Malcolm Brodie is the mayor

Mayor

In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....

 of Richmond

Richmond, British Columbia

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, the fourth largest city in British Columbia

British Columbia

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.

A lawyer by profession, Brodie was elected to City Council in 1996 and again in 1999, as part of the centre-right Richmond Non-Partisan Association (RNPA). After the resignation of mayor Greg Halsey-Brandt

Greg Halsey-Brandt

Greg Halsey-Brandt is a Canadian politician, who served as a BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2001 to 2005, representing the riding of Richmond Centre...

 in 2001, Brodie was elected mayor in a special by-election

By-election

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. He left his RNPA party, and now serves as an independent. Brodie was re-elected by large margins in the elections of 2002, 2005

British Columbia municipal elections, 2005

The Canadian province of British Columbia held its triannual municipal elections on November 19, 2005. Voters in each of BC's 157 municipalities elected mayors and councillors, and rural voters elected directors for their regional district electoral area...

 and 2008.

During his time as mayor, he has served as the Chair of the board of TransLink, the regional transit authority.