B.C. VOTES: Halford wins Surrey-White Rock for Conservatives again<\/p>\n
Published 9:43 pm Saturday, October 24, 2026<\/p>\n
BC Conservative Party incumbent Trevor Halford has won Surrey-White Rock handily once again \u2013 joining in a blue wave that swept the Conservatives to a majority government on Saturday night (Oct. 24).<\/p>\n
Halford was first elected in this riding in 2020 and won again in 2024 over NDP challenger Darryl Walker, former White Rock mayor. <\/p>\n
This election was a rematch with both running again, Halford winning again.<\/p>\n
Halford wound up with 14,332 votes (58.2%) to Walker\u2019s 7,123 (28.9%).<\/p>\n
Halford did not hesitate to attribute the local result to general dissatisfaction with BC NDP Premier David Eby\u2019s snap election call and his leadership overall, which, he said, was failing the public on serious issues.<\/p>\n
Over the last few weeks, he told supporters gathered at Milestones, South Surrey, some 20,000 B.C. workers lost their jobs.<\/p>\n
\u201cTonight, David Eby lost his job,\u201d he said, to cheers from the crowd.<\/p>\n
He underlined his comments talking to Peace Arch News minutes later.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think people were watching when (Eby) called this snap election; I think they saw it was selfish, and they saw right through it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Other candidates who ran in Surrey-White Rock were Kevin Diakiw (independent), Amanda James (OneBC), Christine Kinnie (BC Green Party), and Waqas Rana (CentreBC).<\/p>\n
Kinnie earned 1,894 votes for the Greens, or 7.7 per cent of the popular vote. <\/p>\n
The other candidates finished well back: James at 585 votes; Rana at 516 votes; and Diakiw at 182 votes.<\/p>\n
Across B.C. on Oct. 24, voters elected 93 MLAs (Members of the Legislative Assembly) including 10 in Surrey-area electoral districts, which was busy with 47 candidates in the 2026 B.C. election.<\/p>\n
Halford joined Surrey South candidate Megan Knight for an election night party at Milestone\u2019s in South Surrey. See more.<\/a><\/p>\n