Surrey votes 2026
Oct. 17Election day
7Mayoral candidates
8Council seats
6School trustees
Surrey First / Daily Hive file
Surrey First says its platform was shaped by community roundtables and more than 55,000 door knocks, with spending proposed for recreation, roads, public safety and neighbourhood infrastructure.
Official candidate portrait / City of Surrey
Candidate analysis
The first-time Surrey First candidate enters the citywide race with legal credentials, community recognition and the support of an organized full slate. Those are meaningful advantages—but not a guarantee.
The ballot
Promises, records and decisions shaping the race.
Housing
Imagine Surrey says it would reopen the door to seven housing projects and seek new powers for an empty-homes tax.
Public safety
Candidates are drawing sharper lines over staffing, costs, extortion response and accountability at city hall.
Voter guide
A field guide to the incumbent, former mayors, sitting councillors and newcomers on the Oct. 17 ballot.
Taxes
The former mayor is again seeking the top job, pairing a tax freeze with new police hiring and capital promises.
Development
A new campaign pitch puts big civic projects beside the daily questions of permits, roads and recreation space.
Incumbent
The incumbent is campaigning on public-safety investment, recreation, roads, housing approvals and fiscal restraint.
Provincial election
Ten local ridings. Forty-seven candidates. A second election one week after Surrey chooses its next council.
October 16–21Advance voting
October 24Final voting day
10 ridingsAcross Surrey
47 candidatesFinal local field
Elections BC finalized nominations on Oct. 3. Surrey voters will see contests from City Centre to White Rock, with housing, health care, schools, transit and public safety cutting across both campaigns.
BC NDP
Conservative Party
BC Green Party
CentreBC
Close to home
Election logistics and the local issues moving each district.
Whalley
Newton
Fleetwood
Guildford
Cloverdale
South Surrey
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Opinion
Surrey’s next council will decide how a fast-growing city pays for safety, mobility and homes. The first civic duty is showing up informed.
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