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Richmond-Steveston

provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
Places and architectureInterpretive dossier study · Crown Archives visual atlas
Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 22, 2026
Entity authorityQ7330745 ↗
Source-derived summary

Richmond-Steveston is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.

Geography

The electoral district comprises the part of the city of Richmond (including Steveston) lying westerly and southerly of the following boundary: commencing at the intersection of the westerly limit of said city with the westerly production of Blundell Road, then east along said road to No. 3 Road, thence south along said road and its production to the southern limit of said city.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:

Election results

Student vote results

Student Vote Canada is a non-partisan program in Canada that holds mock elections in elementary and high schools alongside general elections (with the same candidates and same electoral system).

Editorial summary

“Richmond-Steveston” enters the record as provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Richmond-Steveston, provincial and electoral can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewMost useful as a place-based finding aid connecting the present description to earlier jurisdictions, maps and built evidence. The current 128-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1991. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Richmond-Steveston, provincial and electoral.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“Richmond-Steveston” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Richmond-Steveston, provincial and electoral provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7330745. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Richmond-Steveston”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Richmond-Steveston primary sources, Richmond-Steveston archive and Richmond-Steveston research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Richmond-Steveston”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Richmond-Steveston” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.