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Richmond-Steveston is a provincial

Provinces and territories of Canada

The provinces and territories of Canada combine to make up the world's second-largest country by area. There are ten provinces and three territories...

electoral district

Electoral district

An electoral district is a distinct territorial subdivision for holding a separate election for one or more seats in a legislative body...

for the Legislative Assembly

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia is one of two components of the Parliament of British Columbia, the provincial parliament ....

of British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

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

Member of the Legislative Assembly

A Member of the Legislative Assembly or a Member of the Legislature , is a representative elected by the voters of a constituency to the legislature or legislative assembly of a sub-national jurisdiction....

is John Yap

John Yap

John Yap MLA is a Canadian politician and is currently the Parliamentary Secretary for Clean Technology to the Minister of Energy and Mines. Since 2005 he has represented the riding of Richmond-Steveston in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. He is a member of the BC Liberal Party...

. He was first elected in 2005

British Columbia general election, 2005

The 38th British Columbia general election was held on May 17, 2005, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia , Canada. The BC Liberal Party formed the government of the province prior to this general election under the leadership of Premier Gordon Campbell...

, and was re-elected in 2009

British Columbia general election, 2009

The 39th British Columbia general election was held on May 12, 2009 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The BC Liberal Party formed the government of the province prior to this general election under the leadership of Premier Gordon Campbell...

. He represents the British Columbia Liberal Party

British Columbia Liberal Party

The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...

Election results

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| style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal

British Columbia Liberal Party

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...

Green Party of British Columbia

The Green Party of British Columbia is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. It is led by former Esquimalt municipal councillor, university professor and businessperson Jane Sterk, she was elected by the party in 2007. Penticton realtor and columnist Julius Bloomfield serves as the deputy...

British Columbia Conservative Party

The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...

|Barry Chilton
|align="right"|1,082
|align="right"|5%
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|21,666
!align="right"|100%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|167
!align="right"|0.76%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|21,833
!align="right"|51.57%
!align="right"|
|}
|-

| style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal

British Columbia Liberal Party

|John Yap

John Yap

|align="right"|13,859
|align="right"|59.20%
|align="right"|
|-

|NDP

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

Green Party of British Columbia

Democratic Reform British Columbia

Democratic Reform British Columbia is a progressive–centrist political party in the Province of British Columbia, Canada.-Formation of the party:...

|Daniel Stuart Ferguson
|align="right"|282
|align="right"|1.20%
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|23,409
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|}

|-

| style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal

British Columbia Liberal Party

|Geoff Plant

Geoff Plant

Geoff Plant, QC is a British Columbia lawyer and retired politician known for his interest in citizen's legal and electoral rights and aboriginal rights....

|align="right"|14,508
|align="right"|69.23%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$56,820
|-

|NDP

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

Green Party of British Columbia

British Columbia Marijuana Party

The British Columbia Marijuana Party is a minor political party in the Canadian province of British Columbia that advocates the legalisation of cannabis....

British Columbia Conservative Party

The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...

Reform Party of British Columbia

The Reform Party of British Columbia is a populist right wing political party in British Columbia, Canada. Although its name is similar to the defunct Reform Party of Canada, the provincial party was founded before the federal party was and it did not have any formal association with...

|Sue Wade
|align="right"|145
|align="right"|0.69%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$610

|People's Front
|Edith Petersen
|align="right"|21
|align="right"|0.10%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$100
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|20,955
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|125
!align="right"|0.60%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|21,080
!align="right"|73.27%
!align="right"|
|}

|-

| style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal

British Columbia Liberal Party

|Geoff Plant

Geoff Plant

Geoff Plant, QC is a British Columbia lawyer and retired politician known for his interest in citizen's legal and electoral rights and aboriginal rights....

|align="right"|9,643
|align="right"|56.65%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$39,769
|-

|NDP

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

|Gail Paquette
|align="right"|5,041
|align="right"|29.61%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$32,144

|PDA

Progressive Democratic Alliance

The Progressive Democratic Alliance was a centrist political party in British Columbia, Canada founded by Gordon Wilson, Member of the Legislative Assembly for Powell River—Sunshine Coast....

Reform Party of British Columbia

Green Party of British Columbia

British Columbia Conservative Party

The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...

British Columbia Social Credit Party

The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...

Natural Law Party of Canada

The Natural Law Party of Canada was the Canadian branch of the international Natural Law Party founded in 1992 by a group of educators, business leaders, and lawyers who practiced Transcendental Meditation....

|Nancy Stewart
|align="right"|38
|align="right"|0.22%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$123
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|17,022
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|85
!align="right"|0.50%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|17,107
!align="right"|74.36%
!align="right"|
|}

|-

| style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal

British Columbia Liberal Party

|Allan Warnke

Allan Warnke

Allan Warnke is a former Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. He represented the Richmond-Steveston electoral district from 1991 to 1996....

|align="right"|6,664
|align="right"|38.32%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$2,332

|NDP

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

|Harold Steves

Harold Steves

Harold Steves, born 1937, in Richmond, British Columbia, is a Canadian politician. Steves is a current and long term city councillor on Richmond City Council, British Columbia, first elected in 1969 and re-elected in 1977, after serving one term as the New Democratic Party of British Columbia MLA...

|align="right"|6,054
|align="right"|34.81%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$24,142
|-

|Social Credit

British Columbia Social Credit Party

British Columbia Conservative Party

The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...

|Gary L. Cross
|align="right"|728
|align="right"|3.19%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$2,858
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|17,392
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|321
!align="right"|1.81%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|17,713
!align="right"|77.67%
!align="right"|
|}

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