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Richmond has elected three NDP MLAs to join incumbent Liberal MLA Teresa Wat (left) in the BC Legislative Assembly: Aman Singh, Kelly Greene, and Henry Yao.
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Final count confirms three NDP MLAs for Richmond
By Hannah Scott, Local Journalism Initiative reporter
Published 4:41 PST, Mon November 9, 2020
Last Updated: 4:44 PST, Mon November 9, 2020
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With mail-in votes now counted, Richmond has clearly embraced the orange wave. A historic result, the Oct. 24 provincial election saw three of Richmond’s four ridings flip from the BC Liberals to the NDP.
After the final count was completed this weekend, the NDP's Aman Singh won the Richmond-Queensborough riding with 47.65 per cent of votes compared to 39.15 per cent for Liberal incumbent Jas Johal. Mail-in and absentee ballots totalled 6,197, widening Singh's lead after election night.
In Richmond-Steveston, NDP candidate (and city councillor) Kelly Greene won the seat with 52.07 per cent of votes after 7,911 mail-in and absentee ballots were counted. Liberal candidate Matt Pitcairn received 45.59 per cent. Greene had a similar lead of 51 per cent to 46 per cent on election night.
After counting 5,057 mail-in and absentee ballots in Richmond South Centre, NDP candidate Henry Yao maintained his election night lead over Liberal candidate (and Richmond city councillor) Alexa Loo to win the riding by a margin of less than 200 votes—50.67 per cent to 49.33 per cent.
Richmond North Centre incumbent Teresa Wat was the lone Liberal to win, holding her seat with 51.26 per cent of votes compared to the NDP’s Jaeden Dela Torre with 39.83 per cent. The final count adds 6,052 mail-in and absentee ballots to the election night figures.
Across Richmond, voter turnout was low. Richmond-Steveston saw the highest turnout, with 55.95 per cent of registered voters casting a valid ballot, followed by Richmond-Queensborough with 49.61 per cent. In the other two ridings, only around 40 per cent of registered voters participated in the election.
After the final provincial count, the NDP holds 57 seats, the Liberals 28 and the Greens two. However, the margin of votes in the West Vancouver-Sea to Sky riding was so close between the Greens and the Liberals that an automatic recount was triggered. That should be completed in the coming week.
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