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Richmond Centre—Marpole

Richmond-Centre—Marpole

Richmond Centre—Marpole is a federal riding in British Columbia. Chak Au (Conservative) has represented Richmond Centre—Marpole since the 2025 election. Chak Au (Conservative) took Richmond Centre—Marpole from the Liberals in the 2025 election by 2,300 votes (4.9 points), with 49.6% of the vote. Wilson Miao (Liberal) was second with 44.7%, on a turnout of 59.2% of 80,777 electors. Member as of .

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Fig. 1 — Richmond Centre—Marpole on the board, 2023 boundaries; the ridings next door as the House holds them on . Open it on the board →

Who represents Richmond Centre—Marpole

CChak Au
Chak Au's piece from the board. Illustration after the official portrait © House of Commons.

Chak Au

Member of Parliament for Richmond Centre—Marpole

Conservative

MP since · first term

  • Public Safety and National Security committee

109 speeches in the 45th Parliament, most often on Indigenous Affairs.

Contact and office · House of Commons →

The 2025 result: Conservative gain from the Liberals

Share of the valid votes by candidate, Richmond Centre—Marpole, April 28, 2025

Share of the valid votes by candidate, Richmond Centre—Marpole, April 28, 2025Of the 47,486 valid votes, Chak Au (Conservative) took 49.6%, Wilson Miao (Liberal) 44.7% and Martin Li (New Democratic) 4.4%; the 2 other candidates took 1.3% together.2025Turnout 59.2% of 80,777 electorsChak AuConservative49.6% · 23,5322,300 votes ahead · 4.8 ptsWilson MiaoLiberal44.7% · 21,232Martin LiNew Democratic4.4% · 2,109Others (2)1.3% · 613050%100%
Share of the valid votes by candidate, Richmond Centre—Marpole, April 28, 2025Of the 47,486 valid votes, Chak Au (Conservative) took 49.6%, Wilson Miao (Liberal) 44.7% and Martin Li (New Democratic) 4.4%; the 2 other candidates took 1.3% together.2025Turnout 59.2% of 80,777 electorsChak AuConservative49.6% · 23,5322,300 votes ahead · 4.8 ptsWilson MiaoLiberal44.7% · 21,232Martin LiNew Democratic4.4% · 2,109Others (2)1.3% · 613050%100%
Shares of the 47,486 valid votes; a candidate under 1% is counted with the others. Source: Elections Canada, official voting results, the 2025 general election.
The figures
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Chak AuConservative23,53249.6%
Wilson MiaoLiberal21,23244.7%
Martin LiNew Democratic2,1094.4%
Others (2)6131.3%

Chak Au (Conservative) won Richmond Centre—Marpole on with 23,532 votes, 49.6% of the 47,486 valid votes. Wilson Miao (Liberal) was second with 21,232 (44.7%), 2,300 votes and 4.9 points behind.

Of the 47,486 valid votes, Chak Au (Conservative) took 49.6%, Wilson Miao (Liberal) 44.7% and Martin Li (New Democratic) 4.4%; the 2 other candidates took 1.3% together. Turnout was 59.2% of 80,777 electors: 47,818 ballots cast, 47,486 of them valid, for 5 candidates.

Since 2021

Against the 2021 result on these boundaries, the Conservatives are up 14.5 (35.1% to 49.6%), the Liberals up 6.5 (38.2% to 44.7%) and the New Democrats down 15.8 (20.2% to 4.4%), in points of the valid votes.

2021 is Elections Canada's transposition of that election onto the 2023 boundaries, not an election held on these lines.

Since 2004: no party has held it

The party first in Richmond Centre—Marpole at each general election, 2004 to 2025, on today's boundaries

  1. 2004Liberal44.8%by 11.5 points over the Conservatives
  2. 2006Liberal44.0%by 7.6 points over the Conservatives
  3. 2008changed handsConservative47.4%by 14.7 points over the Liberals
  4. 2011Conservative55.1%by 32.8 points over the Liberals
  5. 2015†changed handsLiberal41.9%by 1.4 points over the Conservatives
  6. 2019changed handsConservative43.5%by 15.4 points over the Liberals
  7. 2021changed handsLiberal38.2%by 3.1 points over the Conservatives
  8. 2025changed handsConservative49.6%by 4.9 points over the Liberals
Each election carried onto today's boundaries by where the riding's 2025 electors lived: our estimate to 2019, Elections Canada's transposition for 2021, the official result for 2025. Parties are counted as they ran. † The first two are within two points, so which party was first is less certain.
The figures
YearFirstShareSecondMargin (pts)Basis
2004Liberal44.8%Conservative11.5carried, our estimate
2006Liberal44.0%Conservative7.6carried, our estimate
2008Conservative47.4%Liberal14.7carried, our estimate
2011Conservative55.1%Liberal32.8carried, our estimate
2015†Liberal41.9%Conservative1.4carried, our estimate
2019Conservative43.5%Liberal15.4carried, our estimate
2021Liberal38.2%Conservative3.1transposed by Elections Canada
2025Conservative49.6%Liberal4.9official result

The Liberals were first at four of the eight general elections from 2004 to 2025, the Conservatives at four; it changed hands five times. In 2025 the Conservatives took 49.6% of the vote here, 8.0 points above their average of 41.6% at the seven general elections from 2004 to 2021.

On today's boundaries the Liberals were first here in 2004 (44.8%), 2006 (44.0%), 2015 (41.9%) and 2021 (38.2%) and the Conservatives in 2008 (47.4%), 2011 (55.1%), 2019 (43.5%) and 2025 (49.6%), each with the share of the valid votes shown.

A stronghold is a party first at every general election since 2004, by an average of 20 points or more over the next party; held, first at every one; usually, first at all but one. By-elections are not counted. By this rule 160 of the 343 ridings have no degree. The results before 2021 are carried onto today's boundaries by where the riding's 2025 electors lived: our estimate, from the older boundaries of Taylor, Lucas, Kirby and Hewitt and the results in Sevi's "Who Runs?". 2021 is Elections Canada's transposition, and 2025 the official result. In 2015 the carried top two are within two points, so which party was first is less certain.

Before 2025
  • 2021 Liberal · Wilson Miao, by 772 votes (2.2 pts)
  • 2019 Conservative · Alice Wong, by 7,985 votes (20.5 pts)
  • 2015 Conservative · Alice Wong, by 1,136 votes (2.8 pts)

In Richmond Centre on the 2013 boundaries, the riding most of the 2025 electors in today's Richmond Centre—Marpole lived in; Elections Canada's official results.

What kind of place Richmond Centre—Marpole is

Population
116,3802021 census
Area
133km²
Density
876people per km²
Electors
80,777on the 2025 lists
Distinctions · ranked against all 343 ridings
  • 4th-largest immigrant share: 61.3% are immigrants, 4th highest of 343 (Share who are immigrants, 2021 census)4th
    4th-largest immigrant share
    61.3% are immigrants, 4th highest of 343 (Share who are immigrants, 2021 census)
  • 2nd-lowest turnout in British Columbia: 59.2% of 80,777 electors voted · 2nd of 43 in British Columbia · 20th of 343 in Canada2nd
    2nd-lowest turnout in British Columbia
    59.2% of 80,777 electors voted · 2nd of 43 in British Columbia · 20th of 343 in Canada
  • Changed hands in 2025: One of 58 of 343 ridings where the winning party changed from the transposed 2021 result (14 of 43 in British Columbia)58
    Changed hands in 2025
    One of 58 of 343 ridings where the winning party changed from the transposed 2021 result (14 of 43 in British Columbia)
  • Share who are immigrants is 61.3% — about 3.5 times the median riding's 17.3%.
    highestlowest4th highest 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
  • 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
  • Median total household income is $70,500 — about 84 percent of the median riding's $84,000.
    highestlowest63rd lowest 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
  • Median age is 42.8 — about the same as the median riding's 41.6.
    highestlowest132nd highest of 343

2021 Census on the 2023 boundaries; each rule places this riding among all 343. Density is the census population over the riding's area.

IDid this riding change?

Yes. 80% of the 2025 electors in today's Richmond Centre—Marpole lived in the old Richmond Centre; by area, 4% of the riding came from other ridings.

Share of today's electorsFormer riding
79.8%Richmond Centre 96.5% of the area · 32% of it kept
20.0%Vancouver Granville 3.2% of the area · 19% of it kept
0.2%Vancouver Quadra 0.3% of the area · 1% of it kept
How this is measured. Electors: the share of the current riding's 2025 ordinary-list electors who lived in each former riding, each 2025 polling division placed in the 2013 riding a point inside it falls in. Area: the share of the current riding's area that came from each former riding, by intersecting the 2013 and 2023 boundary files, and how much of the former riding that part was. Area is land, not population. Elections Canada counts 48 of 343 ridings as entirely unchanged.

IIThe 2025 result

CandidatePartyVotes%2021±
Chak AuConservative23,53249.6%35.1%+14.5
Wilson MiaoLiberal21,23244.7%38.2%+6.5
Martin LiNew Democratic2,1094.4%20.2%−15.8
2 further candidates, each under 1% of the vote
Michael SislerGreen4200.9%
David WangPeople's1930.4%
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

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.
Fig. 2 — Each square is one election-day poll: ■ won by the Conservatives (128) · ■ won by another party (44) · ▨ tied (4).
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.

On election day the Liberals took 41.4%, the Conservatives 52.4% and the New Democrats 4.8%; in advance and special ballots, 47.7%, 47.0% and 4.1%, in that order.

Share of the valid votes by party, election-day polls against advance and special ballots, Richmond Centre—Marpole, April 28, 2025

Share of the valid votes by party, election-day polls against advance and special ballots, Richmond Centre—Marpole, April 28, 2025On election day the Liberals took 41.4%, the Conservatives 52.4% and the New Democrats 4.8%; in advance and special ballots, 47.7%, 47.0% and 4.1%, in that order.Election dayAdvance and special± pts, the gapLiberal41.4%47.7%+6.3 ptsConservative52.4%47.0%−5.4 ptsNew Democratic4.8%4.1%−0.7 pts050%100%
Share of the valid votes by party, election-day polls against advance and special ballots, Richmond Centre—Marpole, April 28, 2025On election day the Liberals took 41.4%, the Conservatives 52.4% and the New Democrats 4.8%; in advance and special ballots, 47.7%, 47.0% and 4.1%, in that order.Election dayAdvance and special± pts, the gapLiberal41.4%47.7%+6.3 ptsConservative52.4%47.0%−5.4 ptsNew Democratic4.8%4.1%−0.7 pts050%100%
Shares of the valid votes cast at election-day polls, and of those cast at advance polls, at mobile polls and by special ballot; the gap is the second less the first, in points. Source: Elections Canada, poll-by-poll results, the 2025 general election.
The figures
PartyElection dayAdvance and specialGap
Liberal41.4%47.7%+6.3
Conservative52.4%47.0%−5.4
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.

VWhere it is

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Fig. 3 — Richmond Centre—Marpole and its 4 neighbouring ridings.

Sources and citation

"Richmond Centre—Marpole — federal riding profile and 2025 results." The Political Record. https://politicalrecord.ca/riding/richmond-centre-marpole/ Accessed 2026-11-10.

Results and transposition: Elections Canada. Boundaries: Elections Canada / Statistics Canada, Open Government Licence – Canada. Census: Statistics Canada 2021 Census. Member: House of Commons.

Figures reconcile to the certified national total of 19,641,663 votes. The member is as the House of Commons listed them on 2026-11-01. Page built 2026-11-10.