B.C. civic election profile: City of Richmond
Posted October 11, 2022 6:42 am.
Last Updated October 12, 2022 3:25 pm.
With election day coming up Saturday, we’re breaking down the mayoral candidates in Richmond.
Long-time Mayor Malcolm Brodie is hoping to win for the eighth time in a row.
Malcolm Brodie (Incumbent)
Brodie was first elected to the Mayor’s chair in 2001 following a by-election. He was reelected in 2002, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2014, and 2018.
Before being elected mayor he served on city council and practiced law.
His platform centres around his “proven leadership” and is all about affordable housing, community safety, and keeping property taxes low.
Brodie is the chair of Metro Vancouver’s water committee and the city’s longest-serving mayor.
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Wei Ping Chen
Chen is a sports instructor and realtor.
He’s running on creating a more transparent government, improving neighbourhood safety, and creating more jobs for newcomers.
He is the founder of the National Alliance Party.
Chen’s nomination papers say he resides in Burnaby.
John Roston (RITE Richmond)
Roston is the founder of the Richmond Rental Housing Advocacy Group and a retired McGill University administrator and professor.
His platform includes affordable housing, climate action, and public safety.
Roston has been a vocal housing advocate and is on the Richmond Farmwatch Executive Committee, which works in part to stop mega-mansions being built on farmland.
He says he is running because he is “fed up with the token efforts being made to address the housing crisis and environmental threats brought about by climate change.”
B.C.’s municipal election day is Oct. 15.
