Federal Election: The Results from Richmond, BC
The results from the riding of Richmond, just south of Vancouver, are most interesting. This used to be a Liberal stronghold of Raymond Chan but no longer. Alice Wong, of the Conservatives, obliterated the opposition. It wasn't even close!
A friend called me up last night and asked whether I thought it peculiar that the other parties hadn't run Chinese-Canadian candidates. I hadn't even noticed this before. His question centered around the fact that recent census data has shown that Richmond is about 58% Chinese ethnicity. Looking at the results today I noticed that Ms. Wong's vote share is also around 58%. There's no direct correlation though that all the Chinese-Canadian residents voted for her and everyone else voted for the others.
2 comments:
That is nonsense. I am a Chinese Canadian and I am a liberal supporter.
Amigo/Amiga,
What is nonsense? Did you actually read what I wrote? I specifically said that one cannot draw a direct correlation between the 58% Chinese ethnicity in Richmond and Alice Wong's 58.33% support.
Sheeesh!
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