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Councillor · Richmond 2026
# Gary Law
- Elected, Councillor15,759 votes, 1st of 55. Official count, City of Richmond. [All results](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/results#councillor)
Elected to Richmond City Council on October 17, 2026, with 15,759 votes, the most of the 55 council candidates. A former RCMP officer who ran with Advance Richmond, he promised a 100-day community safety plan, safer intersections and clearer reporting on City budgets and projects.
Gary Law was elected to Richmond City Council on October 17, 2026, with 15,759 votes in the City's official count, first among the 55 council candidates and 207 more than Carol Day. He ran with Advance Richmond, which elected three councillors and three trustees. Richmond News describes him as a former RCMP officer; by his own account he served in the RCMP from 1995 to 2015 and in the Canadian Army Reserve from 1989 to 2019. Elections BC's Statement of Votes shows him as an independent candidate in Richmond Centre in 2013, with 1,617 votes. His campaign site promised a 100-day community safety plan built on fraud-prevention education for seniors, Block Watch, safety roundtables and clearer ways to report concerns, with safer intersections and clearer reporting on City budgets and projects.
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Advance Richmond2026
*Gary LawCouncillorv.*
[Image: Gary Law for Richmond](https://garylaw.ca/)
Promise tracker
## 20 promises. What Gary has done since.
Tracked since October 18, 2026. Every change of status links to the vote, motion or report behind it.
- No action yet**Advocate multilingual fraud-prevention education for seniors**Public safety · Own promise
His site's 100-day safety plan says he will advocate for multilingual fraud-prevention education for seniors, families and caregivers through community centres, seniors groups and regular public safety workshops.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Gary Law for Richmond · Richmond Safety Plan (opens in a new tab), Gary Law for Richmond · home page, with his five priorities and the 100-day safety plan (opens in a new tab).No action yet**Work with merchants on theft awareness and parking lot safety**Public safety · Own promise
His site's 100-day safety plan says he will work with business owners, the City and police on theft awareness, reporting guidance and prevention for stores and parking areas, with property managers and strata councils.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Gary Law for Richmond · Richmond Safety Plan (opens in a new tab), Gary Law for Richmond · home page, with his five priorities and the 100-day safety plan (opens in a new tab).No action yet**Expand Block Watch participation and resident reporting**Public safety · Own promise
His site's 100-day safety plan says he will support Block Watch participation, resident education and clearer reporting guidance.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Gary Law for Richmond · Richmond Safety Plan (opens in a new tab), Gary Law for Richmond · home page, with his five priorities and the 100-day safety plan (opens in a new tab).No action yet**Hold community safety roundtables with residents, businesses, the City and the RCMP**Public safety · Own promise
His site's 100-day safety plan says he will encourage regular conversations between residents, businesses, community groups, the City and Richmond RCMP, and push for better cooperation between them.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Gary Law for Richmond · Richmond Safety Plan (opens in a new tab), Gary Law for Richmond · home page, with his five priorities and the 100-day safety plan (opens in a new tab).No action yet**Review safety around schools, parks and community centres**Public safety · Own promise
His site's 100-day safety plan says he will advocate for safer design, better reporting channels and stronger coordination around schools, parks and community centres.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Gary Law for Richmond · Richmond Safety Plan (opens in a new tab), Gary Law for Richmond · home page, with his five priorities and the 100-day safety plan (opens in a new tab).No action yet**Make safety concerns easier to report, with regular public safety education events**Public safety · Own promise
His site's 100-day safety plan says he will make it easier for residents and businesses to raise recurring safety concerns and get follow-up, and advocate for regular public safety education events with multilingual materials.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Gary Law for Richmond · Richmond Safety Plan (opens in a new tab).No action yet**Coordinate the City, first responders, social services and neighbourhood groups on safety**Public safety · Own promise
In the statement he gave the City he said his intention, if elected, is to strengthen collaboration between the City, frontline responders, social service partners and neighbourhood groups, and to keep supportive housing, mental health services and policing coordinated, effective and transparent.
> “My intention, if elected, is to strengthen collaboration between the City, frontline responders, social service partners, and neighbourhood groups so that we can address safety challenges proactively rather than reactively.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: City of Richmond · candidate profile, Gary Law (his statement) (opens in a new tab).No action yet**Safer intersections, better traffic flow and a stronger review of development traffic**Transportation · Own promise
His site's priorities say he will focus on safer intersections and pedestrian areas, better traffic flow around busy corridors, and a stronger review of the traffic a development would add.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Gary Law for Richmond · home page, with his five priorities and the 100-day safety plan (opens in a new tab).No action yet**Clearer communication on City budgets, project costs and progress**Taxes and spending · Own promise
His site's priorities say he will focus on clearer communication on City budgets, project costs and progress, and stronger accountability for taxpayer dollars and council voting records.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Gary Law for Richmond · home page, with his five priorities and the 100-day safety plan (opens in a new tab).No action yet**Better public consultation and follow-up on residents' concerns**City services · Own promise
His site's priorities say he will focus on better public consultation and follow-up on resident concerns.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Gary Law for Richmond · home page, with his five priorities and the 100-day safety plan (opens in a new tab).No action yet**Practical support for local small businesses**Business · Own promise
His site's priorities say he will focus on practical support for local small businesses, which it says need a fair, stable and supportive environment.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Gary Law for Richmond · home page, with his five priorities and the 100-day safety plan (opens in a new tab).No action yet**Better parks and community facilities, and cleaner neighbourhoods**Parks and recreation · Own promise
His site's priorities say he will focus on cleaner and safer neighbourhoods and better parks and community facilities.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Gary Law for Richmond · home page, with his five priorities and the 100-day safety plan (opens in a new tab).No action yet**Stand against supervised drug consumption sites and housing that allows illicit drug use**Public safety · Party platform
Advance Richmond's home page says the organization stands against drugs and will protect families against harmful drug policies, and its news page says it led the campaign against drug injection sites. Richmond News reported after the vote that Sheldon Starrett's first agenda item is to rescind the 2024 council motion on a consumption site at Richmond Hospital.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Advance Richmond · home page and five priorities (opens in a new tab), Advance Richmond · Latest News, the campaign posts (opens in a new tab), Richmond News · Richmond Votes: Five fresh faces on Richmond city council, October 18, 2026 (opens in a new tab).No action yet**Freeze municipal property taxes for restaurants and grocery stores**Taxes and spending · Party platform
A post on Advance Richmond's news page before the vote promises to freeze municipal property taxes for restaurants and grocery stores. It gives no cost.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Advance Richmond · Latest News, the campaign posts (opens in a new tab).No action yet**Make City-run parking free for Richmond residents**Transportation · Party platform
A post on Advance Richmond's news page before the vote promises to make all City-run parking free for local residents while visitors from outside Richmond keep paying. It does not say how residents would be told from visitors.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Advance Richmond · Latest News, the campaign posts (opens in a new tab).No action yet**Press Ottawa and Victoria for a new bridge between Richmond and Burnaby**Transportation · Party platform
A post on Advance Richmond's news page before the vote promises to push Ottawa and Victoria to build a new bridge across the North Arm of the Fraser River, with the City paying its fair share. It gives no cost and no share.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Advance Richmond · Latest News, the campaign posts (opens in a new tab).No action yet**Hire family doctors as City employees on the Colwood model**Health · Party platform
A post on Advance Richmond's news page before the vote proposes that the City hire family doctors as employees with a salary, benefits and a pension, which it calls the Colwood model, funded by provincial patient-care payments.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Advance Richmond · Latest News, the campaign posts (opens in a new tab).No action yet**Public timelines, realistic budgets and cost reporting on City projects**Taxes and spending · Party platform
Posts on Advance Richmond's news page before the vote promise a builder's discipline on municipal projects, with clear plans, realistic budgets, firm timelines and accountability for delays and cost overruns, and demand transparent timelines and public cost reporting after the Gilbert Road sewer project.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Advance Richmond · Latest News, the campaign posts (opens in a new tab).No action yet**Cut red tape so housing gets built**Housing · Party platform
A post on Advance Richmond's news page before the vote, about a housing project it says was still an empty lot seven years after its 2019 target, calls for a council that cuts through red tape, makes housing affordable and gets it built.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Advance Richmond · Latest News, the campaign posts (opens in a new tab).No action yet**Regulate shared e-scooters with the City and the Province**Transportation · Party platform
A post on Advance Richmond's news page before the vote says the organization calls for proper regulation of shared e-scooters, worked out with the City and the provincial government.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Advance Richmond · Latest News, the campaign posts (opens in a new tab).
Read the full position
In the statement he gave the City he promised to strengthen cooperation between the City, frontline responders, social service partners and neighbourhood groups.
[Gary Law for Richmond · Richmond Safety Plan ](https://garylaw.ca/safety-plan/)
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### Safer intersections and better traffic flow
His site promises to focus on safer intersections and pedestrian areas, better traffic flow on busy corridors, and a stronger review of the traffic a development would add.
[Gary Law for Richmond · home page, with his five priorities and the 100-day safety plan ](https://garylaw.ca/)
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### Clearer reporting on City budgets and projects
His site promises clearer communication on City budgets, project costs and progress, better public consultation and follow-up, and stronger accountability for taxpayer dollars and council voting records.
[Gary Law for Richmond · home page, with his five priorities and the 100-day safety plan ](https://garylaw.ca/)
04
### Seniors, families and small businesses
His site promises fraud prevention and safety support for seniors, safer public spaces and stronger community services for families, and practical support for local small businesses, with better parks and community facilities and cleaner neighbourhoods.
[Gary Law for Richmond · home page, with his five priorities and the 100-day safety plan ](https://garylaw.ca/)
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### Advance Richmond's platform
The organization's site promises to stand against harmful drug policies, a freeze on municipal property taxes for restaurants and grocery stores, free City-run parking for residents, a new bridge between Richmond and Burnaby pressed on senior governments, family doctors employed by the City on the Colwood model, and public timelines and cost reporting on City projects.
[Advance Richmond · Latest News, the campaign posts ](https://www.advancerichmond.com/latest-news/)
[Gary Law for Richmond, the Richmond Safety Plan](https://garylaw.ca/safety-plan/)
Research status
## What voche.me has checked
Researched on 2026-10-30 through the seven search steps listed below: the City's candidate profile, results and declarations, every page of his campaign site that concerns the 2026 campaign (home, About, Safety Plan, Public Service and the four news posts), his page on Advance Richmond's site with the organization's home, news and results pages, his VoteMate page, Richmond News reports of September 2026, October 10, 18 and 19, 2026 and of 2013, and Elections BC's Statement of Votes for 2013.
His years in the RCMP and the Army Reserve, his rank, his ICBC and radio work and his awards are his own or the organization's account and were not checked with those bodies. His Facebook and Instagram accounts showed a login page to scripts, so no post was read. His VoteMate page carries two short statements and no promises. No newspaper or advocacy group questionnaire with his own answers was found, and Richmond News reported that Advance Richmond's candidates did not attend the council debate of October 8, 2026.
03 / Background
## Experience & community
1995 to 2015, by his own account
### RCMP officer
Richmond News calls him a former RCMP officer, and in 2013 described him as a Burnaby corporal. The years are his own account, on his site, which says he organized the Richmond RCMP Open Day in 1999.
[Richmond News · Richmond Votes: Five fresh faces on Richmond city council, October 18, 2026](https://www.richmond-news.com/2026-civic-election/richmond-bc-votes-four-fresh-faces-on-richmond-council-12908027)
2013
### Independent candidate, Richmond Centre, BC general election
Elections BC's Statement of Votes gives him 1,617 votes, 8.51 per cent, in Richmond Centre on May 14, 2013.
[Elections BC · Statement of Votes, 40th Provincial General Election, May 14, 2013 (Richmond Centre)](https://votebymail.elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/2013GE/2013-GE-SOV.pdf)
1989 to 2019, by his own account
### Canadian Army Reserve, to the rank of Major
His site and the organization's page say he served 30 years in the Canadian Army Reserve and was promoted to Major. voche.me has not checked this with the Canadian Armed Forces.
[Gary Law for Richmond · Public service and community service](https://garylaw.ca/community-service/)
04 / Questions & answers
## Questions for the candidate
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No questions and answers have been supplied.
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05 / About this page
## Questions about this page
Facts voche.me can state about Gary Law's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
How did Gary Law do in the 2026 Richmond municipal election?
Gary Law was elected Councillor with 15,759 votes, 1st of 55 in the official count. The City of Richmond published the count, and every candidate's total is on the results page.
Is this an official page for Gary Law?
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Gary Law's own campaign.
What party did Gary Law run with?
Gary Law ran for Councillor with Advance Richmond.
Does Gary Law currently hold public office?
Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Gary Law.
How many sources does this Gary Law profile cite?
This profile lists 25 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Why do some questions on Gary Law's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Gary Law 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 was the election Gary Law ran in?
The 2026 Richmond municipal election, including the Councillor race, was decided on October 17, 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.
## Sources & transparency
- [City of Richmond · Declaration of Official Election Results, October 21, 2026 ](https://www.richmond.ca/__shared/assets/2026_declaration_of_official_result79945.pdf)Checked October 30, 2026
- [City of Richmond · Election Results, 2026 General Local Election ](https://richmond.ca/electionservices/electionresults/Results.aspx)Checked October 30, 2026
- [City of Richmond · Declaration of Election by Voting, September 21, 2026 ](https://www.richmond.ca/__shared/assets/Declaration_of_Election_by_Voting_-_September_21__202679778.pdf)Checked October 30, 2026
- [City of Richmond · 2026 Candidate List ](https://www.richmond.ca/city-hall/elections/candidateslist.htm)Checked October 30, 2026
- [City of Richmond · candidate profile, Gary Law ](https://richmond.ca/electionservices/candidates/CandidateProfile.aspx?ID=79)Checked October 30, 2026
- [Gary Law for Richmond · home page, with his five priorities and the 100-day safety plan ](https://garylaw.ca/)Checked October 30, 2026
- [Gary Law for Richmond · Richmond Safety Plan ](https://garylaw.ca/safety-plan/)Checked October 30, 2026
- [Gary Law for Richmond · About Gary Law ](https://garylaw.ca/about-gary-law/)Checked October 30, 2026
- [Gary Law for Richmond · Public service and community service ](https://garylaw.ca/community-service/)Checked October 30, 2026
- [Gary Law for Richmond · Gary Law Announces Campaign for Richmond City Council, June 16, 2026 ](https://garylaw.ca/news/gary-law-richmond-council-campaign/)Checked October 30, 2026
- [Gary Law for Richmond · Gary Law Questions Supportive Housing Results, on the Aster Place hearing of July 20, 2026 ](https://garylaw.ca/news/richmond-supportive-housing-renewal/)Checked October 30, 2026
- [Gary Law for Richmond · Jason Liu Incident, Gary Law Speaks on Procedural Fairness, August 23, 2026 ](https://garylaw.ca/news/jason-liu-procedural-fairness/)Checked October 30, 2026
- [Gary Law for Richmond · Gary Law Finishes First in 2026 Richmond City Council Election, October 18, 2026 ](https://garylaw.ca/news/2026-election-thank-you/)Checked October 30, 2026
- [Advance Richmond · Gary Law ](https://www.advancerichmond.com/team/gary-law/)Checked October 30, 2026
- [Advance Richmond · home page and five priorities ](https://www.advancerichmond.com/)Checked October 30, 2026
- [Advance Richmond · Latest News, the campaign posts ](https://www.advancerichmond.com/latest-news/)Checked October 30, 2026
- [Advance Richmond · Advance Richmond Congratulates Six Team Members Following the 2026 Richmond Election ](https://www.advancerichmond.com/latest-news/richmond-2026-election-results/)Checked October 30, 2026
- [VoteMate · Gary Law, Advance Richmond for Richmond Councillor, 2026 BC Local Elections ](https://votemate.org/bc2026/candidates/13337)Checked October 30, 2026
- [Richmond News · Advance Richmond adds four more candidates to slate, September 2026 ](https://www.richmond-news.com/2026-civic-election/advance-richmond-adds-four-more-candidates-to-slate-12760189)Checked October 30, 2026
- [Richmond News · Richmond Votes: 29 council candidates face off in debate, October 10, 2026 ](https://www.richmond-news.com/2026-civic-election/richmond-bc-votes-29-council-candidates-face-off-in-debate-12878344)Checked October 30, 2026
- [Richmond News · Richmond Votes: Newly formed slate Advance Richmond elects three councillors, October 18, 2026 ](https://www.richmond-news.com/local-news/richmond-votes-advance-richmond-elects-three-councillors-12907463)Checked October 30, 2026
- [Richmond News · Richmond Votes: Five fresh faces on Richmond city council, October 18, 2026 ](https://www.richmond-news.com/2026-civic-election/richmond-bc-votes-four-fresh-faces-on-richmond-council-12908027)Checked October 30, 2026
- [Richmond News · Richmond Votes: Municipal election turnout rises by 15K in 2026, October 19, 2026 ](https://www.richmond-news.com/2026-civic-election/richmond-bc-votes-municipal-election-turnout-rises-by-15k-in-2026-12911501)Checked October 30, 2026
- [Richmond News · Law to run as independent in Richmond election, 2013 ](https://www.richmond-news.com/local-news/law-to-run-as-independent-in-richmond-election-2945647)Checked October 30, 2026
- [Elections BC · Statement of Votes, 40th Provincial General Election, May 14, 2013 (Richmond Centre) ](https://votebymail.elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/2013GE/2013-GE-SOV.pdf)Checked October 30, 2026
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## Campaign links & contact.
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[Gary Law for Richmond, campaign site](https://garylaw.ca/) [Advance Richmond: Gary Law](https://www.advancerichmond.com/team/gary-law/)
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