Richmond East

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

Demographics

Population, 2001	55,576
Population Change, 1996-2001	7.9%
Area (km²)	82.64
Pop. Density (people per km²)	673

Member of Legislative Assembly

Its MLA is Hon. Linda Reid, a former teacher. She was first elected in 1991 and represents the British Columbia Liberal Party. Ms. Reid was appointed Minister of State for Early Childhood Development on June 5, 2001.

Election results

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B.C. General Election 2005 Richmond East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
BC Liberal	Linda Reid	11,652	57.48%
NDP	Gian Sihota	6,692	33.01%		Green	Michael Anthony Wolfe	1,530	7.55%		Independent	Mohamud Ali Farah	207	1.02%		Marijuana	Heidi Farnola	191	0.94%
Total			20,272	100.00%

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B.C. General Election 2001: Richmond East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
BC Liberal	Linda Reid	12,498	69.18%		$49,998
NDP	Willy Nasgowitz	2,550	14.11%		$2,541	Green	Stephen Kronstein	1,802	9.97%		$1,389	Unity	Joe Pal	599	3.32%		$1,274	Marijuana	John Shavluk	445	2.46%		$1,875	Independent	Mohamud Ali Farah	173	0.96%		$440
Total Valid Votes			18,067	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			78	0.43%
Turnout			18,145	70.59%

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B.C. General Election 1996: Richmond East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
BC Liberal	Linda Reid	10,205	55.60%		$36,939	NDP	Balwant Sanghera	5,763	31.40%		$20,448
PDA	Marc G. Schaper	1,093	5.96%		$900	BC Reform	Paula Peterson	792	4.32%		$4,067	Green	Kevan Eric Hudson	235	1.28%		$100	Social Credit	Chris O'Toole	139	0.76%		$8,250	Conservative	Donald Veld	83	0.45%		$850	Natural Law	Carina Shelly	43	0.23%		$100
Total Valid Votes			18,353	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			140	0.76%
Turnout			18,493	71.62%

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B.C. General Election 1991: Richmond East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
BC Liberal	Linda Reid	6,870	40.91%		$21,108
NDP	Ron Fontaine	6,096	36.31%		$24,505	Social Credit	Larry Blaschuk	3,703	22.05%		$33,882	Green	Douglas Dunn	123	0.73%
Total Valid Votes			16,792	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			494	2.86%
Turnout			17,286	75.79%

External links

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