Editing Richmond, British Columbia (section)

==Government==
[[File:Fountains at Richmond City Hall (29758873745).jpg|thumb|right|Richmond City Hall]]
Richmond votes regularly for conservative or centrist parties, and is a stronghold for the BC Liberal Party.

===Municipal===
Richmond's municipal council is elected using an at-large electoral system.
 
Like [[Vancouver]], but unlike most cities in [[British Columbia]], Richmond runs on a political system of locally based [[political parties]], or [[slate (elections)|slate]]s. For the most part, however, their organization is weak, and they may collapse or change names from one election to another.

Local government includes a 9-member [[city council]] and a 7-member [[Board of education|school board]]. City council consists of a mayor and 8 councillors. The current mayor of Richmond is Malcolm Brodie, who is serving his 6th term as mayor. The last elections were held in October 2018.

In the 2018 city elections, the RCA (Richmond Citizen's Association) party, the Richmond First party, and the RITE Richmond party all won 2 seats, the Richmond Community Coalition won one seat, and there is one independent. On the Richmond Board of Education, the Richmond Education Party won three seats, the Richmond First Party won two seats, and there are two independents.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.richmond.ca/cityhall/elections/2018results/results.htm?PageMode=HTML |title=2018 Election Results |publisher=Richmond.ca |date=24 October 2018 |access-date=13 April 2020 |archive-date=24 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124043509/https://www.richmond.ca/cityhall/elections/2018results/results.htm?PageMode=HTML |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Provincial===
In the [[Legislative Assembly of British Columbia]], Richmond was historically a stronghold of the [[BC United|BC United Party]] until the [[2020 British Columbia general election|2020 provincial election]] where the [[British Columbia New Democratic Party|BC NDP]] flipped three of Richmond's four [[electoral district]]s ([[Richmond South Centre]], [[Richmond-Queensborough]], and [[Richmond-Steveston]]). 

In the most recent [[2024 British Columbia general election|provincial election in 2024]], three electoral districts ([[Richmond Centre (provincial electoral district)|Richmond Centre]], [[Richmond-Bridgeport]], Richmond-Queensborough) elected members from the [[Conservative Party of British Columbia|BC Conservatives]], and Richmond-Steveston elected a member from the BC NDP.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-29 |title=Final Count Complete |url=https://elections.bc.ca/news/2024-final-count-complete/ |access-date=2025-01-22 |website=Elections BC}}</ref>

===Federal===
In the [[House of Commons of Canada]], Richmond is divided between two [[electoral district]]s: [[Richmond Centre (federal electoral district)|Richmond Centre]], which encompasses the city's centre and west, and [[Steveston—Richmond East]], which encompasses the south and east. In the [[2021 Canadian federal election|2021 federal election]], the [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal Party]] won Richmond Centre and Steveston—Richmond East.