The federal election in the riding of Steveston-Richmond East is shaping up to be a déjà vu of the 2015 election with the same Liberal and Conservative candidates – Joe Peschisolido is running for re-election while Conservative Kenny Chiu is challenging him.
Peschisolido won the riding for the Liberals in 2015 with 19,486 of 43,225 votes (45.08%) while Chiu finished second with 16,630 (38.47%) votes.
A distant third was Scott Stewart of the New Democratic Party with 5,248 (12.14%) votes.
The Green candidate, Laura-Leah Shaw got 1,587 votes (3.67 per cent) and Libertarian Matthew Swanston got 274 votes.
In this election, Jaeden Dela Torre is running for the NDP and Nicole Iaci for the Greens.
Demographics of Steveston-Richmond East:
As per the 2016 census, Steveston--Richmond East is home to 99,913 people, with is 3.4 per cent higher than recorded in the 2011 census.
The population of Steveston-Richmond East is older than average with its average age being 41.8 compared to the national average of 41. Seniors account for 16.2 per cent of the population.
The average census family size is 2.7 which is larger than the national average size of 2.49.
The median total income of households in Steveston-Richmond East was $69,513 in 2015 while the national average was $73,050. The median after-tax income in 2015 was $61,397.
