Re-elected to Richmond City Council on October 17, 2026, with 14,315 votes, third among 55 council candidates. A councillor since 2018 with RITE Richmond and a science teacher, he answered the Richmond News questionnaire with yes to more City land for affordable housing, more buses and bike lanes, and a tax increase for more police and firefighters, and no to removing environmental protections on private land.
Michael Wolfe was re-elected to Richmond City Council on October 17, 2026, with 14,315 votes in the City's official count, third among the 55 council candidates. He ran with RITE Richmond, which re-elected its three sitting councillors. Richmond News reported his first election in October 2018, on his tenth run for office, and the City's own page lists him as a science teacher at Matthew McNair Secondary School and a member of four Council committees. Elections BC's Statements of Votes show him as the Green candidate in Richmond Centre in 2009 and 2013. In the Richmond News questionnaire he answered yes to more City-owned land for affordable housing, continuing temporary modular housing contracts, more buses and bike lanes, and a tax increase for more police and firefighters, and no to removing environmentally sensitive area protections on private land, retail cannabis stores and more industrial development on the Fraser waterfront.
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Tracked since October 18, 2026. Every change of status links to the vote, motion or report behind it.
In the statement he gave the City he wrote that, if re-elected, he will work with Council, the Mayor, staff and developers to build a more sustainable Richmond, protecting farmland, nature, neighbourhoods and the future.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: City of Richmond · candidate profile, Michael Wolfe (his statement) (opens in a new tab), RITE Richmond · Michael Wolfe (opens in a new tab).
In the Richmond News questionnaire he answered no to reducing environmentally sensitive areas on private property, wrote that he opposed Council's removal of the designation from a large area of East Richmond, and said he would protect Richmond's ecological network while allowing responsible development.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Richmond News · Richmond Votes: City council candidate Michael Wolfe, questionnaire, October 2026 (opens in a new tab).
In the questionnaire he answered yes to more recreational facilities and wrote that the City needs to plan facilities alongside growth, give neighbourhoods convenient access, make better use of existing spaces and deliver the next generation of facilities across Richmond.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Richmond News · Richmond Votes: City council candidate Michael Wolfe, questionnaire, October 2026 (opens in a new tab).
At the council debate of October 8, 2026, Richmond News reported, he called for senior day programs in every neighbourhood and accessible shuttles to get people there.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Richmond News · Richmond Votes: 29 council candidates face off in debate, October 10, 2026 (opens in a new tab).
In the questionnaire he answered yes to allowing more City of Richmond-owned land to be used for affordable housing, and no to lowering fees for developers.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Richmond News · Richmond Votes: City council candidate Michael Wolfe, questionnaire, October 2026 (opens in a new tab).
In the questionnaire he answered yes to continuing the City's temporary modular housing contracts.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Richmond News · Richmond Votes: City council candidate Michael Wolfe, questionnaire, October 2026 (opens in a new tab).
In the questionnaire he answered yes to continuing the City's appeal and wrote that he would not expand the City's role beyond it, would have the City support the proceedings with information, and would pursue measures such as land acquisition, property tax relief or deferral, and a review of taxation for services on port lands.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Richmond News · Richmond Votes: City council candidate Michael Wolfe, questionnaire, October 2026 (opens in a new tab).
In the questionnaire he answered yes to adding more bike lanes, yes to Richmond needing more buses, and yes to the City needing to reduce traffic congestion.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Richmond News · Richmond Votes: City council candidate Michael Wolfe, questionnaire, October 2026 (opens in a new tab).
In the questionnaire he answered yes to increasing taxes to pay for more police officers and firefighters. He also answered yes to supporting lower property taxes in Richmond.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Richmond News · Richmond Votes: City council candidate Michael Wolfe, questionnaire, October 2026 (opens in a new tab).
In the questionnaire he answered yes to increasing funding for arts programming and yes to more taxpayer-funded free community events.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Richmond News · Richmond Votes: City council candidate Michael Wolfe, questionnaire, October 2026 (opens in a new tab).
In the questionnaire he answered yes to the City creating more low-cost or subsidized commercial space for local entrepreneurs and startups.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Richmond News · Richmond Votes: City council candidate Michael Wolfe, questionnaire, October 2026 (opens in a new tab).
In the questionnaire he answered yes to Richmond holding more public consultations before major infrastructure decisions.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Richmond News · Richmond Votes: City council candidate Michael Wolfe, questionnaire, October 2026 (opens in a new tab).
In the questionnaire he answered no to allowing retail cannabis stores in Richmond.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Richmond News · Richmond Votes: City council candidate Michael Wolfe, questionnaire, October 2026 (opens in a new tab).
In the questionnaire he answered no to more industrial or commercial development along the Fraser River waterfront.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Richmond News · Richmond Votes: City council candidate Michael Wolfe, questionnaire, 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).
Michael Wolfe was re-elected to Richmond City Council on October 17, 2026. The City's official count, declared on October 21, 2026, gives him 14,315 votes, third among the 55 council candidates. The City's declaration of election by voting prints RITE Richmond as his elector organization; Richmond News reported that its three sitting councillors, Carol Day, Wolfe and Laura Gillanders, were all re-elected.
Richmond News reported his first election in October 2018, running with RITE Richmond, and wrote that it was his tenth attempt at elected office, after four runs for council, one for mayor, one for trustee and the rest for MLA and MP. The Richmond Sentinel reported the same night that he had run in civic or provincial elections over 13 years. Elections BC's Statements of Votes list him as the Green Party candidate in Richmond Centre in 2009, with 1,213 votes, and in 2013, with 1,678. Richmond News reported his re-election in October 2022. The City's own page lists him as a fourth generation Richmond resident, a science teacher at Matthew McNair Secondary School, and a member of Council's General Purposes, Finance, Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services, and Public Works and Transportation committees, with liaison roles on the Advisory Committee on the Environment, the Heritage Commission and five other bodies. In his questionnaire answers he wrote that he chairs the Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services committee.
By his own account, in the statement he gave the City and on RITE Richmond's site, he holds a Master's in Education, has a 100 per cent attendance record at Council committee meetings this term, and has worked for more than 20 years on municipal issues, including farmland protection and the limits on house sizes on agricultural land. voche.me has not checked the attendance record or the Council record against the City's minutes. The City's page says that before his election he belonged to the Garden City Conservation Society, Richmond FarmWatch and the Richmond Health Advisory Committee and coordinated local activities for the Green Party of Canada and the BC Greens.
In the Richmond News questionnaire, published between September 28 and October 8, 2026, he answered yes to 16 of the 21 questions and no to five. He wrote that he opposed Council's decision to remove the environmentally sensitive area designation from a large area of East Richmond, that Richmond has not kept pace with the growth of demand for recreation facilities, and that the City should keep its appeal of the Cowichan Tribes ruling without expanding its role beyond it. At the council debate of October 8, 2026, Richmond News reported, he called for senior day programs in every neighbourhood and accessible shuttles to get people there.
The City's minutes of September 28, 2026 list him present and record him and Councillor Gillanders as the two members opposed to first, second and third reading of the bylaw rezoning 9211 to 9351 Blundell Road from small-scale multi-unit housing to high density townhouses, after discussion of tree retention and replacement. The minutes of October 13, 2026 list him present and record no vote by him against a motion.
Summarized from the campaign’s published profile. These are stated positions, not an assessment of results or a complete platform.
In the statement he gave the City he wrote that, if re-elected, he will work with Council, the Mayor, staff and developers to build a more sustainable Richmond, protecting farmland, nature and neighbourhoods. In the questionnaire he answered no to reducing environmentally sensitive areas on private property and no to more industrial development along the Fraser waterfront.
City of Richmond · candidate profile, Michael WolfeIn the questionnaire he wrote that Richmond has not kept pace with demand for recreation, that lessons fill almost instantly, and that the City needs to plan facilities alongside growth and deliver the next generation of facilities across Richmond.
At the council debate of October 8, 2026 he called for senior day programs in every neighbourhood and accessible shuttles.
In the questionnaire he answered yes to allowing more City-owned land to be used for affordable housing and yes to continuing temporary modular housing contracts, and no to lower fees for developers.
Richmond News · Richmond Votes: City council candidate Michael Wolfe, questionnaire, October 2026In the questionnaire he answered yes to more bike lanes, yes to more buses, and yes to the City needing to reduce traffic congestion.
Richmond News · Richmond Votes: City council candidate Michael Wolfe, questionnaire, October 2026RITE Richmond's platform promises to keep taxes reasonable through strict oversight of spending, to keep Richmond safe, to pressure the BC government on housing, health care, long-term care and the drug crisis, and to work with every member of Council.
RITE Richmond · RITE Platform EnglishResearched on 2026-10-30 through the seven search steps listed below: the City's candidate profile, results and declarations, the City's councillor page, his page, the platform and the toxic drug statement on RITE Richmond's site, his Richmond News questionnaire of October 2026, Richmond News reports of October 10, 18 and 19, 2026, of October 2022, of October and November 2018 and his 2014 candidate bio, the Richmond Sentinel's report of October 2018, Elections BC's Statements of Votes for 2009 and 2013, and the City's council minutes of September 28 and October 13, 2026.
His attendance record, his Master's degree and his account of his Council work are his own and were not checked against City records. His Facebook, Instagram and X accounts showed a login page or no posts to scripts, and his Bluesky page showed no posts to scripts, so no post was read. No 2026 VoteMate page with his answers was found. His City statement gives his campaign site as riterichmond.com.
Richmond News reported his first election in October 2018 with RITE Richmond and his re-election in October 2022. Re-elected on October 17, 2026 with 14,315 votes. The City's page lists his four committees.
Richmond News · RCA, RITE celebrate 2 rookies elected to council, October 2018The City's councillor page says he continues to work as a science teacher at Matthew McNair Secondary School and provides outdoor education in its Mini School program.
City of Richmond · Councillor Michael WolfeElections BC's Statements of Votes give him 1,213 votes (7.12 per cent) on May 12, 2009 and 1,678 votes (8.84 per cent) on May 14, 2013.
Elections BC · Statement of Votes, 40th Provincial General Election, May 14, 2013 (Richmond Centre)Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
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Michael Wolfe was elected Councillor with 14,315 votes, 3rd 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 Michael Wolfe's own campaign.
Michael Wolfe ran for Councillor with RITE Richmond.
Yes. Michael Wolfe currently serves as Councillor, City of Richmond.
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