Wade Grant

Wade Grant
MP
caləχʷəlenəxʷ
志堅
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change
Incumbent
Assumed office
June 5, 2025
Member of Parliament
for Vancouver Quadra
Incumbent
Assumed office
April 28, 2025
Preceded byJoyce Murray
Personal details
Born1977 or 1978 (age 47–48)[1]
PartyLiberal
RelationsLarry Grant (uncle)
Wayne Sparrow (uncle)
Children2
Parents
Alma materUniversity of British Columbia
Websitewadegrant.liberal.ca
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese志堅
Simplified Chinese志坚
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhì Jiān
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingzi3 gin1
other Yue
Taishanesezi1 gen1
Halkomelem name
Halkomelemcaləχʷəlenəxʷ

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.

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.

Grant has two children. Eli and Isla Grant.[5][8][6]

Electoral record

Federal

2025 Canadian federal election: Vancouver Quadra
** 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]

References

  1. ^ "Wade Grant". Vancouver Magazine. November 17, 2015. Retrieved September 19, 2025.
  2. ^ a b c "Musqueam candidate campaigns to become first Indigenous MP for Vancouver-Quadra | APTN News". APTN News. Aboriginal Peoples Television Network. April 15, 2025. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
  3. ^ Grant, Wade [@wadegrantvancouver]; (April 22, 2025). "April 28th is almost here". Retrieved April 29, 2025 – via Instagram.
  4. ^ a b c 陳儀芬 (April 15, 2025). 【2025聯邦大選】當原住民遇上一群華裔孩子 第一個反應是... [2025 Federal Election: When an Indigenous person meets a group of Chinese children, the first reaction is...] (in Traditional Chinese). Sing Tao News. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
  5. ^ a b "Wade Grant". wadegrant.liberal.ca. Liberal Party of Canada. 2025. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g Angell, Colin (April 15, 2025). "Vancouver Quadra profile: Wade Grant, Liberals". The Ubyssey.
  7. ^ "18 UBC alumni named among VanMag's 2024 Power 50 List". Alumni UBC. February 1, 2024. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
  8. ^ a b "Biography". wadegrant.liberal.ca. Liberal Party of Canada. 2025. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
  9. ^ a b Howell, Mike (July 17, 2019). "Former Musqueam chief Wendy Grant-John to become member of Vancouver Police Board". Vancouver Is Awesome. Glacier Media. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
  10. ^ "Faculty Advisory Board". University of British Columbia Faculty of Land and Food Systems. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
  11. ^ a b Chan, Kenneth (April 29, 2025). "Musqueam First Nation's Wade Grant wins Vancouver riding for Liberals". Daily Hive. ZoomerMedia. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
  12. ^ CTV Vancouver (October 19, 2018). "Council results for the City of Vancouver". CTV News. Bell Media. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
  13. ^ "Representatives". First Nations Health Council. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
  14. ^ "New Relationship Trust". Government of British Columbia. January 8, 2024. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
  15. ^ "Nomination Notice – Vancouver Quadra". Liberal Party of Canada. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
  16. ^ "Vancouver Quadra live federal election results". Toronto Star. April 29, 2025. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
  17. ^ "Musqueam People: taχʷtəna:t – Wendy Grant-John". Musqueam: giving information about our teachings. Museum of Anthropology at UBC. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
  18. ^ "Chief Mourned". Nanaimo Daily News. July 14, 1967. p. 17. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
  19. ^ "Sparrow Honored". The Vancouver Sun. November 16, 1967. p. 2. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
  20. ^ "Teachings of the Community" (PDF). Museum of Anthropology at UBC. p. 21. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
  21. ^ Grant, Wade [@WadeGrant] (May 5, 2021). "My dad, Howard Grant, son of a Chinese Immigrant and Musqueam matriarch. His strength, humility, and love have positively impacted myself, and many others. He is my teacher, role model, and best friend #Musqueamterritory #firstnations #chinesecanadian #indigenouscanada @musqueam" (Tweet). Retrieved April 29, 2025 – via Twitter.
  22. ^ "Our People". First Nations Summit. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
  23. ^ Grant, Wade [@WadeGrant] (May 20, 2019). "My Grandfather, Hong Tim Hing, came to Canada, paid the head tax and married a #firstnations #Musqueam woman, Agnes Grant. Their decision to embrace #multiculturalism strengthened our family. Canada is a better place because of ppl like them. #cdnpoli #bcpoli #reconciliation" (Tweet). Retrieved April 29, 2025 – via Twitter.
  24. ^ Pleshakov, Alexandra Sanya (August 2010). "We Do Not Talk About Our History Here": The Department of Indian Affairs, Musqueam-Settler Relations, and Memory in a Vancouver Neighbourhood (PDF) (MA thesis). University of British Columbia. p. 46. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
  25. ^ "Chief Wayne Sparrow". Musqueam Indian Band. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
  26. ^ Howell, Mike (September 26, 2013). "Musqueam look to the future with eye on the past". Vancouver Is Awesome. Glacier Media. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
  27. ^ Grant, Wade [@WadeGrant] (December 11, 2022). "Thank you @jarmstrongbc for sharing this. My uncle Larry Grant teaching students how to pronounce the name of their school in the Musqueam language. If these kids can do it this easily I am sure you can too. @musqueam @VSB39 @GlobalBC #vanpoli #firstnations #indigenouslanguages" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  28. ^ "All Our Father's Relations". IMDb. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
  29. ^ "All Our Father's Relations Screening". Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies.
  30. ^ "Voter information service". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 19, 2025.
  31. ^ "Election Night Results - Electoral Districts". Elections Canada. April 29, 2025. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
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