--- title: "Richmond 2026: the elector organizations of the people elected | voche.me" canonical_url: "https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/parties" last_updated: "2026-10-31T17:02:46.995Z" meta: description: "The elector organizations whose candidates won seats in Richmond on October 17, 2026, the people elected for each, and what voche.me has checked." "og:description": "The elector organizations whose candidates won seats in Richmond on October 17, 2026, the people elected for each, and what voche.me has checked." "og:title": "Richmond 2026: the elector organizations of the people elected" "twitter:description": "The elector organizations whose candidates won seats in Richmond on October 17, 2026, the people elected for each, and what voche.me has checked." "twitter:title": "Richmond 2026: the elector organizations of the people elected" --- RICHMOND MUNICIPAL ELECTION 2026 # Six parties.
One ballot. On October 17, 2026 Richmond votes for Mayor (1 seat), Councillor (8 seats) and School Trustee (7 seats). Six parties have candidates on the official list, along with 1 candidate with no party. Every party here is covered on the same four issues. [Compare all parties ](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/parties/compare) [All 16 candidates](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/candidates) **6**Parties [**1**With no party](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/parties/independents) [**4**Issues compared](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/parties/compare) **16**Seats being filled EVERY PARTY, LARGEST SLATE FIRST ## The parties running in 2026 Order here follows how many candidates each party is running, taken from the official City of Richmond candidate list. It is not a ranking of anything else. [

Advance Richmond

The organization formed in 2025 out of the campaign against a supervised drug use site, which elected three councillors and three school trustees in 20263 Councillor3 School Trustee6 candidates](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/parties/advance-richmond) [

RITE Richmond

Carol Day's organization, with three councillors re-elected in 2026 and filings with Elections BC back to 20143 Councillor3 candidates](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/parties/rite-richmond) [

Common Sense

The organization launched in July 2026 with former MP Kenny Chiu, which elected him to Council and re-elected trustee Alice Wong1 Councillor1 School Trustee2 candidates](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/parties/common-sense-alliance) [

Richmond Education Party

The school board organization formed in 2018, whose two sitting trustees finished first and second in 20262 School Trustee2 candidates](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/parties/richmond-education-party) [

Richmond Forward

Mayor Rob Howard's organization, formed for the 2026 election, whose five council candidates were all defeated1 Mayor1 candidate](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/parties/richmond-forward) [

Richmond United

Councillor Andy Hobbs's organization, formed for the 2022 election, with one of its two 2026 candidates re-elected1 Councillor1 candidate](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/parties/richmond-united) BY RACE ## Who is contesting each race Not every party runs for every office. Four parties are not running a mayoral candidate at all, and two are contesting a single race. [

Mayor

One seat, chosen by every voter in the City.See the parties running](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/parties/mayor) [

Councillor

Councillor seats, elected across the whole City.See the parties running](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/parties/councillor) [

School Trustee

Trustee seats on the Board of Education of School District No. 38 (Richmond).See the parties running](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/parties/school-trustee) SIDE BY SIDE ## Compare every party on one issue These pages put all six parties next to each other on a single subject, with the source beside each position. They are the fastest way to see where the real disagreements are. [

Housing

Section 479 of the Local Government Act lets a local government, by bylaw, divide the municipality into zones and regulate the use and density of land, buildings and other structures within each zone. In Richmond, Council adopts those bylaws.CouncillorCompare all parties](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/parties/issues/housing) [

Budget

Under the Community Charter a municipality adopts a five-year financial plan by bylaw each year (section 165), and Council then sets the year’s property tax rates by bylaw before May 15 (section 197).CouncillorCompare all parties](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/parties/issues/taxes-and-budget) [

Governance

Section 116 of the Community Charter makes the mayor the head and chief executive officer of the municipality. Section 115 sets the duties every council member shares.CouncillorCompare all parties](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/parties/issues/governance) [

Schools

The School Act gives the Board of Education of School District No. 38 (Richmond) the duty to run the district's public schools and set its policies. Richmond voters elect its seven trustees.School TrusteeCompare all parties](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/parties/issues/schools) ### How these pages are built Every party gets the same pages, so the shape of a page never suggests that one party matters more than another. What differs is how much each party has published. Where a party has published nothing on a subject, the page says so and gives the date we looked, rather than leaving a blank. Pages with nothing sourced on them are kept out of search results until they have something. A party's own website proves what the party claims, not that the claim is true. Those sources are marked. Candidate affiliations come only from the official City of Richmond candidate list. ## Sitemap See the full [sitemap](/bc/richmond-2026/sitemap.md) for all pages.