The Conservatives have named their candidates for Richmond's two riding and one is a sitting Richmond city councillor.
Coun. Chak Au will run in the newly named riding of Richmond Centre-Marpole.
As for Steveston-Richmond East, Zach Segal has been named the Conservative candidate.
They will be up against two Liberal incumbents, Parm Bains in Steveston Richmond-East and Wilson Miao in Richmond Centre-Marpole.
Au previously ran for the BC NDP in the 2017 provincial election.
The Richmond News understands the party didn't hold nomination meetings in these two ridings, rather candidates were appointed by the party.
Vying for the nomination in Steveston-Richmond East were also Kenny Chiu and Wai Young.
Chiu was elected as the MP in 2019 but was defeated by Bains in 2021.
Young was an MP for Vancouver South from 2011 to 2015 and was part of the Stephen Harper government.
Tensions were high between the two nominees earlier this year.
Young said, in a press release, that Chiu caused a “giant community rift” after the 2021 election and that his complaints about foreign interference in the election were “divisive.”
Chiu called Young’s press release both “very personal” and “very hurtful.”
The NDP have named a candidate for Richmond Centre-Marpole, but not one for Steveston-Richmond East yet.
Martin Li, a former union representative who currently runs an HR consulting business, is the candidate in Richmond Centre-Marpole.
As for the Greens, Michael Sisler is running in Richmond Centre-Marpole, and Steven Ji is running in Steveston-Richmond East.
Polling shows Liberals and Conservatives in dead heat
Prime Minister Mark Carney called an election on Sunday just a week after being sworn into office.
After trailing in the polls for months, it appears Liberals have made up lost ground and are now running neck and neck with the Conservatives.
This past weekend, marketing research company Research Co. asked Canadians about who they'd vote for in the upcoming federal election.
Forty-one per cent said they’d cast a ballot for the Liberals, while 37 per cent would support the Conservatives.
All other federal parties are in single digits across Canada: the New Democratic Party at nine per cent, the Bloc Québécois at seven per cent, the Green Party at three per cent and the People’s Party at two per cent.
In B.C., however, the Greens were at eight per cent.
Results are based on an online survey conducted on March 23 and March 24, 2025, among 1,003 adults in Canada. The data has been statistically weighted according to census figures for age, gender and region in Canada. The margin of error—which measures sample variability—is +/- 3.1 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.
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