Richmond was a provincial

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in the

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. It made its first appearance on the

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in the election of 1903. It lasted until the 1920 election, after which it lost some territory to the new

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riding, and became the new riding of

Richmond-Point Grey Richmond-Point Grey was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It first appeared in the provincial election of 1924 and lasted only through the election of 1928. It was created out of most of ...

. 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

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Electoral history

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Francis Lovett Carter-Cotton Francis Lovett Carter-Cotton (October 11, 1843 – November 20, 1919) was a Canadian newspaperman, politician, and businessman. He served as a BC MLA from 1890 to 1900 and from 1903 to 1916. Born in Shoreditch (London), England, the son of ...

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, John Cunningham Brown , align="right", 320 , align="right", 41.03% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 780 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", ,

, align="right", 417 , align="right", 48.04% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

John Walter Weart John Walter Weart (July 17, 1861 – February 10, 1941) was a lawyer, businessman and political figure in British Columbia. He represented South Vancouver in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1916 to 1920 as a Liberal. He wa ...

, align="right", 403 , align="right", 46.43% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 868 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", ,

, align="right", 918 , align="right", 57.92% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, John Wallace deBeque Farris , align="right", 667 , align="right", 42.08% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 1,585 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", ,

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, William Joseph Baird , align="right", 1,189 , align="right", 44.62% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - , , Independent Conservative , Robert McBride ¹ , align="right", 35 , align="right", 1.31% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

Gerald Grattan McGeer Gerald Grattan McGeer (6 January 1888 – 11 August 1947) was a lawyer, populist politician, and monetary reform advocate in the Canadian province of British Columbia. He served as the 22nd Mayor of Vancouver, a Member of the Legislative Assem ...

, align="right", 1,441 , align="right", 54.07% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 2,665 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7, ¹ Withdrew. The votes cast are from the overseas ballots.

External links

Sources

Elections BC Historical Returns
{{DEFAULTSORT:Richmond (British Columbia Provincial Electoral District) Former provincial electoral districts of British Columbia Politics of Richmond, British Columbia