B.C. VOTES: Meet your candidates in Surrey, White Rock<\/p>\n
Published 7:29 am Friday, October 16, 2026<\/p>\n
With a snap provincial election called, Surrey and White Rock voters will again head to the polls just one week after the Oct. 17 civic election.<\/p>\n
The Oct. 24 provincial election will see voters cast ballots for MLA candidates in 10 Surrey and White Rock ridings.<\/p>\n
To help you sort them all out, the Surrey-Now-Leader, Peace Arch News and Cloverdale Reporter provided candidates with questionnaires, giving them all the same word limits and given the same response deadlines. Information in the questionnaires linked below was provided by the candidates.<\/p>\n
Click on a riding name to see all the candidates in that riding.<\/p>\n
SURREY CITY CENTRE<\/a><\/p>\n Four candidates are hoping to win voters\u2019 hearts in Surrey City Centre: Amna Shah (BC NDP), Raman Sharma (CentreBC), Zeeshan Wahla (Conservative Party) and Oliver Wildfong (OneBC).<\/p>\n SURREY CLOVERDALE<\/a><\/p>\n There are five candidates vying for the MLA position in Surrey Cloverdale: Nicholas Cartmell (Conservative Party), Sargy Chima (CentreBC), Stephen Dooley (BC NDP), Travis Marchenski (OneBC) and Pat McCutcheon (BC Green Party).<\/p>\n SURREY FLEETWOOD<\/a><\/p>\n Five candidates are running in Surrey Fleetwood this provincial election: Tim Binnema (BC Green Party), Jagrup Brar (BC NDP), Paul Brar (CentreBC), Carolyn Hofbauer (OneBC), and Garry Purewal (Conservative Party).<\/p>\n SURREY GUILDFORD<\/a><\/p>\n Four candidates are hoping to become provincial MLA in Surrey Guildford: Garry Begg (BC NDP), Jodi Murphy (BC Green Party), Garry Thind (Conservative Party) and James Yaroshuk (Unaffiliated). <\/p>\n SURREY NEWTON<\/a><\/p>\n Three candidates are hoping to become MLA in Surrey Newton: Harj Dhaliwal (Conservative Party), Harman Preet Singh (CentreBC) and Jessie Sunner (BC NDP).<\/p>\n SURREY NORTH<\/a><\/p>\n There are six candidates hoping to be elected as MLA in Surrey North: Jag Bhandari (Unaffiliated), Parm Bhandol (CentreBC), Mandeep Singh Dhaliwal (Conservative Party), Yudhbir Gill (BC Green Party), Tanya Gupta (OneBC) and Sahib Thind (BC NDP).<\/p>\n SURREY PANORAMA<\/a><\/p>\n Four MLA candidates are running in Surrey Panorama: Manav Manro (CentreBC), Nolen Scott (BC Green Party), Jinny Sims (BC NDP) and Bryan Tepper (Conservative Party).<\/p>\n SURREY-SERPENTINE RIVER<\/a><\/p>\n Five MLA hopefuls are running in Surrey-Serpentine River: Judy Higginbotham (CentreBC), Todd Holowchak (OneBC), Sikander Kang (BC NDP), Errol Povah (Freedom Party of BC) and Jessy Sahota (Conservative Party).<\/p>\n