Richmond could be in line for a new fourth provincial riding.
Under the recommendations from the B.C. Electoral Boundaries Commission, the current Richmond Centre and Richmond East districts will be carved up to help create the new Richmond-Queensborough riding, pulling in the Queensborough community from New Westminster.
As a result, Richmond East would be no more and the Richmond Centre riding would become Richmond North Centre and Richmond South Centre.
Richmond-Steveston would remain the same.
According to a report from the commission released on Thursday, current electoral districts in Richmond are “well over the provincial average (three of four more than 25 per cent over) and this is also an area of high growth.”
As it stands, there are 85 ridings in the B.C. legislature. If the commission’s recommendations are approved, there will be 87 ridings, with Surrey also getting a new riding.
