Riding profile
Richmond East--Steveston
The question
Richmond East--Steveston: a safe seat for the Liberal Party?
Editorial read
Richmond East--Steveston, an urban riding in British Columbia, elected a member with the Liberal Party in the previous cycle, with a 2-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Liberal Party ahead at 48% vote share, against 40% for the Conservative Party, and the probability of a close race is negligible.
Sitting member
Parm Bains
Sits with Liberal
Current forecast
Liberal
Safe
- Probability
- 100%
- Mean margin (pts)
- 7.6
- P(close race)
- 10%
In context
How this riding stacks up
| Liberal | Conservative | NDP | Green | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HereRichmond East--Steveston | 48.0% | 40.4% | 3.0% | 0.9% |
| Provincial averageBritish Columbia | 41.9% +6.0 | 35.8% +4.5 | 10.6% −7.6 | 2.6% −1.7 |
| National averageCanada | 41.9% +6.1 | 34.8% +5.6 | 14.2% −11.2 | 2.1% −1.2 |
Provincial averages computed across the 343 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).
Projection track
How the projection has moved
Previous election · FED 2025
Detailed result · FED 2025
Candidates and votes
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parm Bains Elected | Liberal | 25,705 | 48.4 | Parliamentarian |
| Zach Segal | Conservative | 24,605 | 46.4 | Public Affairs Advisor |
| Keefer Pelech | NDP | 2,251 | 4.2 | Senior Ministerial Advisor |
| Steven Ji | Green | 494 | 0.9 | Financial Investor |
Demographics
Who lives here
Linguistic profile
- Anglophone 54.1%
- Non-francophone (other) 45.9%
Around the region
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- Last model run
- Cycle
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