--- title: "Richmond election results 2026: who won every seat | voche.me" canonical_url: "https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/results" last_updated: "2026-10-31T17:02:47.286Z" meta: description: "The official count of the Richmond municipal election 2026, from the City of Richmond: who won each of the 16 seats." "og:description": "The official count of the Richmond municipal election 2026, from the City of Richmond: who won each of the 16 seats." "og:title": "Richmond election results 2026: who won every seat" "twitter:description": "The official count of the Richmond municipal election 2026, from the City of Richmond: who won each of the 16 seats." "twitter:title": "Richmond election results 2026: who won every seat" --- [Voche.me home ](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026) 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)](https://www.richmond.ca/__shared/assets/2026_declaration_of_official_result79945.pdf).
Ballots cast
57,771
## Mayor 1 seat, 7 candidates 1. 1![Rob Howard, candidate portrait](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/images/candidates/rob-howard-320.webp) [Rob Howard](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/candidates/rob-howard)Richmond Forward**19,676** Elected ## Councillor 8 seats, 55 candidates 1. 1![Gary Law, candidate portrait](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/images/candidates/gary-law-320.webp) [Gary Law](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/candidates/gary-law)Advance Richmond**15,759** Elected 2. 2![Carol Day, candidate portrait](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/images/candidates/carol-day-320.webp) [Carol Day](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/candidates/carol-day)RITE Richmond**15,552** Elected 3. 3![Michael Wolfe, candidate portrait](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/images/candidates/michael-wolfe-320.webp) [Michael Wolfe](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/candidates/michael-wolfe)RITE Richmond**14,315** Elected 4. 4![Sheldon Starrett, candidate portrait](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/images/candidates/sheldon-starrett-320.webp) [Sheldon Starrett](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/candidates/sheldon-starrett)Advance Richmond**13,576** Elected 5. 5![Laura Gillanders, candidate portrait](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/images/candidates/laura-gillanders-320.webp) [Laura Gillanders](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/candidates/laura-gillanders)RITE Richmond**13,122** Elected 6. 6![Kenny Chiu, candidate portrait](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/images/candidates/kenny-chiu-320.webp) [Kenny Chiu](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/candidates/kenny-chiu)Common Sense**13,119** Elected 7. 7![Andy Hobbs, candidate portrait](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/images/candidates/andy-hobbs-320.webp) [Andy Hobbs](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/candidates/andy-hobbs)Richmond United**12,985** Elected 8. 8![Kevin Lai, candidate portrait](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/images/candidates/kevin-lai-320.webp) [Kevin Lai](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/candidates/kevin-lai)Advance Richmond**12,006** Elected ## School Trustee 7 seats, 28 candidates 1. 1![Ken Hamaguchi, candidate portrait](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/images/candidates/ken-hamaguchi-320.webp) [Ken Hamaguchi](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/candidates/ken-hamaguchi)Richmond Education Party**19,477** Elected 2. 2![Heather Larson, candidate portrait](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/images/candidates/heather-larson-320.webp) [Heather Larson](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/candidates/heather-larson)Richmond Education Party**18,086** Elected 3. 3![Rod Belleza, candidate portrait](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/images/candidates/rod-belleza-320.webp) [Rod Belleza](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/candidates/rod-belleza)Advance Richmond**17,762** Elected 4. 4![Danny Chang, candidate portrait](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/images/candidates/danny-chang-320.webp) [Danny Chang](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/candidates/danny-chang)Advance Richmond**16,773** Elected 5. 5![Dean Billings, candidate portrait](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/images/candidates/dean-billings-320.webp) [Dean Billings](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/candidates/dean-billings)Advance Richmond**16,475** Elected 6. 6![Alice Wong, candidate portrait](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/images/candidates/alice-wong-320.webp) [Alice Wong](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/candidates/alice-wong)Common Sense**16,101** Elected 7. 7![Donna Sargent, candidate portrait](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/images/candidates/donna-sargent-320.webp) [Donna Sargent](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/candidates/donna-sargent)**15,764** Elected ## Sitemap See the full [sitemap](/bc/richmond-2026/sitemap.md) for all pages.