Kim Richter: Township of Langley councillor

Kim Richter was re-elected to Township of Langley council on October 17, 2026, with 16,280 votes, running with the Langley Strong slate. She is one of the longest-serving members of the Township’s council. Here is what the Township and her slate profile publish about her.

Background

Both the Township’s page and her Langley Strong profile say she moved to the Salmon River Uplands area from Calgary in 1986. Both describe her professional career as a business management instructor at Kwantlen Polytechnic University; the slate page says she has taught there since 1993.

Her slate profile also lists chairing the South Fraser regional health board and the Langley community health council, serving as a trustee at Langley Memorial Hospital, helping found the North Otter Performing Arts Association, and involvement with LAPS, the Langley Flippers Swim Club and Langley Family Services. Her stated priorities include affordability and responsible spending, protecting farmland and green space, and planned growth.

Business and community affiliations

As listed on her Township page and Langley Strong profile:

• Employer: Kwantlen Polytechnic University, as a business management instructor.
• Business ownership: none listed.
• Current roles on the Township page: director of the Greater Vancouver Water District; director of the Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage District; member of the Parcel Tax Roll Review Panel.
• Past roles: the Township page lists many earlier committee and Metro Vancouver positions without dates, and says some may be out of date.

Official disclosures: Elections BC publishes candidates’ campaign financing disclosure statements for local elections, due 90 days after the election, so the Township 2026 statements should appear there in early 2027. Councillors also file a statement of financial interest with the Township; ask the Township’s corporate office via the Mayor and Council page how to view it.

Previous council service

The Township’s page says she won re-election in 2018 and was serving her seventh term. Her Langley Strong profile calls her an eighth-term councillor who has held a council seat since 1999. The two pages count terms differently, so check the Township for the official tally. The Advance Times reported her as elected in 2026.

On the record

Campaign commitments (2026)

• “I’ll keep working to protect our farmland and green spaces, to plan growth thoughtfully” — Langley Strong: Kim Richter, page updated Oct 3, 2026
• Defend the Agricultural Land Reserve, forests and green space, and put the onus on applicants for farmland exclusions (summary) — Langley Strong: Kim Richter, page updated Oct 3, 2026
• Sequence roads, utilities, parks and schools alongside development rather than approving projects first (summary) — Langley Strong: Kim Richter, page updated Oct 3, 2026
• Release reports before votes, and make public hearings meaningful with plain-language information in advance (summary) — Langley Strong: Kim Richter, page updated Oct 3, 2026
• A budget residents can afford, with the debt trajectory explained before votes (summary) — Langley Strong: Kim Richter, page updated Oct 3, 2026
• “grows the non-residential tax base to take pressure off homeowners” (slate platform) — Langley Strong: small business pillar, Sept 20, 2026
• Prioritize rural roads, lighting and bylaw enforcement in rural Langley (summary) (slate platform) — Langley Strong: fair share for every Langley community, Sept 14, 2026

Quoted

• “Rural Langley is half this Township, and it is not an afterthought.” — Langley Strong: fair share for every Langley community, Sept 14, 2026
• “A wider tax base, not higher rates, is how you protect homeowners” — Langley Strong: small business pillar, Sept 20, 2026
• “I’ll still read the whole report, still ask the hard questions, and still vote the way I think serves residents best.” — Langley Strong: Kim Richter, page updated Oct 3, 2026

This section exists so readers can check later whether commitments were kept. Know of something on the record we’ve missed? Send us the source.

Related pages

• 2026 Township of Langley election results
• Township of Langley council: who they are and how to reach them

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