Richmond Centre elects Liberal Wilson Miao after years of voting blue
Posted September 25, 2021 3:38 pm.
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) — After years of voting Conservative, the contested riding of Richmond Centre has officially voted in Liberal Wilson Miao.
Miao received 13,440 votes, beating Conservative incumbent Alice Wong by 700 ballots.
Before being voted out, Wong represented the riding since 2008.
Congratulations to Wilson Miao, Parm Bains, and their teams in #RichmondBC!@JustinTrudeau visited twice during the campaign to support their hard work. On finishing the fight against COVID, fighting climate change, & more, Richmond is ready to keep BC and Canada moving forward https://t.co/bzk7XBdXOA
— Braeden Caley
The platform on Miao’s website says he grew up in Richmond Centre after immigrating there with his parents from Hong Kong as a child. A business person with a degree in his field, he still lives and works there with his family.
“Wilson will be a tireless advocate and voice for Richmond’s many communities in Ottawa,” reads the platform statement on his website. “As a first-generation Canadian, Wilson understands the limitless possibilities Canada represents for its newcomers.”
In the statement, he also vowed to uphold “the quintessentially Canadian values of diversity and inclusion.”
This Liberal win follows the loss of a Green seat to the NDP for Nanaimo-Ladysmith on Friday.
