
	Japanese	2,260	2.3%
	Aboriginal	1,110	1.1%
	Southeast Asian	1,090	1.1%
	Latin American	860	0.9%
	Arab	780	0.8%
	West Asian	695	0.7%
	Black	685	0.7%
	Korean	585	0.6%
	Multiple minorities	2,500	2.5%
	Visible minority, n.i.e.	225	0.2%
Total population		99,265	100%

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Steveston—Richmond East Riding created from Delta—Richmond East and Richmond
42nd	2015–2019		Joe Peschisolido	Liberal
43rd	2019–present		Kenny Chiu	Conservative

Election results

Graph of election results in Steveston—Richmond East (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2019 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Kenny Chiu	17,478	41.7	+3.3
	Liberal	Joe Peschisolido	14,731	35.1	-9.9
	New Democratic	Jaeden Dela Torre	6,321	15.1	+3.0
	Green	Nicole Iaci	2,972	7.1	+3.5
	Independent	Ping Chan	449	1.1	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			41,951	100.0	–	105,107.07
Total rejected ballots			431	1.0	–
Turnout			42,382	57.4	–
Eligible voters			73,840
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		–
Source: Elections Canada[4][5][6]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Joe Peschisolido	19,486	45.08	+26.48	$76,684.16
	Conservative	Kenny Chiu	16,630	38.47	-15.44	$152,116.66
	New Democratic	Scott Stewart	5,248	12.14	-10.68	$12,292.51
	Green	Laura-Leah Shaw	1,587	3.67	-0.46	$1,891.69
	Libertarian	Matthew Swanston	274	0.63	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			43,225	100.00		$204,726.35
Total rejected ballots			287	0.66	–
Turnout			43,512	60.83	–
Eligible voters			71,526
	Liberal notional gain from Conservative		Swing		+20.96
Source: Elections Canada[7][8]

2011 federal election redistributed results[9]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	18,224	53.92
	New Democratic	7,714	22.82
	Liberal	6,287	18.60
	Green	1,399	4.14

References

1. Statistics Canada: 2011
2. Final Report – British Columbia
3. Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
4. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
5. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
6. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
7. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Steveston—Richmond East, 30 September 2015
8. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
9. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections