Civic election forums in Surrey, White Rock booked months before voting day<\/p>\n
Published 9:30 am Friday, June 12, 2026<\/p>\n
Surrey & White Rock Board of Trade has already booked a series of all-candidate forums well ahead of the civic election this fall.<\/p>\n
Municipal all-candidates meetings in Surrey and White Rock are planned on four dates in September and October, the business organization announced June 12.<\/p>\n
Civic elections will be held across B.C. on Saturday, Oct. 17.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese events will bring together candidates, the business community, and residents for meaningful discussions on issues shaping Surrey\u2019s future,\u201d SWRBOT says.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs two of the fastest growing communities in British Columbia, Surrey and White Rock face important decisions related to business competitiveness, infrastructure development, housing, and public safety. The forums are designed to help voters make informed decisions by providing a platform for open discussion and engagement.\u201d<\/p>\n
Forums in White Rock are Sept. 21 (for council candidates) and Sept. 22 (mayor), 5:30 p.m. start at White Rock Community Centre.<\/p>\n
The Surrey-focused forums are Oct. 6 (council) and Oct. 7 (mayor) at Sheraton Vancouver Guildford Hotel, also 5:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
Candidates interested in participating can email Aman Parmar at aman@swrbot.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n To attend as a spectator, register on swrbot.com\/events<\/a>.<\/p>\n In Surrey, voters will elect one mayor, eight councillors and six school trustees. Nomination packages are available June 15, and the candidate nomination period runs Sept. 1-15. Look for details on surrey.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Civic election forums in Surrey, White Rock booked months before voting day Published 9:30 am Friday, June 12,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":736907,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[49,48,87674],"class_list":["post-737082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-surrey","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-surrey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=737082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737082\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/736907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=737082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=737082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=737082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}