Nicholas Cartmell wins Surrey-Cloverdale for Conservatives
Published 10:30 pm Monday, October 26, 2026
Nicholas Cartmell cruised to victory in the riding of Surrey-Cloverdale Oct. 24. Cartmell was part of a “blue wave” that swept Surrey seeing all 10 ridings in the city swing Conservative.
Watching the early results come in at his campaign office in Cloverdale, Cartmell was overjoyed when he was declared the winner of the riding.
“It doesn’t feel real yet,” he told the Cloverdale Reporter. “But it’ll settle in and I’ll wake up in the morning and I’ll think about the next things I’m going to do for the riding. But I’m very happy. It’s a great result for Cloverdale.”
Cartmell said he was happy to see B.C. Conservatives leading in so many ridings across B.C. and Surrey.
“The people of Surrey have really spoken here,” he said. “We’ve got some really strong results early and it’s quite clear to me that were going to be blue right across Surrey and British Columbia.”
Cartmell called his campaign “hyper-scaling at a breakneck speed.” It was the first election for both he and his campaign manager, Calvin Rasode. He said they learned a lot as the short campaign ramped up.
“We had a great campaign team come together very quickly in the short three weeks and they delivered,” he said. “They did their jobs, they helped me connect with voters, and here we are today.”
Cartmell was appreciative of Rasode’s hard work and dedication.
“He’s a very smart young man and he’s quite savvy,” Cartmell said. “He knows exactly what we needed to do and just helped me stay focused on hitting those doors and getting out the voters here in Cloverdale.”
The MLA-elect for Surrey-Cloverdale said he was “excited” for both his team and for the new government that will soon be formed.
“I think there’s a lot that we can build right here in B.C.,” Cartmell added. “And Cloverdale has a lot to offer. I can’t wait to start.”
The first thing he said he would do would be to reach out to the many volunteers who helped him on the campaign trail to offer his thanks.
“I’m going to call them tomorrow,” he said. “Then I’m going to get myself recharged and reset for the job ahead. I know that it’s a very important one and I really am humbled by the votes that we received tonight for the residents of Cloverdale.”
According to results on elections.bc.ca—Cartmell (Conservative Party) won with 9,151 votes while Stephen Dooley (B.C. NDP) came in second with 5,846 votes and Pat Pat McCutcheon (BC Green Party) finished third with 1,314 votes. Sargy Chima (CentreBC) came in fourth with 586 votes and Travis Marchenski (OneBC) finished fifth with 543 votes. In total 17,455 votes were cast (with 15 rejected).
Jean-Marc Prevost, B.C. NDP campaign communications rep, did not get back to the Reporter with remarks from Dooley.
Cartmell is “a brand strategist and community sport builder who has spent his career creating moments that matter to people,” says a bio on the Conservative party website. “He and his wife, Leslie, have made Surrey home since 2012.”
Last election, the winner in Surrey-Cloverdale was Elenore Sturko, named leader of CentreBC on Sept. 22 and candidate in Surrey South in 2026. Two years ago Sturko defeated incumbent Mike Starchuk of the B.C. NDP in a close race. Sturko lost her bid to win a seat for CentreBC in Surrey-South by a landslide.