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Richmond Centre—Marpole
Richmond-Centre—Marpole
Federal riding · BC · No. 59027 · 2023 representation order
- Member
- Chak Au Conservative
- 2025 result
- Conservative gain by 2,300 votes
- Turnout
- 59.2% of 80,777 electors
- Population
- 116,380 2021 census
- Area
- 133 km²
- Figures as of
- 2026-09-25
Distinctions · ranked against all 343 ridings
- Largest immigrant share61.3% are immigrants, 4th highest of 343 (Share who are immigrants, 2021 census)
- Lowest turnout in British Columbia59.2% of 80,777 electors voted · 2nd of 43 in British Columbia · 20th of 343 in Canada
- Changed hands in 2025One of 58 of 343 ridings where the winning party changed from the transposed 2021 result (14 of 43 in British Columbia)
In brief
Illustration after: © House of Commons
Member of Parliament
Chak Au
- Member: Public Safety and National Security
IDid this riding change?
Yes. 4% of today's Richmond Centre—Marpole came from ridings other than the old Richmond Centre.
Share of today's areaFormer riding
96.5%Richmond Centre 32% of it kept
3.2%Vancouver Granville 19% of it kept
0.3%Vancouver Quadra 1% of it kept
How this is measured. Share of the current riding's area that came from each former riding, by intersecting the 2013 and 2023 boundary files. It is area, not population. Elections Canada counts 48 of 343 ridings as entirely unchanged.
IIThe 2025 result
Conservative gain
Elected
Chak Au
Conservative
23,532
49.6% of valid votes
Margin
2,300
votes · +4.9 pts
Runner-up
Wilson Miao
Liberal
21,232
44.7% of valid votes
Conservative 49.6% · Liberal 44.7% · New Democratic 4.4%
Turnout59.2% of 80,777 electors
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | 2021 | ± |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chak Au | Conservative | 23,532 | 49.6% | 35.1% | +14.5 |
| Wilson Miao | Liberal | 21,232 | 44.7% | 38.2% | +6.5 |
| Martin Li | New Democratic | 2,109 | 4.4% | 20.2% | −15.8 |
2 further candidates, each under 1% of the vote
| Michael Sisler | Green | 420 | 0.9% |
| David Wang | People's | 193 | 0.4% |
The 2021 column is Elections Canada's official transposition of the 2021 result onto these 2023 boundaries. ± is the change in each party's share. It is not "swing": with four or more competitive parties there is no single pair to swing between.
IIIHow close was it, really
Swing needed to flip
2.5 pts
Half the margin: the share that would have had to move from first to second.
Third place vs. the margin
2,109 votes
New Democratic took fewer than the 2,300-vote margin.
Election-day polls won by others
44 of 176
4 polls ended in an exact tie.
Flip the seatHypothetical
It would have taken 1,151 voters switching from Conservative to Liberal — 2.4% of the 47,486 valid votes, 2.5 points — to change the result. No ballot was cast this way; this only moves votes between the top two.
Conservative23,532
Liberal21,232
Still Conservative by 2,300 votes. Actual margin: 2,300.
IVElection day versus advance
Only 47.3% of this riding's votes were cast at election-day polls. The rest were advance or special ballots.
Election dayAdvance & specialGap
Conservative52.4%47.0%−5.4
Liberal41.4%47.7%+6.3
New Democratic4.8%4.1%−0.7
An association, not a cause. Voters who cast ballots before election day differed from those who turned out on the day. It does not say why. There is no poll-level turnout figure on this page: the elector count on a polling division includes people who voted in advance and were counted elsewhere.
VWhat kind of place this is
- Median total household income is $70,500 — about 84 percent of the median riding's $84,000.highestlowest63rd lowest of 343
- Median age is 42.8 — about the same as the median riding's 41.6.highestlowest132nd highest of 343
- Share aged 25-64 with a bachelor's degree or higher is 48.9% — about 1.7 times the median riding's 28.2%.highestlowest48th highest of 343
- Share who are immigrants is 61.3% — about 3.5 times the median riding's 17.3%.highestlowest4th highest of 343
- Share of households that own their home is 62.7% — a little lower than the median riding's 71.4%.highestlowest97th lowest of 343
- Share with French as a mother tongue is 0.6% — about 37 percent of the median riding's 1.6%.highestlowest30th lowest of 343
2021 Census, keyed to the 2023 representation order. Comparisons are against the median riding, not Canada as a whole. Each rule places this riding among all 343.
VIWhere it is
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The card
No. 59027BC · 2025
Richmond Centre—Marpole
Chak Au
- Result
- Conservative gain by 2,300
- Turnout
- 59.2%
- Population
- 116,380
- Area
- 133 km²
Largest immigrant shareLowest turnout in British ColumbiaChanged hands in 2025
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