MLA in Richmond-Queensborough · BC provincial 2026
Dhar Grewal
BC NDP candidate for MLA in Richmond-Queensborough, where Conservative Steve Kooner is the sitting member.
Dhar Grewal is the BC NDP candidate for Richmond-Queensborough on Elections BC's list of accepted nominations. Steve Kooner of the Conservative Party, who won the district in 2024, is the other accepted candidate. voche.me found no campaign website, party candidate page, public statement or interview from Dhar Grewal on 2026-10-03.
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BC NDP2026
Dhar GrewalBritish Columbia provincial election
Dhar GrewalMLAv.
Candidate research / October 3, 2026
A researched record of Dhar Grewal's candidacy in Richmond-Queensborough for the BC NDP. voche.me found no published commitment from Dhar Grewal on 2026-10-03. The commitments below are the party's, from its platform page and an October 1 release, and none of them names Dhar Grewal.
On dates without a confirmed appearance the public schedule is unknown; the candidate may still have activities that day. This static page changes only when its research is updated.
01 / Introduction
About Dhar Grewal
Elections BC lists Dhar Grewal as the BC NDP candidate for MLA in Richmond-Queensborough, on its candidate list stamped October 3, 2026 03:00:07 PM. On that copy the only other accepted candidate in the district is Steve Kooner of the Conservative Party. Nominations closed at 1 p.m. on October 3, 2026.
In 2024, Conservative Steve Kooner won Richmond-Queensborough with 10,052 votes (50.91 percent). Aman Singh of the BC NDP, the sitting member, received 8,713 votes (44.13 percent), 1,339 fewer than Kooner. Independent Cindy Wu received 721 votes (3.65 percent) and independent Errol E. Povah received 258 (1.31 percent). voche.me found no candidate named Dhar Grewal in the 2024 statement of votes.
Richmond News reported on October 3, 2026 that the BC NDP had filled its Richmond list, adding Dhar Grewal in Richmond-Queensborough, according to the Elections BC website. The article gives no background or position for him. BC Ballot, a voter information site, says it found no previous run, term or finance report on record for this name. voche.me found no page that gives a background, a job or reasons for running, and has not contacted the campaign.
Published positions and selected commitments, separated by election cycle. Status labels describe the evidence reviewed, not a numerical score or a complete audit of the platform. Council approval is different from delivery.
5 commitments shown · Checked Oct 3
2026 · HousingCampaign pledge
BC NDP housing position
The BC NDP platform page says 97 percent of local governments have adopted zoning changes that are paving the way for 300,000 more homes across B.C. The page does not name Grewal.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Party text. voche.me found no 2026 statement by Grewal on housing.
What still needs checking
Does Grewal speak on housing in Richmond during the campaign?
A BC NDP release of October 1, 2026 says the party leader's plan includes suspending the provincial motor fuel tax by 10 cents per litre on gasoline and diesel, with a pricing rule enforced by the BC Utilities Commission. The release does not name Grewal.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Party text. voche.me found no 2026 statement by Grewal on the cost of living.
What still needs checking
Does Grewal name a cost of living measure for Richmond during the campaign?
The BC NDP platform page says the party will keep recruiting and training more doctors, nurses and healthcare workers of all kinds. The page does not name Grewal.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Party text. voche.me found no 2026 statement by Grewal on health care.
What still needs checking
Does Grewal speak on health care in Richmond during the campaign?
The BC NDP platform page says the party is doubling skilled trades training by 2028-29 and sets a goal of $200 billion in major project investment by 2035. The page does not name Grewal.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Party text. voche.me found no 2026 statement by Grewal on jobs or the economy.
What still needs checking
Does Grewal name an economic measure for Richmond during the campaign?
The BC NDP platform page says the party is hiring teachers and building schools across B.C. to support smaller class sizes. The page does not name Grewal.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Party text. voche.me found no 2026 statement by Grewal on schools.
What still needs checking
Does Grewal speak on schools in Richmond during the campaign?
voche.me found no public role on record for this candidate in the sources it read on 2026-10-03, so it found no voting record to review. The legislature's member list holds no member named Grewal.
No reviewed entries have been added to this section yet. This is a research gap, not a finding about the candidate.
Recent appearances / Read and watch
Talks, interviews & statements
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Accountability / Findings, disputes and responses
Controversies & public scrutiny
Records are labelled by type, including official findings, civil proceedings and political disputes where applicable. Each entry identifies the response found in the sources and the latest status verified for this page.
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News coverage / Original publishers
Read the reporting
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Reporting
Richmond News
B.C. Votes: NDP fill out candidate list in Richmond ridings
Richmond News reported that the BC NDP added Dhar Grewal as its candidate in Richmond-Queensborough, according to the Elections BC website, and that he will face incumbent Conservative MLA Steve Kooner. The report gives no detail about his background or positions.
Sources checked October 3, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
No campaign website, party candidate page, interview or public statement from this candidate was found on 2026-10-03, so his background, his positions on every scored issue and his reasons for running are unknown. The BC NDP's online candidate list held 59 names on 2026-10-03 and none for Richmond-Queensborough. The addresses richmondqueensborough.bcndp.ca and dhargrewal.bcndp.ca send the reader back to the party's home page and show no candidate page. Social media sites carry accounts under similar names, and no page voche.me read ties any of them to this candidacy, so nothing from them is used. Richmond News and BC Ballot give no background, and BC Ballot says it found no earlier election run for this name. No portrait that the candidate or the party published was found. All-candidates meetings in the district, campaign finances and endorsements were not found on this date. The questionnaire has not been sent.
Research status
What voche.me has checked
Evidence reviewed on 2026-10-03: the Elections BC candidate list and key dates page, the 2024 statement of votes, the BC NDP candidate list, releases page, platform page and gas price release of October 1, 2026, a Richmond News report of October 3, 2026, and the BC Ballot pages for the candidate and the district. Searches of Google News covered the name alone and with Richmond, Queensborough and NDP. The web search tool had reached its limit, so the name search was limited to Google News and direct reads of the news and party sites.
No campaign website, party candidate page, readable social media post, interview or statement from this candidate was found. Richmond News and BC Ballot give no background or position. The party entries below are the BC NDP's own text, and none of it names Dhar Grewal. An empty section records what voche.me did not find on this date.
03 / Background
Experience & community
Background not supplied
Work, public service and community involvement will appear here when supplied. No experience has been added to this profile.
04 / Questions & answers
Questions for the candidate
Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
Why are you running in Richmond-Queensborough, and what would you do first as MLA?
No response has been submitted.
How would you shorten waits for a family doctor and for emergency care in Richmond?
No response has been submitted.
What would you ask the Province to do about housing costs and transit in Richmond, and by when?
No response has been submitted.
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05 / About this page
Questions about this page
Facts voche.me can state about Dhar Grewal's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
Is this an official page for Dhar Grewal?
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Dhar Grewal's own campaign.
What party is Dhar Grewal running with?
Dhar Grewal is running for MLA with BC NDP.
Does Dhar Grewal currently hold public office?
Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Dhar Grewal.
How many sources does this Dhar Grewal profile cite?
This profile lists 7 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Why do some questions on Dhar Grewal's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Dhar Grewal in a future interview. They have not been sent yet, so the page says plainly that no answer has been supplied instead of leaving the section blank.
When is the election Dhar Grewal is running in?
The 2026 British Columbia election, including the MLA race, is decided on October 24, 2026.
06 / Candidate contributions
Space for campaign updates
No campaign updates yet
Announcements, event details and messages can be added here, with their source and publication date. No campaign submission has been added.