Richmond (British Columbia provincial electoral district) explained

Richmond was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. 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.

For other Richmond-area ridings, and other ridings in the Lower Mainland, please see New Westminster (electoral districts). For ridings in the City of Vancouver or on the North Shore, please see Vancouver (electoral districts).

History of MLAs

Single-member district

AssemblyYearsMemberParty
10th1903–1907Francis Lovett Carter-CottonConservative
11th1907–1909
12th1909–1912
13th1912–1916
14th1916–1920Gerry McGeer
15th1920–1924Thomas Pearson
Riding dissolved into Richmond-Point Grey and South Vancouver
Riding re-created from Delta
26th1966–1969Ernest LeCoursSocial Credit
27th1969–1972
28th1972–1975Harold StevesNDP
29th1975–1979Jim NielsenSocial Credit
30th1979–1983
31st1983–1986

Dual-member district

AssemblyYearsSeat 1Seat 2
MemberPartyMemberParty
34th1986–1991Bill Vander ZalmSocial CreditNick LoenenSocial Credit
Riding re-dissolved into Richmond Centre, Richmond East, Richmond-Steveston.

Electoral history

Note: Winners of each election are in bold.

Sources

Elections BC Historical Returns