--- title: "Richard Loat: elected School Trustee, West Vancouver 2026 | voche.me" canonical_url: "https://voche.me/bc/west-vancouver-2026/candidates/richard-loat" last_updated: "2026-10-25T22:49:21.620Z" meta: description: "Elected School Trustee in the West Vancouver 2026 election with 5,220 votes, 3rd of 7 (preliminary count). Richard Loat was elected to the West Vancouver B..." "og:description": "Elected School Trustee in the West Vancouver 2026 election with 5,220 votes, 3rd of 7 (preliminary count). Richard Loat was elected to the West Vancouver B..." "og:title": "Richard Loat: elected School Trustee, West Vancouver 2026" "twitter:description": "Elected School Trustee in the West Vancouver 2026 election with 5,220 votes, 3rd of 7 (preliminary count). Richard Loat was elected to the West Vancouver B..." "twitter:title": "Richard Loat: elected School Trustee, West Vancouver 2026" --- School Trustee · West Vancouver 2026 # Richard Loat - Elected, School Trustee5,220 votes, 3rd of 7. Preliminary count, District of West Vancouver. [All results](https://voche.me/bc/west-vancouver-2026/results#school-trustee) Elected to the West Vancouver Board of Education on October 17, 2026. Richard Loat was elected to the West Vancouver Board of Education on October 17, 2026, by the District of West Vancouver's preliminary count. Explore priorities Campaign links Researched by voche.me · Not a campaign-authored page Candidate space2026 Portrait to be supplied *Richard LoatSchool Trusteev.* 01 / Introduction ## About Richard Loat A biography has not been supplied. Read the sources 02 / The issues ## Priorities & positions Campaign-source summary Summarized from the campaign’s published profile. These are stated positions, not an assessment of results or a complete platform. No platform positions have been supplied. 03 / Background ## Experience & community ### Background not supplied Work, public service and community involvement will appear here when supplied. No experience has been added to this profile. 04 / Questions & answers ## Questions for the candidate Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied. No questions and answers have been supplied. ### Have your own question? Ask Richard Loat directly. We send it to the campaign, and publish the reply here if we get one. 05 / About this page ## Questions about this page Facts voche.me can state about Richard Loat's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
How did Richard Loat do in the 2026 West Vancouver municipal election? Richard Loat was elected School Trustee with 5,220 votes, 3rd of 7 in the preliminary count. The District of West Vancouver published the count, and every candidate's total is on the results page.
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When was the election Richard Loat ran in? The 2026 West Vancouver municipal election, including the School Trustee 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 - [District of West Vancouver · preliminary election results, School Trustee, October 17, 2026 ](https://election.westvancouver.ca/sites/default/files/content/results/ELECTION%202026%20PRELIMINARY%20ELECTION%20RESULTS%20FOR%20SCHOOL%20TRUSTEE.pdf)Checked October 23, 2026 - [District of West Vancouver · all candidate profiles ](https://election.westvancouver.ca/general/candidate-profiles/all-candidates)Checked October 23, 2026 Missing information does not imply a candidate’s position. [Read our editorial standards.](https://voche.me/bc/west-vancouver-2026/about) Campaign contact ## Campaign links & contact. Verified website, social and contact links will appear here when supplied. No campaign links supplied yet. ## View more candidates. [All candidate spaces ](https://voche.me/bc/west-vancouver-2026/candidates) [School Trustee**Felicia Zhu**](https://voche.me/bc/west-vancouver-2026/candidates/felicia-zhu) [School Trustee**John Calimente**](https://voche.me/bc/west-vancouver-2026/candidates/john-calimente) Candidate Q&A ## Ask Richard Loat a question. Give your name, email and question. We send it to the campaign, and publish their answer here if we get one. ## Sitemap See the full [sitemap](/bc/west-vancouver-2026/sitemap.md) for all pages.