The provincial election is a year away but the opposition party has already lined up a candidate in an attempt to oust BC NDP MLA Henry Yao.
Wendy Yuan has been nominated as the candidate for Richmond Centre, whose name is changing from Richmond South Centre.
The Richmond South Centre riding is currently held by Yao, but it was a BC Liberal stronghold for decades with Linda Reid holding the seat for almost 30 years.
Yao narrowly won the seat - by 179 votes - in the 2020 provincial election with Richmond city Coun. Alexa Loo in second place as the BC Liberal candidate.
The BC Liberals, under its new leader Kevin Falcon, rebranded as BC United earlier this year.
Yuan, who runs a computer business with her husband, has lived in Richmond for more than 30 years.
The name for Richmond North Centre, currently held by BC United MLA Teresa Wat, is changing to Richmond-Bridgeport.
