Alexa Loo

A UBC commerce graduate and chartered accountant, she competed at the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics and has sat on Richmond City Council in British Columbia since 2014. She is a candidate for Mayor of Richmond in the 2026 municipal election, to be held on 17 October 2026.

Career

Loo earned a commerce degree from the University of British Columbia in 1994 and trained as a chartered accountant at KPMG. As a snowboarder she competed in parallel giant slalom, placing 20th at the 2006 Turin Olympics and 12th at the 2010 Vancouver Games, and won a World Cup bronze medal in 2006; she retired from competition in July 2010. She finished 11th in her first run for Richmond council in 2011, won a seat in 2014 as an independent and was re-elected in 2018. In 2020 she was the BC Liberal candidate in Richmond South Centre and lost to NDP candidate Henry Yao by 179 votes. In 2022 she won a third council term under the ONE Richmond banner. In February 2026 she announced a run for mayor.

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