The final list of candidates for the provincial election is out and 18 candidates will be on the ballot in Richmond's four ridings.
Provincially, the race is expected to be tight between the two main parties, the incumbent BC NDPs and the Conservatives.
However, two Richmond races, Richmond-Steveston and Richmond Centre, include former BC United candidates who weren't accepted as Conservatives candidates when BC United leader Kevin Falcon folded his campaign in late August and urged his party membership to back the Conservative Party of BC.
The Conservatives stuck with their original picks, Michelle Mollineaux in Richmond-Steveston and Hon Chan in Richmond Centre.
Former BC United candidates Jackie Lee in Steveston and Wendy Yuan in Richmond Centre, however, both decided to continue their campaigns despite Falcon's decision.
They are both running as "unaffiliated," with no party affiliation or "independent" label beside their names on Election BC's website.
They will face off against incumbents Kelly Greene in Steveston and Henry Yao in Richmond Centre who were both elected in 2020 as the BC NDP MLAs.
In Richmond-Bridgeport, independent candidate Glynnis Chan has declared her candidacy and she was also previously involved with the BC United party.
Charlie Smith, former long-time editor of the Georgia Straight newspaper, is also running in Richmond-Bridgeport.
They will be up against incumbent MLA Teresa Wat, who is a former BC United MLA but is now running with the Conservatives.
Linda Li is running in Richmond-Bridgeport for the BC NDP.
Two BC Green Party candidates are running in Richmond ridings. Burkeville resident Tamas Revoczi is running in Richmond-Bridgeport and Elodie Vaudandaine is running in Richmond-Steveston.
In Richmond-Queensborough, Steve Kooner is the Conservative candidate running against incumbent BC NDP MLA Aman Singh. Two independent candidates are also running in this riding: Cindy Wu and Errol Povah.
Two independent candidates are also running in Richmond Centre: Sunny Ho and Dickens Cheung.
Of the 18 candidates running in the Richmond ridings, eight are not affiliated with any political party.
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