Richmond school board chair Sandra Nixon has been named as the NDP candidate in Richmond Centre.
With Nixon’s announcement, all three major federal parties have candidates lined up in Richmond’s two ridings for a possible fall election.
Nixon, who is a United Church minister, took over as chair of the Richmond Board of Education last winter when Ken Hamaguchi took a stab at municipal politics, running unsuccessfully in the May council byelection.
With widespread talk of an October election, the NDP announced Tuesday Nixon was chosen as its Richmond Centre candidate.
She plans to continue her role as chair of the Richmond Board of Education through the federal campaign.
Earlier this year, the NDP nominated Jack Trovato, a retired teacher, to run in Steveston-Richmond East.
Both of Richmond’s incumbent Conservative MPs, Alice Wong in Richmond Centre and Kenny Chiu in Steveston-Richmond East, are running for re-election.
And joining them on the ballot are Liberal candidates Wilson Miao in Richmond Centre and Parm Bains in Steveston-Richmond East.
The Trudeau Liberals were reduced to a minority government position in 2019. Normally, the government would have to lose a key confidence vote in the House of Commons to trigger an election, but the House isn’t scheduled to sit until September.
Chiu speculated a court case between the governing Liberals and the Speaker of the House – who is also a Liberal - over documents related to the firing of two government scientists could trigger the election call this summer.
