With less than six months until Richmond’s municipal election, Richmond First has announced its team.
At an event for its supporters at Continental Seafood Restaurant and in a video posted to YouTube, six councillor candidates and five school board trustees were introduced.
City council
City council incumbents Bill McNulty, Linda McPhail and Derek Dang are all seeking re-election to council in October.
Andy Hobbs, retired superintendent for the Vancouver Police Department and Sunny Ho, a Richmond businessman both ran for council in 2014 and are back again in this year’s municipal race.
Peter Liu, who ran for school board trustee in 2014 is now running for council.
School board
Current school board trustees Eric Yung and Donna Sargent are both seeking re-election to Richmond’s Board of Education.
Hoping to join them is Jason Li, a local entrepreneur.
Elsa Wong, president of the Canada Asia Pacific Business Association, ran for city council in 2014 and is now running for the school board.
Norm Goldstein, who was previously served a term as a trustee but was not re-elected in 2014 is now hoping to rejoin the school board.
Richmond’s 2018 municipal election is scheduled for Oct. 20.
