The Political Record · Federal electoral districts

Richmond East—Steveston

Richmond-Est—Steveston
Federal riding · BC · No. 59028 · 2023 representation order
Fig. 1 — Richmond East—Steveston, 2023 boundaries.
Member
Parm Bains Liberal
2025 result
Liberal hold by 1,100 votes
Turnout
63.6% of 84,011 electors
Population
116,140 2021 census
Area
125 km²
Figures as of
2026-09-25
Distinctions · ranked against all 343 ridings
  • Decided before election day: On election-day polls alone another party led; advance and special ballots decided it · one of 27 of 34327
    Decided before election day
    On election-day polls alone another party led; advance and special ballots decided it · one of 27 of 343
  • Closeness of the race: Won by 1,100 votes (2.0 pts) · 22nd of 343 in Canada22nd
    Closeness of the race
    Won by 1,100 votes (2.0 pts) · 22nd of 343 in Canada
  • Turnout, lowest first: 63.6% of 84,011 electors voted · 59th of 343 in Canada59th
    Turnout, lowest first
    63.6% of 84,011 electors voted · 59th of 343 in Canada
In brief
  1. Parm Bains held the seat for the Liberals by 1,100 votes (+2.0 points).
  2. 8% of today's riding was drawn from other ridings in 2023.
  3. On election day alone, the Conservatives led; advance and special ballots decided it.
  4. Share who are immigrants is the 11th highest of 343 ridings.
Illustration after: © House of Commons
Member of Parliament
Parm Bains
Liberal · first elected 2021-09-20 · 2 terms
  • Member: Industry and Technology
56 speeches in the 45th Parliament, most often on Business of Supply — Opposition Motion—Serious crimes and refugee claims.

IDid this riding change?

Yes. 8% of today's Richmond East—Steveston came from ridings other than the old Steveston—Richmond East.

Share of today's areaFormer riding
91.8%Steveston—Richmond East 50% of it kept
8.2%Richmond Centre 3% 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

Liberal hold
Elected
Parm Bains
Liberal
25,705
48.4% of valid votes
Margin
1,100
votes · +2.0 pts
Runner-up
Zach Segal
Conservative
24,605
46.4% of valid votes
Liberal 48.4% · Conservative 46.4% · New Democratic 4.2%
Turnout63.6% of 84,011 electors
CandidatePartyVotes%2021±
Parm BainsLiberal25,70548.4%41.5%+6.9
Zach SegalConservative24,60546.4%33.7%+12.7
Keefer PelechNew Democratic2,2514.2%19.2%−15.0
1 further candidate, under 1% of the vote
Steven JiGreen4940.9%
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
1.0 pts
Half the margin: the share that would have had to move from first to second.
Third place vs. the margin
2,251 votes
New Democratic took more than the 1,100-vote margin. True in 100 of 343 ridings in 2025.
Election-day polls won by others
109 of 192
3 polls ended in an exact tie.
Fig. 2 — Each square is one election-day poll: ■ won by the Liberals (80) · ■ won by another party (109) · ▨ tied (3).
Flip the seatHypothetical

It would have taken 551 voters switching from Liberal to Conservative — 1.0% of the 53,055 valid votes, 1.0 points — to change the result. No ballot was cast this way; this only moves votes between the top two.

Liberal25,705
Conservative24,605
Still Liberal by 1,100 votes. Actual margin: 1,100.

IVElection day versus advance

Only 56.7% of this riding's votes were cast at election-day polls. The rest were advance or special ballots. On election day alone, the Conservatives led here — the seat was decided by ballots cast before the day.

Election dayAdvance & specialGap
Conservative48.4%43.8%−4.6
Liberal45.8%51.9%+6.1
New Democratic4.8%3.5%−1.3
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

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

loading basemap…
Fig. 3 — Richmond East—Steveston and its 6 neighbouring ridings.

The card

No. 59028BC · 2025
Richmond East—Steveston
Parm Bains
Result
Liberal hold by 1,100
Turnout
63.6%
Population
116,140
Area
125 km²
Decided before election day: On election-day polls alone another party led; advance and special ballots decided it · one of 27 of 34327Decided before election dayCloseness of the race: Won by 1,100 votes (2.0 pts) · 22nd of 343 in Canada22ndCloseness of the raceTurnout, lowest first: 63.6% of 84,011 electors voted · 59th of 343 in Canada59thTurnout, lowest first
One of 343The Political Record

A card exists for every one of the 343 ridings.

Every figure on it is the figure on this page: the 2025 result and margin, turnout, the 2021 census population, the area, and the distinctions ranked against all 343 ridings. The portrait is an illustration after the official House of Commons photograph.

Open a neighbour to collect the next one.