{"id":601994,"date":"2026-04-13T21:11:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T21:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/601994\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T21:11:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T21:11:12","slug":"former-surrey-mayor-doug-mccallum-running-again-for-top-job-bc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/601994\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Surrey mayor Doug McCallum running again for top job &#8211; BC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>Former Surrey mayor <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/doug-mccallum\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Doug McCallum<\/a> is once again running for the top job in the city.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The 81-year-old announced his re-election bid on Monday morning as the leader of the Safe Surrey Coalition.<\/p>\n<p>He touted his accomplishments as including the Surrey-Langley SkyTrain and the transition from the RCMP to the Surrey Police Service.<\/p>\n<p>McCallum said his campaign promises include no property tax increase for four years, extending the SkyTrain line to Newton and a major boost to the Surrey police.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are going to put more boots on the ground, more resources, we are taking on the organized crime and extortion directly because Surrey families deserve to walk their streets without fear, full stop,\u201d McCallum said.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767930311_275_national.jpg\" alt=\"Get breaking Canada news delivered to your inbox as it happens so you won't miss a trending story.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet breaking National news<\/p>\n<p>Get breaking Canada news delivered to your inbox as it happens so you won&#8217;t miss a trending story.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd within the first 90 days of taking office, we are purchasing a helicopter for the Surrey Police Service.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Former Surrey mayor Doug McCallum pleased with province\u2019s push for city to ditch RCMP'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0719_MCCALLUM_REAX.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t0:45<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFormer Surrey mayor Doug McCallum pleased with province\u2019s push for city to ditch RCMP\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>McCallum served as the mayor of Surrey from 1996 to 2005 and again from 2018 to 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Politics<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, he was <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9294587\/doug-mccallum-acquitted-public-mischief\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">found not guilty<\/a> of public mischief following an investigation and trial into whether he intentionally misled police to trigger an investigation of a political opponent.<\/p>\n<p>McCallum alleged Debi Johnstone, a member of the group\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/keep-the-rcmp-in-surrey\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Keep the RCMP in Surrey<\/a>, had run over his foot outside the Southpoint Save-On-Foods on Sept. 4, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Voters in B.C. go to the polls on Oct. 17.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Former Surrey mayor acquitted on charge of public mischief'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/WEB_MCCALLUM.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2:29<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFormer Surrey mayor acquitted on charge of public mischief\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2026 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Descrease article font size Increase article font size Former Surrey mayor Doug McCallum is once again running 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