Wade Grant
Canadian politician
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Howard Wade Grant MP (Hunʼqumiʼnum: caləχʷəlenəxʷ;[2] Chinese: 志堅;[2][3][4] born 1977 or 1978) is a Canadian politician of Musqueam and Chinese descent. He is a member of the Liberal Party and has represented Vancouver Quadra in the House of Commons since being elected in 2025. Grant previously served as a Musqueam band councillor from 2004 to 2014.
Wayne Sparrow (uncle)
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| caləχʷəlenəxʷ 志堅 | |||||||||||||||
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| Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change | |||||||||||||||
| Assumed office June 5, 2025 | |||||||||||||||
| Member of Parliament for Vancouver Quadra | |||||||||||||||
| Assumed office April 28, 2025 | |||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Joyce Murray | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | 1977 or 1978 (age 47–48)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Liberal | ||||||||||||||
| Relations | Larry Grant (uncle) Wayne Sparrow (uncle) | ||||||||||||||
| Children | 2 | ||||||||||||||
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| Alma mater | University of British Columbia | ||||||||||||||
| Website | wadegrant | ||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 志堅 | ||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 志坚 | ||||||||||||||
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| Halkomelem | caləχʷəlenəxʷ | ||||||||||||||
Education
Grant studied political science at the University of British Columbia,[5] graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 2002.[6][7]
Political career
Grant served as a Musqueam Indian Band councillor from 2004 to 2014,[6] and on the Vancouver Police Board from 2010 to 2014.[8][9] From 2014 to 2017, he served as a special advisor on aboriginal issues to Christy Clark, the premier of British Columbia.[6][10] He ran for Vancouver City Council in the 2018 municipal election and lost, coming in 29th place with 15,422 votes.[11][12]
Since 2019, he has served as an Intergovernmental Affairs Officer for the Musqueam Indian Band.[6] In June 2019, Grant was elected to the First Nations Health Council, and since 2021 he has served as its chair.[13][6] He has also served as chair of the New Relationship Trust, "an independent non-profit organization dedicated to strengthening First Nations in B.C. through capacity building."[11][14]
With incumbent Liberal Vancouver Quadra Member of Parliament (MP) Joyce Murray declining to seek re-election, Grant was nominated as the riding's Liberal candidate in March 2025.[15] During the 2025 federal election, Grant supported affordable housing and advocated for oil infrastructure projects to comply with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.[6] He was elected MP, receiving 63.1% of the vote.[16]
Family
Grant's mother, Wendy Grant-John (Hunʼqumiʼnum: taχʷtəna:t), and his maternal grandfather, Willard Sparrow (Hunʼqumiʼnum: θəliχʷəltən), both served as chiefs of the Musqueam Indian Band.[2][9][17][18][19][20] His father is Howard Grant (洪文興),[4][21] an executive director with the First Nations Summit.[22] His paternal grandparents were Hong Tim Hing (洪添慶), a Chinese immigrant who came to Canada in 1920,[4] and Agnes Grant, a Musqueam woman.[23][24]
Current Musqueam chief Wayne Sparrow (Hunʼqumiʼnum: yəχʷyaχʷələq[25])[26] and elder Larry Grant (Hunʼqumiʼnum: sʔəyəɬəq)[27][28][29] are Grant's uncles.
Electoral record
Federal
| 2025 Canadian federal election: Vancouver Quadra | ||||||||
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| ** Preliminary results — Not yet official ** | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Wade Grant | 35,306 | 63.05 | +19.66 | ||||
| Conservative | Ken Charko | 17,008 | 30.37 | +1.15 | ||||
| New Democratic | Alim Fakirani | 2,391 | 4.27 | –15.12 | ||||
| Green | Tom Digby | 1,027 | 1.83 | –4.13 | ||||
| People's | John Odan Ede | 265 | 0.47 | –1.56 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | ||||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | 55,997 | 68.87 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 81,311 | |||||||
| Liberal notional hold | Swing | +9.26 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[30][31] | ||||||||