Richmond, British Columbia · 2026-09-19
13 elector organizations are running candidates in Richmond's 2026 election, and 31 candidates are running with no organization at all. A slate is not a political party in the provincial or federal sense: it is a registered elector organization, its name prints beside the candidate on the ballot, and you are free to vote across as many of them as you like.
7 councillors, 6 school trustees (13 total)
Runs a full slate across council and school board; its own site publishes a Chinese-language platform.
Kevin Lai · Gary Law · Wallace Pong · Sheldon Starrett · Grace Tsang · Jizhou William Wang · Sam Wang · Rod Belleza · Dean Billings · Danny Chang · Willy Sinconegue · Phyllis Tang · Sophia Woo
1 mayor, 5 councillors (6 total)
Mayoral candidate Dickens Cheung leads this organization's slate.
Dickens Cheung · Jack Chen · Michael Lok · Jenny Gonzales Mata · Antonio "Tony" Ortega · Adnan Sarwar
1 mayor, 5 councillors (6 total)
Mayoral candidate Rob Howard leads this organization's slate.
Rob Howard · Romeo Bicego · Howard Jampolsky · Shelley Leonhardt · Eric Yung · Melissa Zhang
5 councillors (5 total)
Campaigns under explicit Conservative branding; the only organization whose council support was separately measured in the published Pallas poll.
Dale Bains · Oday Brahem · Adam Dobrer · Lisa Phillips · Alex Sagert
5 councillors (5 total)
Long-standing Richmond elector organization.
Alton Cheung · Vincent Li · Keefer Pelech · Tamás Revóczi · Milly Yee
1 mayor, 3 councillors (4 total)
Mayoral candidate Alexa Loo leads this organization's slate.
4 councillors (4 total)
Long-standing Richmond elector organization; publishes Chinese names for its council candidates.
Carol Day · Jerome Dickey · Laura Gillanders · Michael Wolfe
3 councillors, 1 school trustee (4 total)
Council organization; includes former Member of Parliament Kenny Chiu.
4 school trustees (4 total)
School board organization.
3 school trustees (3 total)
School board organization of current and former trustees.
1 mayor, 1 councillor (2 total)
Mayoral candidate Mei Kang leads this organization's slate.
2 councillors (2 total)
Council organization.
1 councillor (1 total)
Council organization.
Independents are not a group and share no platform. They appear on the ballot with no organization name beside them.
Kash Heed · Goldentiger King · Dennet "The Cat Guy" Lee · Adil Awan · Mario Cruz · Jessy Dhillon · Tim Fan · Donald Flintoff · Louis Huang · Milan Kljajic · Alan Lackstein · Pak Hing (Ben) Lee · Andrew Mrozowski · Dennis Page · Hong Yan Melody Pan · Daniel Tsang · Andy Z. Wang · Hongyun Chen · Lawrence Chen · Calvin Dang · Kiana Dashtbazi · Kay Hale · Aithan Kang · Ausha Kang · Vivien Lee · Stefan Mladenovic · Jordan Oye · Helen Quan · Donna Sargent · Nancy Williams · John Zhang
No. Municipal elector organizations register with Elections BC and endorse candidates, but Richmond council has no governing party, no whip and no caucus. Councillors vote individually.
No. You may mark up to eight council names in any combination, from any number of organizations or none.
The City's declaration of candidates records the elector organization each candidate filed under; that name prints on the ballot.
Organization names and candidate assignments: City of Richmond declaration of candidates. Descriptions summarise each organization's own public material. Last checked 2026-09-19.