Richmond—South Delta

Richmond—South Delta
British Columbia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1976
District abolished	1987
First contested	1979
Last contested	1984

Richmond—South Delta was a federal electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada between 1979 and 1988.

History

This riding was created in 1976 from parts of Burnaby—Richmond—Delta riding.

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Riding created from Burnaby—Richmond—Delta
31st	1979–1980	Tom Siddon	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988
Riding dissolved into Delta and Richmond

1984 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Siddon	38,168	57.06	+5.08
	New Democratic	Ron Dickson	16,377	24.48	+0.25
	Liberal	Rod Drennan	13,340	19.94	-3.45
	Green	Geraldine Stevens	433	0.65	–
	Independent	Ursula Graf	301	0.45	–
	Confederation of Regions	Rob Sinclaire	273	0.41	–
Total valid votes			66,892	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+2.42

1980 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Siddon	29,192	51.98	-2.06
	New Democratic	Mercia Stickney	13,606	24.23	+0.08
	Liberal	Glen MacRae	13,134	23.39	+1.96
	Communist	Homer Stevens	170	0.30	+0.01
	Marxist–Leninist	Elaine Johannson	61	0.11	+0.02
Total valid votes			56,163	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-1.07

1979 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Siddon	30,262	54.04
	New Democratic	Mercia Stickney	13,524	24.15
	Liberal	Glen Gordon MacRae	12,003	21.43
	Communist	Homer Stevens	164	0.29
	Marxist–Leninist	Allen H. Soroka	45	0.09
Total valid votes			55,998	100.0
This riding was created from parts of Burnaby—Richmond—Delta, where Progressive Conservative Tom Siddon was the incumbent.