Re-elected to Richmond City Council on October 17, 2026, with 15,552 votes, second among 55 council candidates. A councillor since 2014 with RITE Richmond and a former school trustee, she ran on affordable home ownership and rental housing through zoning that allows gentle density, and RITE's promises to keep taxes reasonable and press the Province on housing, health care and the drug crisis.
Carol Day was re-elected to Richmond City Council on October 17, 2026, with 15,552 votes in the City's official count, second among the 55 council candidates and 207 behind Gary Law. She ran with RITE Richmond, which re-elected its three sitting councillors. Richmond News reported her first win in November 2014, when she placed sixth with RITE after losing in 2005 and 2011, and the City's own page lists her as a former school trustee and a member of Council's Finance, General Purposes and Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services committees. Elections BC's Statement of Votes shows her as the BC Conservative candidate in Richmond-Steveston in 2013. In the statement she gave the City she named affordable home ownership and rental housing for working families, through zoning that allows gentle density, as her priority.
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In the statement she gave the City she said her priority is finding ways to make home ownership and rental housing affordable for working families by advocating improved zoning bylaws that allow gentle density that enhances neighbourhoods.
“Carol's priority is finding ways of making home ownership and rental housing affordable for working families by advocating for improved zoning bylaws that allow gentle density that enhances neighbourhoods.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: City of Richmond · candidate profile, Carol Day (her statement) (opens in a new tab).
Her statement to the City says she is committed to protecting Richmond's environment. The City's page lists supporting the viability of farming among her objectives, and her RITE page says she will keep working to safeguard the agricultural land reserve.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: City of Richmond · candidate profile, Carol Day (her statement) (opens in a new tab), City of Richmond · Councillor Carol Day (opens in a new tab), RITE Richmond · Carol Day (opens in a new tab).
In a post on RITE Richmond's site before the vote she wrote that she will work with the new council team and support the new councillors, and that she will hear all comments and represent everyone equally.
“I will work with the new council team and ensure the newbies are supported so they can be successful.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: RITE Richmond · Our strength is in our diversity, by Carol Day, October 2026 (opens in a new tab).
In the same post she wrote that she will work to maintain the high standards of Richmond's recreation and cultural venues and address the needs of the community.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: RITE Richmond · Our strength is in our diversity, by Carol Day, October 2026 (opens in a new tab).
In the same post she wrote that she will work to maintain emergency services and vote for more opportunities for citizens to volunteer in new areas like the arts and sports facilities.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: RITE Richmond · Our strength is in our diversity, by Carol Day, October 2026 (opens in a new tab).
RITE Richmond's platform says RITE councillors will keep Richmond safe and protect residents' quality of life. It names no program.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: RITE Richmond · RITE Platform English (opens in a new tab).
RITE Richmond's platform says RITE councillors will keep taxes reasonable through strict oversight of spending. It gives no figure.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: RITE Richmond · RITE Platform English (opens in a new tab).
RITE Richmond's platform says RITE councillors will pressure the BC government to fulfil its responsibilities on housing, health care, long-term care and the drug crisis. Its toxic drug statement says RITE councillors insist the provincial housing programs on City land must be improved.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: RITE Richmond · RITE Platform English (opens in a new tab), RITE Richmond · statement on the toxic drug problem (opens in a new tab).
RITE Richmond's platform says RITE councillors will work collaboratively with all members of Council to deliver practical solutions for Richmond residents.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: RITE Richmond · RITE Platform English (opens in a new tab).
Carol Day was re-elected to Richmond City Council on October 17, 2026. The City's official count, declared on October 21, 2026, gives her 15,552 votes, second among the 55 council candidates. Richmond News reported that Gary Law finished 207 votes ahead of her. The City's declaration of election by voting prints RITE Richmond as her elector organization; its three sitting councillors, Day, Michael Wolfe and Laura Gillanders, were all re-elected, and its fourth candidate, Jerome Dickey, was not. On election night she told Richmond News she was excited to work with the new councillors and called the campaign of 55 council candidates, held a week before the provincial election, hard for voters.
The City of Richmond's own page lists her as a councillor, a member of Council's committees for Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services, Finance and General Purposes, Council's representative on the BC Aviation Council, and liaison to the Advisory Committee on the Environment and six community bodies. Richmond News reported her first election in November 2014, when she placed sixth running with RITE Richmond after losing in 2005 and 2011; in October 2022 it reported that she came second with 15,737 votes and that she had received the most votes of any councillor in 2018. The City's page says she was previously a Richmond school trustee; in the statement she gave the City she says she was a trustee for 3 years. Elections BC's Statement of Votes for May 14, 2013 lists her as the BC Conservative candidate in Richmond-Steveston, with 2,625 votes.
The City's page says she has owned and operated a sign business in Richmond for 37 years, founded VAPOR, a group formed against jet fuel deliveries on the Fraser River, and CALMR, and was a director of the Garden City Lands Conservation Society. Richmond News described her in 2014 as part of the VAPOR group and a long-time opponent of jet fuel on the Fraser. By her own account, on RITE Richmond's site, she was raised in Richmond by Danish immigrant parents and has pressed on Council for purpose-built rental housing, a municipal housing authority, more low-end market rental units in new developments and smaller houses on farmland. voche.me has not checked those Council records.
The City's minutes of September 28 and October 13, 2026 list her present at the last Regular Council meetings before the vote; no recorded vote at either meeting names her as opposed. At the council debate of October 8, 2026, Richmond News reported, she said the City had pushed the Province to take responsibility for encampments and used every tool within the law, including police, bylaw officers and outreach workers. RITE Richmond's statement on the toxic drug problem says drug enforcement, education and treatment belong to the federal and provincial governments and that the City's only power is to provide land for provincial housing programs, which RITE councillors say must be improved.
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In the statement she gave the City she named as her priority finding ways to make home ownership and rental housing affordable for working families, by advocating zoning bylaws that allow gentle density that enhances neighbourhoods.
The City's page lists attainable home ownership options and affordable rental housing among her objectives.
Her statement to the City says she is committed to protecting Richmond's environment. The City's page lists supporting the viability of farming and smart development projects that enhance neighbourhoods among her objectives.
City of Richmond · candidate profile, Carol DayRITE Richmond's platform promises to keep Richmond safe and protect residents' quality of life, and to keep taxes reasonable through strict oversight of spending. Her statement to the City says she has voted against unnecessary tax increases.
RITE Richmond · RITE Platform EnglishRITE Richmond's platform promises to pressure the BC government to meet its responsibilities on housing, health care, long-term care and the drug crisis, and to work with every member of Council.
RITE Richmond · RITE Platform EnglishIn a post on RITE Richmond's site before the vote she wrote that she would work with the new council team and support the new councillors, hear all comments and represent everyone equally, maintain the City's recreation and cultural venues and emergency services, and vote for more ways for citizens to volunteer in arts and sports facilities.
RITE Richmond · Our strength is in our diversity, by Carol Day, October 2026Researched on 2026-10-30 through the seven search steps listed below: the City's candidate profile, results and declarations, the City's councillor page, her page, the platform, the toxic drug statement and her October 2026 post on RITE Richmond's site, Richmond News reports of October 10, 18 and 19, 2026, of October 2022, of November 2014 and of 2013, her 2014 candidate bio in Richmond News, Elections BC's Statement of Votes for 2013, and the City's council minutes of September 28 and October 13, 2026.
Her account of what she has pressed for on Council (purpose-built rental, a housing authority, more low-end market rental units, smaller houses on farmland) is her own and was not checked against Council records. Her years as a school trustee were not found in the Board's records; her statement says 3 years. Her Facebook, Instagram and X accounts showed a login page or no posts to scripts, so no post was read. No 2026 VoteMate page or newspaper questionnaire with her own answers was found; her City statement gives her ballot name as Carol Day and her campaign site as RITERichmond.com.
Richmond News reported her first election in November 2014, sixth with RITE Richmond. Re-elected in 2018, 2022 (15,737 votes, second) and 2026 (15,552 votes, second). The City's page lists her committees.
Richmond News · Community activist Carol Day and Olympian Loo win seats on Richmond council, November 2014The City's page says she was previously a Richmond school trustee, and Richmond News called her a former school trustee in 2013 and 2014. Her statement to the City says she served 3 years; voche.me has not found the years in the Board's records.
City of Richmond · Councillor Carol DayElections BC's Statement of Votes gives her 2,625 votes, 11.20 per cent, on May 14, 2013. Richmond News reported the campaign.
Elections BC · Statement of Votes, 40th Provincial General Election, May 14, 2013 (Richmond-Steveston)Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
No questions and answers have been supplied.
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Facts voche.me can state about Carol Day's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
Carol Day was elected Councillor with 15,552 votes, 2nd of 55 in the official count. The City of Richmond published the count, and every candidate's total is on the results page.
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Carol Day's own campaign.
Carol Day ran for Councillor with RITE Richmond.
Yes. Carol Day currently serves as Councillor, City of Richmond.
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The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Carol Day 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.
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