Steveston—Richmond East

Steveston—Richmond East
British Columbia electoral district
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
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District created	2013
First contested	2015
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	96,610
Electors (2015)	70,676
Area (km²)[1]	102
Pop. density (per km²)	947.2
Census divisions	Metro Vancouver
Census subdivisions	Richmond

Steveston—Richmond East (French: Steveston—Richmond-Est) is a federal electoral district in British Columbia. It encompasses a portion of British Columbia previously included in the electoral districts of Delta—Richmond East and Richmond.^[2]

The riding consists of the eastern part of Richmond, British Columbia.

Steveston—Richmond East was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015.^[3]

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Steveston—Richmond East Riding created from Delta—Richmond East and Richmond
42nd	2015–Present		Joe Peschisolido	Liberal

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Joe Peschisolido	19,486	45.08	+26.48	$76,684.16
	Conservative	Kenny Chiu	16,630	38.47	-15.44	$152,116.66
	New Democratic	Scott Stewart	5,248	12.14	-10.68	$12,292.51
	Green	Laura-Leah Shaw	1,587	3.67	-0.46	$1,891.69
	Libertarian	Matthew Swanston	274	0.63	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			43,225	100.00		$204,726.35
Total rejected ballots			287	0.66	–
Turnout			43,512	60.83	–
Eligible voters			71,526
	Liberal notional gain from Conservative		Swing		+20.96
Source: Elections Canada^[4]^[5]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[6]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	18,224	53.92
	New Democratic	7,714	22.82
	Liberal	6,287	18.60
	Green	1,399	4.14

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Federal ridings in the Fraser Valley
Liberal	Cloverdale—Langley City Delta Fleetwood—Port Kells Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge South Surrey—White Rock Steveston—Richmond East Surrey Centre Surrey—Newton
Conservative	Abbotsford Chilliwack—Hope Langley—Aldergrove Richmond Centre

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Fraser Valley and the Southern Lower Mainland	Abbotsford Chilliwack—Hope Cloverdale—Langley City Delta Fleetwood—Port Kells Langley—Aldergrove Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge Richmond Centre South Surrey—White Rock Steveston—Richmond East Surrey Centre Surrey—Newton
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