Richmond (British Columbia provincial electoral district)

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 a redistribution combined it with parts of the City of Vancouver to form Richmond-Point Grey. There was again an electoral district called Richmond in the 1986 provincial election.

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).

Demographics

Population, 1901
Population change, 1901–1911
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

Electoral history

Note: Winners of each election are in bold.

10th British Columbia election, 1903
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Francis Lovett Carter-Cotton	460	58.97%	unknown
	Liberal	John Cunningham Brown	320	41.03%	unknown
Total valid votes			780	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

11th British Columbia election, 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Conservative	Francis Lovett Carter-Cotton	417	48.04%		unknown
	Socialist	Charles Edward Kilby	48	5.53%	–	unknown
	Liberal	John Walter Weart	403	46.43%		unknown
Total valid votes			868	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

12th British Columbia election, 1909
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Francis Lovett Carter-Cotton	918	57.92%	unknown
	Liberal	John Wallace deBeque Farris	667	42.08%	unknown
Total valid votes			1,585	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

13th British Columbia election, 1912
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Francis Lovett Carter-Cotton	Acclaimed	-.- %	unknown
Total valid votes			n/a	-.- %
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

14th British Columbia election, 1916
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Conservative	William Joseph Baird	1,189	44.62%	unknown
	Independent Conservative	Robert McBride ¹	35	1.31%	unknown
	Conservative	Gerald Grattan McGeer	1,441	54.07%	unknown
Total valid votes			2,665	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%
¹ Withdrew. The votes cast are from the overseas ballots.

1920 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent Farmer	Reginald Abbott	272	3.60%
	Federated Labour Party	Charles Smith Cassidy	1,499	19.84%
	Independent	Robert McBride	210	2.78%
	Liberal	Hiram Perry McCraney	2,712	35.89%
	Conservative	Thomas Pearson	2,863	37.89%
Total valid votes			7,556	100.00%

The riding was redistributed after the 1920 election. In 1924 it was combined with the western parts of the City of Vancouver, formerly the Municipality of Point Grey, to form Richmond-Point Grey.

Sources

Elections BC Historical Returns