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Richmondites have spoken and elected a mayor, eight councillors, and seven school board trustees.
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Richmond election results in minimal change
By Hannah Scott
Published 10:33 PDT, Sat October 15, 2022
Last Updated: 1:19 PDT, Sun October 16, 2022
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Richmond has chosen a new council, although with many familiar faces.
Full unofficial results can be found on the city’s website at richmond.ca/elections or via the 2022 Richmond Election app.
All six incumbent councillors who were seeking re-election—Chak Au, Carol Day, Andy Hobbs, Alexa Loo, Bill McNulty, and Michael Wolfe—again found success, with new councillors Laura Gillanders and Kash Heed also winning seats.
The new councillors represent five slates: Au is part of RCCA—Richmond Community Coalition; Day, Gillanders, and Wolfe are part of RITE Richmond; Loo and McNulty are with ONE Richmond; Heed is part of Richmond RISE; and Hobbs is with Richmond United.
Two longtime councillors, Linda McPhail and Harold Steves, did not seek re-election.
Mayor Malcolm Brodie, the province’s longest-serving mayor first elected in 2001, was re-elected as an independent candidate over challengers Wei Ping Chen (independent) and John Roston (RITE Richmond).
The slate of school board trustees also sees some changes. Incumbent trustees Ken Hamaguchi, Heather Larson, Donna Sargent, and Debbie Tablotney will be joined by Rod Belleza and Alice Wong, both of whom were trustees previously, and new trustee David Yang.
The trustees represent three slates: Hamaguchi, Larson, Tablotney, and Yang are part of the Richmond Education Party; Belleza and Wong are with RCCA—Richmond Community Coalition; and Sargent is part of Richmond United.
Incumbent trustees Norm Goldstein and Sandra Nixon did not seek re-election. Incumbent trustee Richard Lee was not re-elected.
Voter turnout for the 2022 municipal election was around 25 per cent, with just over 35,000 ballots cast, according to a news release from the city. Turnout in the 2018 election was almost 37 per cent. All results remain unofficial pending a final declaration by the chief election officer.
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