Conservative Alice Wong has been re-elected in Richmond Centre.
Wong garnered 49.3 per cent of the vote.
Liberal Steven Kou finished second with 28.4 per cent of the vote, while the NDP’s Dustin Innes finished third with 14.4 per cent.
Four years ago the riding was a close two-way race. In 2015, Wong won her third straight election, beating out Liberal Lawrence Woo. Wong received 17,622 votes (44.2 per cent) compared to 16,486 votes (41.7 per cent) for Woo. The New Democrats were way back in third place with 11.5 per cent of the vote.
Candidates
Conservative: Alice Wong
Liberal: Steven Kou
NDP: Dustin Innes
Green: Françoise Raunet
People’s Party of Canada: Ivan Pak
Geography
The riding encompasses the western part of the city of Richmond down to Steveston Highway.
Demographics
Chinese: 57,490, 59 per cent
European: 23,420, 24 per cent
Filipino: 5,915, 6.1 per cent
South Asian: 4,190, 4.3 per cent
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