Mayor, Six Councillors Re-elected in Richmond

November 19, 2008

Saturday’s election results were declared official at 2 p.m today (Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008) in the Council Chambers at Richmond City Hall. There were no changes from the unofficial results posted Saturday evening.

Mayor Malcolm Brodie and six incumbent Councillors have been re-elected to Richmond City Council. They will be joined on Council by new Councillors elect Greg Halsey-Brandt and Ken Johnston, both of whom have served previously on Richmond Council.

Brodie has served as Richmond Mayor since being elected to that post in a 2001 by-election. He had previously served as a Councillor from 1996 to 2001. He outdistanced his sole challenger by about 14,500 votes.

Brodie will be joined on Council by the following re-elected incumbents: Harold Steves, Sue Halsey-Brandt, Linda Barnes, Bill McNulty, Derek Dang and Evelina Halsey-Brandt.

Councillor Cynthia Chen was not re-elected.

Four incumbent School Trustees have been re-elected to Richmond School Board: Linda McPhail, Donna Sargent, Grace Tsang and Chak Kwong Au. The other School Trustees will be Carol Day, Debbie Tablotney, Rod Belleza.

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