Christopher JK Richardson, ballot number 317 for School Board, no party affiliation listed. Profile focus: Trustee record and an updated 2026 platform.
This record covers Christopher JK Richardson's record as a Vancouver School Board trustee, read in the Board's own minutes and in news reports, his 2022 election result, and the 2022 platform still shown on his campaign website. It covers his motions and votes on closing Sir Guy Carleton Elementary, the 2026-2027 budget, trustee pay, the capital plan and the Britannia Hockey Academy. The campaign has not published a 2026 platform. Each item names the source it came from.
The score counts how complete and checkable the published plan on this issue is. Whether the plan would work is a separate question, left to the reader. Measured October 4, 2026. The same seven points apply to every candidate for this office.
Schools and student support1/10
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A position in the candidate’s own words
No position found by voche.me as of October 4, 2026.
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Names a mechanism the office controls
No statement to read.
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States a measurable target
No statement to read.
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States a cost or funding source
No statement to read.
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States a timeline
No statement to read.
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A dated, sourced action on the issue
“Voted to add supervision aide hours to the 2026-2027 budget”
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
What this office controls. The Board of Education runs Vancouver public schools, sets catchment boundaries and approves the district budget. Teacher pay and the provincial funding formula are set by the province.
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
What this office controls. Council, the Park Board and the Board of Education each set their own meeting rules, committees, public consultation and reporting. The Vancouver Charter and the School Act create the three bodies and set their powers, and only the Province can change those acts.
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
What this office controls. The Board of Education approves the school district’s operating and capital budgets. The Province sets the funding formula and the school tax.
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
What this office controls. The Board of Education sets safety policies for its schools and decides whether police liaison officers work in them. Policing itself is the Vancouver Police Department’s.
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
What this office controls. The Board of Education decides how school buildings and land are used, including child care on school sites. Licensing and operating funding are provincial.
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01 / Introduction
About Christopher JK Richardson
Christopher JK Richardson appears on the City of Vancouver's final 2026 candidate list for School Board, with ballot number 317. The City lists no party affiliation for this candidacy.
The Vancouver School Board's own trustee listing names Christopher Richardson as a trustee for the current term, so on this ballot he is seeking re-election to the office he holds now.
The Vancouver School Board trustee profile describes Richardson as an accountant holding the FCPA and FCA designations who works as a charitable gift planning consultant and philanthropy advisor.
The same board profile says Richardson serves as a special constable with the Vancouver Police Department and is studying for a Master of Education in Inclusive Education at the University of British Columbia.
The board profile records three terms as a Vancouver Park Board commissioner, in 1986, 1988 and 1999.
The board profile says Richardson was first elected to the Vancouver School Board in 2014, served as board chair from 2014 to 2015, and was re-elected in the 2022 municipal election.
In October 2016 the provincial education minister removed all nine elected Vancouver trustees from office for not passing a balanced budget. The Vancouver Sun reported on September 7, 2017 that Richardson was one of them, and that the Non-Partisan Association named him as one of its candidates in the 2017 school board by-election. The encyclopedia record of that by-election lists him as not elected, with 16,839 votes.
In the 2022 Vancouver election Richardson ran for school board under ABC Vancouver and was elected with 64,048 votes.
The Board's trustee page, dated February 3, 2026, lists him as chair of the Advocacy Subcommittee, vice-chair of the Education Plan Committee, a member of the Policy and Governance Committee and the Board's liaison to the District Parent Advisory Council.
The Board's attendance sheet for the 2025-2026 school year marks Richardson present at 12 of 15 public Board meetings, 7 of the 8 public delegation meetings that were held and 26 of 29 private Board meetings. At one more private meeting, on February 18, 2026, the sheet records that he had declared a conflict of interest and stayed out. The sheet marks him absent on December 18, 2025, but the minutes of that meeting record him joining at 12:03 pm and voting.
His campaign website's contact page links a Chinese-language interview that gives his name as 李济富, and the Facebook page he listed with the City is at facebook.com/LiJifu.
For the October 17, 2026 election Richardson appears on the school board ballot at number 317 with no party listed beside the name.
voche.me assembled this profile from the official candidate list and the campaign material linked under Sources. The campaign has not been contacted, and no candidate-supplied content appears on this page.
Published positions and selected commitments, separated by election cycle. Status labels describe the evidence reviewed, not a numerical score or a complete audit of the platform. Council approval is different from delivery.
8 commitments shown · Checked Oct 4
Earlier term · Inclusive educationCampaign pledge
Supports for students with additional needs
Make sure students with special needs, exceptionalities, English language learners, Indigenous learners, adult students and youth in care get the supports and resources they need.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is taken from Richardson's campaign website, read again on October 4, 2026. The site still shows the October 15, 2022 election date and carries no dated 2026 platform, so this is the 2022 platform, not a 2026 statement.
What still needs checking
Whether Richardson publishes a platform for the 2026 campaign, and whether any of these items were brought to a board vote during the 2022 to 2026 term.
Reinstitute the School Liaison Officer preventative program along with the VSB Safe and Caring School Department.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The pledge is on Richardson's campaign website, read again on October 4, 2026, and it still carries the 2022 election date. The board voted 5 to 4 on November 28, 2022 to open talks with the Vancouver Police Department on a new programme, and police returned to Vancouver schools in September 2023. The Tyee reported Richardson voted with the majority. The Board's May 27, 2026 minutes record that the Policy and Governance Committee, on which he sits, received an evaluation of the programme on May 13, 2026. The Tyee reported that this outside evaluation found students and teachers less negative about the officers than a 2021 review had.
What still needs checking
Whether Richardson says what he would do with the programme after the evaluation, and the district figures the Superintendent said would be posted at the end of June 2026.
Restore honours classes to schools, and introduce support programs such as financial and charitable literacy, coding and language classes in neighbourhood clusters.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This comes from Richardson's campaign website, read again on October 4, 2026, and it still carries the 2022 election date. No board decision on honours classes was found.
What still needs checking
Whether the board debated restoring honours classes during the 2022 to 2026 term.
Earlier term · Earthquake safe and right sized buildingsCampaign pledge
Earthquake safe and right sized buildings
Ensure all students and staff have a safe environment in which to learn and teach, and that all facilities are seismically fit and right sized to address the needs of today and tomorrow.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Taken from Richardson's campaign website, read on October 4, 2026. The site still carries the 2022 election date, so this is the 2022 platform, not a 2026 statement. On June 17, 2026 he seconded and voted for the Board's 2027-2028 Five-Year Major Capital Plan, which carried 6 to 1; the minutes list three spending items and do not list the projects in the plan.
What still needs checking
Whether Richardson publishes a 2026 platform, and which VSB buildings still need seismic upgrades.
Partner with community groups to offer wrap-around services such as before and after school opportunities within self-managed schools to support learners, their families and the community.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This comes from the staffing section of Richardson's campaign website, read on October 4, 2026, and it still carries the 2022 election date. The Board's April 20, 2026 minutes record Richardson voting for a study of up to $75,000 into a district-run licensed school-age child care pilot at several schools. On January 28, 2026 he voted for a motion, carried unanimously, asking the Province through the BC School Trustees Association to change its capital rules so new and existing schools can hold more before and after school care.
What still needs checking
What the child care feasibility study finds, and whether the Board funds a pilot.
Taken from Richardson's campaign website, read again on October 4, 2026. The site still carries the 2022 election date. No program, cost or timeline is given.
Ensure accessible playgroups in neighbourhood clusters.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Taken from Richardson's campaign website, read again on October 4, 2026. The site still carries the 2022 election date. No locations, cost or timeline are given.
What still needs checking
Which neighbourhoods this would cover, and by when.
Each entry below names its source. Campaign material is the candidate's own account. Nothing here is presented as a verified outcome unless the entry says so.
Approved
School Liaison Officer programme restarted
The Vancouver School Board voted 5 to 4 to start talks with the Vancouver Police Department on a new School Liaison Officer programme. The Tyee reported that Richardson voted with the majority.
Scope, limits and sources
Police officers returned to Vancouver schools in September 2023 under a changed programme with casual uniforms, unmarked vehicles and added cultural training.
Seconded and voted to approve the updated Policy 7: Board Operations
After a nearly year-long committee review, Richardson seconded Trustee Chan-Pedley's motion to approve the revised Policy 7: Board Operations and a related change to Policy 3: Role of the Trustee. The Vancouver School Board's own minutes of October 29, 2025 record the motion carried 6 to 1, with Richardson voting for it and Trustee Reddy voting against.
Scope, limits and sources
Reddy had proposed the original transparency motion in November 2024. The Tyee reported that Richardson was one of three trustees, along with Chan-Pedley and Chair Jung, who said in the debate that the final policy did reflect what stakeholder groups had asked for, a point Reddy disputed. Richardson sits on the Policy and Governance Committee that reviewed the policy.
Reddy and Mah amendments defeated; Chien and Chan-Pedley amendments carried
Voted on amendments to the proposed 2023-24 budget
At the May 1, 2023 Vancouver School Board meeting, trustees voted on amendments to the proposed $736 million 2023-24 budget. The Tyee reported that Richardson voted against Trustee Reddy's four amendments aimed at vulnerable students, which all failed; voted for Trustee Mah's amendment to cover absent non-enrolling teachers with substitutes from the first day, which failed with three votes; and was the only trustee to vote against two $100,000 amendments from trustees Chien and Chan-Pedley, which passed.
Scope, limits and sources
The Tyee reported Richardson said he favoured Reddy's ideas but could not support them, given other underfunded areas in the district: "To nickel and dime the budget that is now finally balanced, I think, would be inappropriate and wrong."
Voted to add supervision aide hours to the 2026-2027 budget
Trustee Mah's motion to add up to 300 additional hours of Supervision Aide staffing for the 2026-2027 school year, funded with $9,200 from operating contingency, carried at the Vancouver School Board's April 20, 2026 special meeting. The Board's own minutes record Richardson voting for both the staffing motion and the funding motion that followed it.
Scope, limits and sources
Trustees Chien and Jung voted against the staffing motion; Chien alone voted against the funding motion.
Seconded amendments to an out of school child care feasibility study
Trustee Reddy's motion asked the Board to spend up to $75,000 studying a VSB-run licensed school-age child care pilot at multiple school sites. Richardson seconded two of Trustee Mah's amendments, one naming operating contingency as the funding source and one asking the Ministry of Education and Child Care to cover the study's cost once it is complete, and voted for the amended motion. The Vancouver School Board's own minutes of April 20, 2026 record both amendments and the final motion as carried.
Scope, limits and sources
Richardson also voted against Board Chair Jung's amendment asking the Ministry to fund the study up front, which was defeated 3 to 5.
Moved the first two readings of the Sir Guy Carleton Elementary closure bylaw
At a special meeting on December 17, 2025, Richardson moved the first and second readings of the bylaw closing Sir Guy Carleton Elementary, which carried 5 to 3. He had voted against Trustee Mah's motion to pause the closure while the Board asked the Province again for money to repair and seismically upgrade the school, which was defeated 3 to 5. On December 18, 2025 he voted for the third and final reading, which carried 5 to 3. The Board's own minutes record each vote.
Scope, limits and sources
The minutes say the building has held no students since a fire in 2016, and that the francophone school board, the Conseil scolaire francophone, asked to acquire it for a secondary school after a Supreme Court ruling. Staff told the Board the closure does not decide the future use of the site.
Seconded the new downtown school catchment boundary
Richardson seconded the motion approving Option C for the downtown school catchment boundary, to take effect for the 2026-2027 school year. The Board's minutes of November 26, 2025 record it carried unanimously.
Scope, limits and sources
At the same meeting he seconded the motion naming the new school at 482 Broughton Street Seaside Elementary, with names gifted by the Musqueam, Tsleil-Waututh and Squamish Nations, which also carried unanimously.
Seconded funding for the Lord Roberts Annex replacement school
Richardson seconded the motion to use up to $2,243,000 from Ministry restricted capital for the Lord Roberts Annex replacement school project. The Board's minutes of January 28, 2026 record it carried unanimously.
Scope, limits and sources
At the same meeting he seconded the motion approving the district's Environmental Sustainability Plan, which carried 8 to 1.
Seconded a request for a provincial review of $10 a Day child care
Richardson seconded Board Chair Jung's motion asking the BC School Trustees Association to urge the Province to complete, within 12 months, an equity review of the $10 a Day Child Care Program, with clear rules on who gets priority and a role for school districts where child care sits on school property. The Board's minutes record it carried 7 to 2.
Scope, limits and sources
He also voted for Trustee Mah's amendment adding existing school spaces to a second motion, which asks the Province to change its capital rules so schools can hold more before and after school care. The amendment carried 6 to 3 and the amended motion carried unanimously.
Voted for the 2026-2027 Financial Plan and seconded the budget bylaw
Richardson voted for the 2026-2027 Financial Plan, which carried 7 to 2, and seconded the motions to give the 2026/2027 Annual Budget Bylaw its readings. Because the vote to hold all three readings that night was not unanimous, the final reading moved to a special meeting on April 30, 2026. The minutes of that meeting record that Richardson tried to join at 12:38 pm but could not because of technical problems, and the bylaw was adopted 6 to 2 without his vote.
Scope, limits and sources
The Vancouver Sun reported that the budget added 20 full-time equivalent education assistants and more supervision aide hours, and that it estimates 39 fewer full-time equivalent teaching positions than in 2025-2026, based on enrolment projections.
Voted for a parking easement at Sir Sandford Fleming Elementary and a lease of the John Henderson Annex
Richardson voted against Trustee Reddy's motion to send the Sir Sandford Fleming Elementary parking access easement back to committee for a traffic and safety study and consultation with the school community, which was defeated 2 to 7. He then voted for the first two readings of the easement bylaw, carried 7 to 2, and of the John Henderson Annex Lease Bylaw 2026, carried 5 to 2 with two trustees abstaining.
Scope, limits and sources
Both bylaws were adopted at the April 30, 2026 special meeting, which Richardson could not join.
Richardson moved the motion approving Policy 6, Trustee Remuneration and Expenses. Under the policy, trustee pay is reviewed in the final year of each Board term and applies to the next Board. He voted against Trustee Mah's motion to postpone the decision to December 2026. The Board's minutes record the policy as carried; their vote list names Mah both for and against, so the exact count cannot be read from them.
Scope, limits and sources
The Vancouver Sun reported that Mah was the only trustee to vote against the pay increases, and that other trustees said a new Board should not set its own pay.
Seconded a deferral on school rules for personal digital devices
Richardson seconded Trustee Chien's motion to put off a decision on school codes of conduct for personal digital devices and to ask staff to clarify key parts of the proposed direction. The Board's minutes record it carried unanimously.
Scope, limits and sources
The Superintendent told the Board an update could come to the Education Plan Committee in spring 2027.
Richardson seconded and voted for the 2027-2028 Five-Year Major Capital Plan and Minor Capital Plan for the Ministry of Infrastructure, with a request to use $27,360,000 of Ministry restricted capital: up to $11,360,000 for building system upgrades, up to $10,000,000 for accessible inclusive washrooms and up to $6,000,000 to remove vacant buildings. The Board's minutes record it carried 6 to 1.
Scope, limits and sources
At the same meeting he seconded the rezoning charges bylaw for the new elementary school at Olympic Village, adopted unanimously.
Seconded the pay levels for the Board elected in 2026
Richardson seconded Board Chair Jung's motion setting pay from November 1, 2026: $54,100 for the Board chair, $47,800 for the vice-chair and $41,600 for each trustee. The Board's minutes record it carried 5 to 2, with trustees Faridkot and Mah against.
Scope, limits and sources
The Vancouver Sun reported that current pay is $37,215 for a trustee, $40,315 for the chair and $39,448 for the vice-chair, and that the increases drew criticism while the district faces budget pressure.
Supported a motion to keep the Britannia Hockey Academy running
Richardson seconded Trustee Mah's request to add a late motion to the agenda, which needed a two-thirds vote and carried 5 to 2. He voted against two amendments to it, both defeated, and for Mah's motion to pause the suspension of the Britannia Hockey Academy for 2026-27, set enrolment targets and promote the program. The Board's minutes record the motion defeated 3 to 4.
Scope, limits and sources
The Tyee reported on July 8, 2026 that Richardson and Trustee Faridkot supported Mah's motion, and that pausing the program was a district staff decision.
Moved the process to review the district's strategic plan
Richardson moved the motion approving the process and timeline to review the district's strategic plan and Policy 1, Foundational Statements. The Superintendent gathers evidence and plans public engagement in 2026, and final recommendations come to the Board after the 2026 election. The Board's minutes record it carried unanimously.
Scope, limits and sources
At the same meeting he seconded the final reading of Trustee Elections Bylaw No. 6, which sets the rules for trustee elections and carried unanimously.
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Statement
Statement in favour of closing Sir Guy Carleton Elementary
At the Board's December 17, 2025 special meeting, Richardson read a statement in favour of closing Sir Guy Carleton Elementary. The Board's minutes summarize his reasons: no Ministry of Education money to restore the school after a fire, the district's financial position, provincial policy, the legal duty from the Supreme Court ruling in the francophone school board's case, and long-term planning. The minutes say he called the decision complex and spoke of balancing the needs of the community with minority language education rights for students of both boards.
The Tyee reported Richardson's remarks at the May 1, 2023 Board meeting: he said he was in favour of Trustee Reddy's ideas for vulnerable students but could not support them, because other parts of the district were also underfunded and the budget had just been balanced.
Records are labelled by type, including official findings, civil proceedings and political disputes where applicable. Each entry identifies the response found in the sources and the latest status verified for this page.
Policy dispute
Voted on the police-in-schools motion while serving as a police special constable
The Tyee reported that Richardson, a long-serving special traffic constable with the Vancouver Police Department, voted with the 5 to 4 majority to open talks on a new School Liaison Officer programme and did not step aside from the vote.
Candidate or party response
No published reply from Richardson on this point was found.
Verified status and limits
The motion passed 5 to 4. Police officers returned to Vancouver schools in September 2023 under a revised programme.
CBC News reported that A Better City Vancouver withdrew its endorsement of Richardson on September 26, 2022, after learning that a charitable organization he was a board member of had its charitable status revoked by the Canada Revenue Agency on September 10, 2022. The party did not name the organization. The encyclopedia record of the 2022 Vancouver election says the party removed him after the deadline to change the ballot had passed and said he would not sit in its caucus. The name stayed on the ballot under the ABC label and Richardson was elected.
Candidate or party response
No published reply from Richardson was found.
Verified status and limits
Richardson served the 2022 to 2026 term and appears on the 2026 ballot with no party listed.
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Reporting
Global News
Chairman of Vancouver's school board resigns
Richardson stepped down as board chair, gave personal reasons and said he would stay on as a trustee. Vice-chair Janet Fraser took over on an interim basis. The report says the resignation came the week after an independent report found trustees could save millions of dollars by closing schools.
The Vancouver School Board Votes Cops Back into Schools
Katie Hyslop reported the 5 to 4 vote to reopen talks on a police liaison programme and wrote that Richardson, then an ABC trustee and a long-serving Vancouver Police Department special traffic constable, voted with the majority without stepping aside.
Vancouver political party drops candidate over role at discredited non-profit
A Better City Vancouver said it removed its endorsement of school board candidate Christopher Richardson after learning a charity he was a board member of lost its charitable status with the Canada Revenue Agency on September 10, 2022. The party did not name the organization and said Richardson would not join its caucus if elected until the matter was resolved.
The Vancouver School Board Budget Vote That Wasn't
Katie Hyslop reported that the board delayed final passage of the 2023-24 budget after several trustee amendments aimed at vulnerable students failed. Richardson voted against Trustee Reddy's four amendments, for Trustee Mah's amendment on substitute teachers, and against the two amendments that passed, saying it would be wrong to change a budget that was now finally balanced.
Asked to Improve Transparency, School Board Keeps Private Meetings
Katie Hyslop reported on the board's October 29, 2025 vote to adopt revised Policy 7 and Policy 8 on meeting access and transparency, after a motion from Trustee Reddy calling for more openness was amended and narrowed. Richardson was named among the trustees who disputed Reddy's view that the final policy ignored stakeholder feedback.
What's Lost When a High School Hockey Program Ends?
Katie Hyslop reported on the one-year pause of Britannia Secondary's low-cost hockey academy. The report names Richardson, an Independent trustee, as one of the three trustees who supported Trustee Mah's June 17 motion to keep the program running, which was defeated.
Sources checked October 4, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
For Our Kids Vancouver and PACES Vancouver · September 25, 2026
Richardson's campaign website, read again on October 4, 2026, still shows the October 15, 2022 election date, so every pledge on it is 2022 material; no 2026 platform, interview or campaign statement was found. His VoteMate page still says he has not uploaded a profile. The Griffins' Nest questionnaires of September 22 and 28, 2026 printed answers from party candidates and do not name him. The Facebook and LinkedIn pages he listed with the City need a sign-in to read and were not used. CBC News reported in September 2022 that A Better City Vancouver dropped him after a charity on whose board he sat lost its charitable status; the party did not name the charity, and no published reply from Richardson was found. The Board's minutes record that he stepped out of parts of private meetings on October 29 and November 26, 2025 because of a potential conflict of interest, and do not say what the matter was. Whether he ran in the 2018 election could not be established: the encyclopedia's 2018 results list only the nine winners. No organizer or campaign page was found that names Richardson taking part in a public forum before election day.
Research status
What voche.me has checked
Evidence reviewed on October 4, 2026: the campaign website, which still shows the 2022 election date; the City's candidate listing; VoteMate; the Vancouver School Board's minutes from November 2025 to June 2026 and its 2025-2026 attendance sheet; and news reports naming Richardson.
No 2026 platform, campaign statement or questionnaire answer from Richardson was found. Every stated position on this page comes from the 2022 campaign website and is labelled as earlier material.
Checks still to do: a dated 2026 statement from the candidate, and the Board's minutes for September 2026 once they are published.
The ballot name, office, ballot number and party label come from the City's final candidate list. Everything described as campaign material is the campaign's own account and has not been confirmed by an independent source.
03 / Background
Experience & community
Current term
Vancouver School Board trustee
The Vancouver School Board's trustee listing names Richardson in this office for the term that ends with the 2026 election. Votes and motions he made from November 2022 to June 2026, read in the Board's own minutes and in news reports, are listed in the record section of this page.
Chair, Advocacy Subcommittee, and vice-chair, Education Plan Committee
The Board's trustee page lists these roles, his membership of the Policy and Governance Committee and his role as the Board's liaison to the District Parent Advisory Council. The Education Plan Committee's September 9, 2026 report also lists him as vice-chair.
Vancouver School Board trustee, Non-Partisan Association
The Vancouver Sun reported in 2017 that he was one of the nine trustees the provincial education minister removed from office in October 2016, and that the Non-Partisan Association named him as a candidate in the 2017 by-election. He was not elected in that by-election.
The board profile records three separate terms as a park board commissioner.
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.
Which positions on your existing website remain current, and what changed during this Board term?
No response has been submitted.
How would you balance student learning support, facilities and staffing within the district’s available funding?
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05 / About this page
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Is this an official page for Christopher JK Richardson?
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What is Christopher JK Richardson's ballot number for the 2026 Vancouver election?
Christopher JK Richardson is number 317 on the City of Vancouver's official 2026 ballot for School Board.
What party did Christopher JK Richardson run with?
Christopher JK Richardson ran for School Board as an independent, with no party affiliation listed on the City's candidate list.
Does Christopher JK Richardson currently hold public office?
Yes. Christopher JK Richardson currently serves as Vancouver School Board trustee.
How many sources does this Christopher JK Richardson profile cite?
This profile lists 3 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Has Christopher JK Richardson filed nomination papers for the 2026 election?
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Why do some questions on Christopher JK Richardson's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Christopher JK Richardson in a future interview. They have not been sent yet, so the page says plainly that no answer has been supplied instead of leaving the section blank.
When was the election Christopher JK Richardson ran in?
The 2026 Vancouver municipal election, including the School Board race, was decided on October 17, 2026.
06 / Candidate contributions
Space for campaign updates
Added Board votes from November 2025 to June 2026, two statements and new reports; corrected errors
Added 12 dated Board actions from the Vancouver School Board's own minutes, including his motion and statement on closing Sir Guy Carleton Elementary, his votes on the 2026-2027 budget, trustee pay, the 2027-2028 capital plan and the Britannia Hockey Academy, and his motion on the strategic plan review. Also added The Tyee's July 2026 report on the hockey academy, the Board's 2025-2026 attendance sheet, his 2014 to 2017 history from a 2017 Vancouver Sun report, the City's candidate listing and an online forum on October 6. Corrections: the biography said his current office differs from the one he is seeking, when both are School Board trustee; the current term entry said his votes had not been reviewed; the 2023 budget entry said he voted against every amendment, when The Tyee reported he voted for Trustee Mah's amendment on substitute teachers, and it called the $736 million budget balanced when the report calls it proposed; and the before and after school commitment said no Board decision had been found, when the April 20, 2026 minutes already in this record show his vote for a school-age child care study. Removed the October 3 advance voting day from the calendar, because that date has passed.
Corrected cycle tagging on the campaign website content, and added Board voting record
Four commitments taken from christopherrichardson.ca had been tagged as 2026 material even though the site still names the October 15, 2022 election. All of the site's content is now tagged 'Earlier term' with own set to false, three duplicate entries were removed, and two new commitments were added from parts of the site not previously recorded. Four new dated Board actions were added from the Vancouver School Board's own October 2025 and April 2026 meeting minutes and from a 2023 Tyee report, and the record of A Better City Vancouver dropping Richardson in 2022 was updated with the reason CBC News reported at the time.
