Wade Grant

Howard Wade Grant is a Musqueam and Canadian politician. A member of the Liberal Party, he has represented Vancouver Quadra in the House of Commons since the 2025 federal election, and previously served as a Musqueam Indian Band councillor from 2004 to 2014.

Grant studied political science at the University of British Columbia, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 2002.

Grant served as a Musqueam Indian Band councillor from 2004 to 2014, and on the Vancouver Police Board from 2010 to 2014.From 2014 to 2017, he served as a special advisor on aboriginal issues to Christy Clark, the premier of British Columbia. He ran for Vancouver City Council in the 2018 municipal election and lost, coming in 29th place with 15,422 votes.

Since 2019, he has served as an Intergovernmental Affairs Officer for the Musqueam Indian Band. In June 2019, Grant was elected to the First Nations Health Council, and since 2021 he has served as its chair. 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.”

With incumbent Liberal Vancouver Quadra Member of Parliament Joyce Murray declining to seek re-election, Grant was nominated as the riding’s Liberal candidate in March 2025. 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. He was elected MP, receiving 63.1% of the vote.