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OFFICIAL RESULTS · RICHMOND MUNICIPAL ELECTION 2026

Who won each seat.
The winners’ votes.

Official count from the City of Richmond, as these news reports printed it on October 17, 2026: City of Richmond, Declaration of Official Election Results (opens in a new tab).

Ballots cast
57,771

Mayor

1 seat, 7 candidates
  1. 1Rob Howard, candidate portraitRob HowardRichmond Forward19,676 Elected

Councillor

8 seats, 55 candidates
  1. 1Gary Law, candidate portraitGary LawAdvance Richmond15,759 Elected
  2. 2Carol Day, candidate portraitCarol DayRITE Richmond15,552 Elected
  3. 3Michael Wolfe, candidate portraitMichael WolfeRITE Richmond14,315 Elected
  4. 4Sheldon Starrett, candidate portraitSheldon StarrettAdvance Richmond13,576 Elected
  5. 5Laura Gillanders, candidate portraitLaura GillandersRITE Richmond13,122 Elected
  6. 6Kenny Chiu, candidate portraitKenny ChiuCommon Sense13,119 Elected
  7. 7Andy Hobbs, candidate portraitAndy HobbsRichmond United12,985 Elected
  8. 8Kevin Lai, candidate portraitKevin LaiAdvance Richmond12,006 Elected

School Trustee

7 seats, 28 candidates
  1. 1Ken Hamaguchi, candidate portraitKen HamaguchiRichmond Education Party19,477 Elected
  2. 2Heather Larson, candidate portraitHeather LarsonRichmond Education Party18,086 Elected
  3. 3Rod Belleza, candidate portraitRod BellezaAdvance Richmond17,762 Elected
  4. 4Danny Chang, candidate portraitDanny ChangAdvance Richmond16,773 Elected
  5. 5Dean Billings, candidate portraitDean BillingsAdvance Richmond16,475 Elected
  6. 6Alice Wong, candidate portraitAlice WongCommon Sense16,101 Elected
  7. 7Donna Sargent, candidate portraitDonna Sargent15,764 Elected
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