Election 2018 Archive

The deadline to submit nomination papers for Richmond’s election was on Friday, and a total of 11 independent candidates stepped forward to run for council.

Six Richmond school trustee candidates have joined forces to run as part of a newly-formed, “progressive” slate. Calling themselves the Richmond Education Party, the group is headed by incumbents Ken Hamaguchi and Sandra Nixon.

Thursday marks one month until Richmond’s municipal election and one mayoral candidate has vowed to not accept any campaign donations. Cliff Wei is no stranger to political campaigns.

So far, two all-candidates meetings are scheduled before the Oct. 20 election.

With nomination papers due today, one more candidate who has been a watchdog of the city’s finances has stepped forward.

Sakata is the sixth candidate hoping to become the next mayor of Richmond.

A Richmond News analysis of 2014 municipal election finance reports shows developers and businesses directly linked to the real estate industry accounted for more than one-third of all donations to would-be politicians.

A real estate lawyer at the centre of a Law Society of B.C. professional misconduct investigation has officially entered the race to be Richmond’s mayor.

The deadline to submit nomination papers for Richmond’s election is on Friday, and three more independent candidates have stepped forward this week to run for council.

Candidates highlight Chinese education and language barriers with immigrant parents