Richmond East was a provincial

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for the

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, Canada. It was replaced by the Richmond-Queensborough electoral district after the

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Demographics

Geography

History

Member of Legislative Assembly

Its only MLA was Hon.

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, a former teacher. She was first elected in

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and represents the

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. Ms. Reid was appointed Minister of State for Early Childhood Development on June 5, 2001.

Election results

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, Gian Sihota , align="right", 6,692 , align="right", 33.01% , align="right", , align="right", $16,623 , Independent , Mohamud Ali Farah , align="right", 207 , align="right", 1.02% , align="right", , align="right", $651 , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total Valid Votes !align="right", 20,272 !align="right", 100% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total Rejected Ballots !align="right", 182 !align="right", 0.90% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", 20,454 !align="right", 53.01% !align="right", , - , - ,

, Willy Nasgowitz , align="right", 2,550 , align="right", 14.11% , align="right", , align="right", $2,541 , Independent , Mohamud Ali Farah , align="right", 173 , align="right", 0.96% , align="right", , align="right", $440 , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total Valid Votes !align="right", 18,067 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total Rejected Ballots !align="right", 78 !align="right", 0.43% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", 18,145 !align="right", 70.59% !align="right", , - ,

, Balwant Sanghera , align="right", 5,763 , align="right", 31.40% , align="right", , align="right", $20,448 , - ,

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, Carina Shelly , align="right", 43 , align="right", 0.23% , align="right", , align="right", $100 , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total Valid Votes !align="right", 18,353 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total Rejected Ballots !align="right", 140 !align="right", 0.76% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", 18,493 !align="right", 71.62% !align="right", , - , - ,

, Ron Fontaine , align="right", 6,096 , align="right", 36.31% , align="right", , align="right", $24,505 , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total Valid Votes !align="right", 16,792 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total Rejected Ballots !align="right", 494 !align="right", 2.86% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", 17,286 !align="right", 75.79% !align="right",

External links

Result of 1991 electionResult of 2001 election (pdf)2001 Expenditures (pdf)1996 ExpendituresWebsite of the Legislative Assembly of British ColumbiaBC Stats Profile - 2001 (pdf)
{{BC-ED British Columbia provincial electoral districts Politics of Richmond, British Columbia Provincial electoral districts in Greater Vancouver and the Fraser Valley