The Political RecordFederal electoral districtsNo. 59028British Columbia

Richmond East—Steveston

Richmond-Est—Steveston

Richmond East—Steveston is a federal riding in British Columbia. Parm Bains (Liberal, first elected to the House in 2021) represents Richmond East—Steveston. Parm Bains (Liberal) held Richmond East—Steveston for the Liberals in the 2025 election by 1,100 votes (2.0 points), with 48.4% of the vote. Zach Segal (Conservative) was second with 46.4%, on a turnout of 63.6% of 84,011 electors. Member as of 2026-11-01.

Fig. 1 — Richmond East—Steveston on the board, 2023 boundaries; the ridings next door as the House holds them on 2026-11-01. Open it on the board →

Who represents Richmond East—Steveston

Parm Bains's piece from the board. Illustration after the official portrait © House of Commons.

Parm Bains

Member of Parliament for Richmond East—Steveston

Liberal

MP since 2021-09-20 · 2 terms

Industry and Technology committee

59 speeches in the 45th Parliament, most often on Business of Supply — Opposition Motion—Serious crimes and refugee claims.

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The 2025 result: Liberal hold

Share of the valid votes by candidate, Richmond East—Steveston, April 28, 2025

Shares of the 53,055 valid votes; a candidate under 1% is counted with the others. Source: Elections Canada, official voting results, the 2025 general election.

The figures

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Parm Bains	Liberal	25,705	48.4%
Zach Segal	Conservative	24,605	46.4%
Keefer Pelech	New Democratic	2,251	4.2%
Other (1)		494	0.9%

Parm Bains (Liberal) won Richmond East—Steveston on April 28, 2025 with 25,705 votes, 48.4% of the 53,055 valid votes. Zach Segal (Conservative) was second with 24,605 (46.4%), 1,100 votes and 2.0 points behind.

Of the 53,055 valid votes, Parm Bains (Liberal) took 48.4%, Zach Segal (Conservative) 46.4% and Keefer Pelech (New Democratic) 4.2%; one other candidate took 0.9%. Turnout was 63.6% of 84,011 electors: 53,416 ballots cast, 53,055 of them valid, for 4 candidates.

Since 2021

Against the 2021 result on these boundaries, the Liberals are up 6.9 (41.5% to 48.4%), the Conservatives up 12.7 (33.7% to 46.4%) and the New Democrats down 15.0 (19.2% to 4.2%), 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 East—Steveston at each general election, 2004 to 2025, on today's boundaries

2004Conservative41.5%by 3.8 points over the Liberals
2006Conservative44.5%by 8.3 points over the Liberals
2008Conservative53.4%by 27.8 points over the Liberals
2011Conservative55.9%by 34.6 points over the New Democrats
2015changed handsLiberal44.6%by 5.4 points over the Conservatives
2019changed handsConservative42.6%by 8.3 points over the Liberals
2021changed handsLiberal41.5%by 7.9 points over the Conservatives
2025Liberal48.4%by 2.0 points over the Conservatives

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 figures

Year	First	Share	Second	Margin (pts)	Basis
2004	Conservative	41.5%	Liberal	3.8	carried, our estimate
2006	Conservative	44.5%	Liberal	8.3	carried, our estimate
2008	Conservative	53.4%	Liberal	27.8	carried, our estimate
2011	Conservative	55.9%	New Democratic	34.6	carried, our estimate
2015	Liberal	44.6%	Conservative	5.4	carried, our estimate
2019	Conservative	42.6%	Liberal	8.3	carried, our estimate
2021	Liberal	41.5%	Conservative	7.9	transposed by Elections Canada
2025	Liberal	48.4%	Conservative	2.0	official result

The Conservatives were first at five of the eight general elections from 2004 to 2025, the Liberals at three; it changed hands three times. In 2025 the Liberals took 48.4% of the vote here, 14.5 points above their average of 33.9% at the seven general elections from 2004 to 2021.

On today's boundaries the Conservatives were first here in 2004 (41.5%), 2006 (44.5%), 2008 (53.4%), 2011 (55.9%) and 2019 (42.6%) and the Liberals in 2015 (44.6%), 2021 (41.5%) and 2025 (48.4%), 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.

Before 2025

2021 Liberal · Parm Bains, by 3,477 votes (9.0 pts)
2019 Conservative · Kenny Chiu, by 2,747 votes (6.6 pts)
2015 Liberal · Joe Peschisolido, by 2,856 votes (6.6 pts)

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

What kind of place Richmond East—Steveston is

Population: 116,1402021 census
Area: 125km²
Density: 928people per km²
Electors: 84,011on the 2025 lists

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 343

Share who are immigrants is 57.6% — about 3.3 times the median riding's 17.3%.
highestlowest11th highest of 343
Share with French as a mother tongue is 0.5% — about 31 percent of the median riding's 1.6%.
highestlowest20th lowest of 343
Share aged 25-64 with a bachelor's degree or higher is 44.0% — about 1.6 times the median riding's 28.2%.
highestlowest68th highest of 343
Median age is 44.0 — a little higher than the median riding's 41.6.
highestlowest97th highest of 343
Share of households that own their home is 73.4% — about the same as the median riding's 71.4%.
highestlowest142nd highest of 343
Median total household income is $86,000 — about the same as the median riding's $84,000.
highestlowest147th 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. 88% of the 2025 electors in today's Richmond East—Steveston lived in the old Steveston—Richmond East; by area, 8% of the riding came from other ridings.

Share of today's electorsFormer riding

87.7%Steveston—Richmond East 91.8% of the area · 50% of it kept

12.3%Richmond Centre 8.2% of the area · 3% 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

Candidate	Party	Votes	%	2021	±
Parm Bains	Liberal	25,705	48.4%	41.5%	+6.9
Zach Segal	Conservative	24,605	46.4%	33.7%	+12.7
Keefer Pelech	New Democratic	2,251	4.2%	19.2%	−15.0

1 further candidate, under 1% of the vote

Steven Ji

Green

494

0.9%

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

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.

Voters who switch: 001,102

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.

On election day the Liberals took 45.8%, the Conservatives 48.4% and the New Democrats 4.8%; in advance and special ballots, 51.9%, 43.8% and 3.5%, in that order.

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

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

Party	Election day	Advance and special	Gap
Liberal	45.8%	51.9%	+6.1
Conservative	48.4%	43.8%	−4.6
New Democratic	4.8%	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.

VWhere it is

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

Sources and citation

"Richmond East—Steveston — federal riding profile and 2025 results."
The Political Record. https://politicalrecord.ca/riding/richmond-east-steveston/
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.