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Voter turnout surges in Richmond election New party takes credit, political observer points to upsurge in national pride by Matthew Hoekstra Staff Reporter
•2011 - 23.7% •2008 - 22.1% •2005 - 25.7% •2002 - 33.7% *Source: City of Richmond
by Matthew Hoekstra Staff Reporter Malcolm Brodie easily held on to his job as mayor of Richmond Saturday, winning 70 per cent of the vote in the civic election. Brodie, 66, captured his sixth term in the top political seat at Richmond City Hall with 27,149 votes—his highest vote total ever—easily defeating his two challengers.
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“I’m very gratified and frankly humbled by the results of the election,” he said in a speech at Four Points Vancouver Airport Hotel on Saturday. “I know that I’ve never had that kind of a total before. But we worked very hard to get it. It was a full campaign with all the facets of any campaign.” Richard Lee finished a distant second with 10,667 votes, while Cliff Wei received support from just 1,088 voters. Brodie offered thanks to his campaign team, singling out his wife Christine Brodie. “People tell me that it’s a good thing she doesn’t run because she’s much more popular than I.” He was first elected as a councillor in 1996 and won the office of mayor in the 2001 by-election. While his chief opponent took jabs at him dur-
ing all-candidates meetings, Brodie ran a campaign focused on the future, promising to work on expanding parks and facilities, while supporting the environment and helping to create jobs in an affordable, safe community. In an interview Tuesday, Brodie said he was pleased for the strong support from voters. “I attempted to communicate the issues that I felt were important, and canvas people on the approaches that they felt we should be taking. In general it was an endorsement of the direction we were taking things.” But there’s always room to improve, said Brodie. “I’ve got lots of ideas about a little bit here and a little bit there, and how we can improve the overall situation.”
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Don Fennell photo Mayor Malcolm Brodie celebrates his re-election win with his wife Christine.
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Voter turnout in Saturday’s civic election rose to 32.4 per cent in Richmond—the highest number since the 2002 election. Voters cast a total of 40,245 ballots, boosting turnout by nine points over the 2011 election, when just 23.7 per cent of eligible voters cast a ballot. Richmond also had a record number of candidates competing for council and school board jobs, and a record number of slates. The Richmond Community Coalition, one of six slates that fielded candidates Saturday, took credit for the higher turnout, having founded itself with a goal to increase civic engagement. See Page 6
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