Richmond (British Columbia provincial electoral district)

Richmond was a provincial electoral district British Columbia, Canada. It made its first appearance on the hustings in the election of 1903. It lasted until the 1920 election, after which it lost some territory to the new South Vancouver riding, and became the new riding of Richmond-Point Grey. There was again an electoral district called Richmond from 1966 through the 1986 provincial elections.

History of MLAs

Single-member district

Assembly YearsMember Party 10th 1903–1907Francis Lovett Carter-CottonConservative 11th 1907–1909 12th 1909–1912 13th 1912–1916 14th 1916–1920 Gerry McGeer Liberal 15th 1920–1924 Thomas PearsonConservativeRiding dissolved into Richmond-Point Grey and South VancouverRiding re-created from Delta 26th 1966–1969Ernest LeCoursSocial Credit 27th 1969–1972 28th 1972–1975 Harold Steves NDP 29th 1975–1979Jim NielsenSocial Credit 30th 1979–1983 31st 1983–1986

Dual-member district AssemblyYearsSeat 1Seat 2Member PartyMember Party34th1986–1991Bill Vander ZalmSocial CreditNick LoenenSocial CreditRiding re-dissolved into Richmond Centre, Richmond East, Richmond-Steveston.

Electoral history Note: Winners of each election are in bold.

See also List of British Columbia provincial electoral districts Canadian provincial electoral districts Vancouver (electoral districts)

References

Elections BC Historical Returns