MLA for Surrey City Centre and parliamentary secretary for mental health and addictions, running again for the BC NDP.
Amna Shah won Surrey City Centre for the BC NDP in 2024 by 232 votes over Zeeshan Wahla, who is running against her again. Government records name her Parliamentary Secretary for Mental Health and Addictions from November 2024 and for Anti-Racism Initiatives from July 2025. In 2026 government releases quoted her on new addiction and mental health services in Surrey, and in the legislature she spoke for the 2026 budget, a bill on safe access to places of worship and the K'ómoks treaty.
A researched record of Amna Shah's commitments, recorded votes and public statements from 2026. Most come from the legislature record and government releases that quote her.
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01 / Introduction
About Amna Shah
Amna Shah is the BC NDP candidate in Surrey City Centre on Elections BC's list for the general election of October 24, 2026. On the copy of the list stamped October 1, 2026 at 2:00 p.m., the only other accepted candidate in the district is Zeeshan Wahla of the Conservative Party. Nominations close at 1 p.m. on October 3, 2026.
In 2024 she won Surrey City Centre with 6,726 votes, 46.70% of the valid vote, according to the Elections BC statement of votes. Zeeshan Wahla of the Conservative Party had 6,494 votes, 45.08%, so the margin was 232 votes. The Surrey Now-Leader reported that the first count put the two candidates fewer than 100 votes apart, which led to an automatic recount.
The provincial government's page for parliamentary secretaries says she was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Mental Health and Addictions in November 2024 and Parliamentary Secretary for Anti-Racism Initiatives in July 2025, and that she is the Deputy Government Whip.
In the legislature in 2026 she spoke in favour of the budget bill, a bill on international students, a bill to protect access to places of worship and the K'ómoks Treaty Act. She also presented reports of the legislature's committee on private bills. Government releases in 2026 quote her on new detox beds in Surrey, the expansion of Foundry youth centres, a 60-bed mental health and addiction care building in Surrey, and grants and a helpline against racism.
The same government page says that before 2024 she was Outreach Director with the BC Government Caucus and a past volunteer and director on the board of the Surrey Food Bank. Her campaign page says she worked with the Ministry of Housing on affordable housing. voche.me has not checked these roles with the Surrey Food Bank, the caucus or the ministry. In a 2024 interview with the Surrey Now-Leader she said she came to Surrey from Malaysia as a high school student.
Published positions and selected commitments, separated by election cycle. Status labels describe the evidence reviewed, not a numerical score or a complete audit of the platform. Council approval is different from delivery.
19 commitments shown · Checked Oct 1
2026 · Public servicesIn progress
New 60-bed mental health and addiction care building in Surrey
A government release on September 4, 2026 quotes Shah as construction began on a mental health and addiction care building in Surrey with 60 new beds, including beds for people admitted without their consent under the Mental Health Act. The release gives a budget of up to $57 million and an opening in spring 2028.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The release gives the bed count, the budget and the opening date. It is the government's own account.
What still needs checking
Does the building open in spring 2028 within the $57 million budget?
A government release on January 27, 2026 quotes Shah on bringing Foundry youth mental health and substance use services to Pemberton, West Kelowna, Summerland, 100 Mile House and Port McNeill, with $1.7 million from the Province.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The release gives the five communities and the $1.7 million. It gives no opening date for each site.
Addiction care without stigma through Road to Recovery
A government release on February 4, 2026 quotes Shah on the Road to Recovery model of addiction care in the Fraser Health region, which added 10 detox beds at the Creekside Withdrawal Management Centre in Surrey. She said the expansion will help more people get the support they need.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The 10 beds were already added when the release came out. The release gives no new target or date for more beds.
What still needs checking
How many more detox and treatment beds come to Surrey, and when?
A government release on January 14, 2026 quotes Shah on Access Central, a phone line that connects adults to addiction care, now open in the Fraser Health, Interior Health and Island Health regions.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The release says people who call are assessed within 24 hours. It gives no cost.
What still needs checking
Does Access Central open in the Northern Health region, and when?
In the debate on the budget bill on March 5, 2026, Shah said the government is building the new Surrey hospital and B.C. Cancer centre, a $2.88 billion project with 168 beds for patients and an emergency department.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
She gives the cost and the bed count. She gives no opening date.
Budget money for mental health and addiction treatment
In the same speech Shah said Budget 2026 gives $131 million for mental health and addiction treatment, including 100 new beds for involuntary care in Surrey and Prince George.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
She gives the amount and the bed count. She gives no date for the beds.
In the budget debate on March 5, 2026, Shah said the government is doubling the size of Clayton Heights Secondary, to open in 2029, and adding room for 800 more students at Fleetwood Park Secondary.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
She gives the number of new places at Fleetwood Park and the opening year for Clayton Heights. She gives no cost.
On March 2, 2026 Shah spoke for Bill 7, the Post-Secondary International Education Act. She said it turns the province's quality rules for schools that take international students into law, with inspections and penalties for schools that mislead students.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
She names the bill. She gives no number or date.
What still needs checking
Did Bill 7 pass, and how many schools lose their designation under it?
In the budget debate on March 5, 2026, Shah spoke for the Surrey-Langley SkyTrain extension, 16 kilometres added to the Expo Line, and said the budget supports it.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
She gives the length. She gives no cost or opening date.
Shah spoke for Bill 2, the Budget Measures Implementation Act, on March 5, 2026. She said Budget 2026 gives $37.7 billion over three years for building projects such as schools, hospitals, roads, bridges and transit.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
She gives the total for building projects. She names no measure on taxes or the deficit.
On March 31, 2026 Shah spoke for Bill 13, the Safe Access to Places of Public Worship Act. She said threats and harassment at churches, synagogues, mosques, gurdwaras and temples are rising, and the bill protects people going to worship while keeping the right to peaceful protest.
On February 23, 2026 Shah asked members to support Bill M226, the Motor Vehicle Amendment Act (No. 2), 2025, a private member's bill on reckless driving, and to send questions about it to a committee.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
She supports the bill in principle. She gives no number or date. The vote index records her voting yes at second reading.
On April 23, 2026 Shah spoke for Bill 20, the K'ómoks Treaty Act. She said the treaty came from 30 years of talks, is endorsed by the K'ómoks First Nation, and gives the Nation law-making power over its lands and over areas such as education, child welfare, language and culture.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
She names the bill. The vote index records her voting yes at second and third reading.
Changes to car insurance through the review committee
On April 20 and 27, 2026 Shah spoke on Bill M237, a private member's bill on vehicle insurance. She said car insurance rates in the province are among the lowest in Canada and that the ideas in the bill belong in the legislature's committee that is reviewing the insurance law.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A statement of approach. She names no rate, number or date. The vote index records her voting yes on the motion to send the bill to that committee.
What still needs checking
What does the insurance review committee recommend?
In the debate on Motion M208 on May 25, 2026, Shah spoke against an amendment and for the motion's aim: price rules for private wastewater companies, which serve some rural areas, because no such rules exist today.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A statement of approach on a motion moved by another member. She names no rule, rate or date.
What still needs checking
Does the government bring in price rules for private wastewater companies?
Government releases of April 23 and July 9, 2026 quote Shah on grants of up to $5,000 each to 62 groups that work against racism, and on widening the Racist Incident Helpline to people facing hate because of sexual orientation or gender identity.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The releases give the grant amounts and helpline numbers. Work against racism is outside the eleven issues voche.me scores.
What still needs checking
Is the helpline expansion in place, and what changes to the grants come in fall 2026?
Recorded votes and government programs where an official source names her. A government program is the government's; it is listed here only where the release quotes her.
Under construction; opening expected in spring 2028
Construction starts on Surrey mental health and addiction care building
Construction began on a 60-bed building for people with complex mental health and addiction needs. The government release quotes Shah.
Scope, limits and sources
The opening date is a forecast in the release. The release says the Premier announced the project in July 2026.
Ten medically monitored detox beds were added at the Creekside Withdrawal Management Centre in Surrey. The government release and the North Delta Reporter quote Shah.
Scope, limits and sources
The release is the government's own account. Fraser Health runs the centre.
Voted yes on third reading of the K'ómoks Treaty Act (Bill 20)
The recorded vote index lists Shah voting yes at second reading on May 20 and at third reading on May 28, 2026, and no on an amendment at second reading.
Voted yes on third reading of the freedom of information bill (Bill 9)
The recorded vote index lists Shah voting yes at second and third reading of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2026, yes on two amendments moved by Gibson, and no on an amendment moved by Botterell.
Scope, limits and sources
The index does not describe what each amendment changed.
Voted yes to send Bill M237 to the insurance review committee
The recorded vote index lists Shah voting yes on Motion 15, which sent the vehicle insurance bill to the committee reviewing the Insurance (Vehicle) Act.
Scope, limits and sources
She had argued for this step in debate on April 20.
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Speech
Speech for Bill 7 on international students
Shah said some recruiters mislead international students about programs, costs and jobs, and that the bill turns quality rules into law with inspections and an appeal process.
Shah spoke on the Surrey hospital and cancer centre, the medical school at Simon Fraser University in Surrey, money for mental health and addiction treatment, Surrey schools and the Surrey-Langley SkyTrain.
Shah said faith communities asked for the bill after threats and harassment at places of worship, and asked people who face hate to report it to police.
Between September 23 and 29, 2026 Shah posted on X about the Conservative Party's leadership and said its interim leader, Lorne Doerkson, refused to say what he would cut.
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Reporting
Surrey Now-Leader
Who is running in the Surrey ridings
Describes Surrey City Centre as a rematch of 2024 between Shah and Zeeshan Wahla, and names Raman Sharma of CentreBC as also running.
Reports that Shah hosted a community barbecue at Hawthorne Park that the paper says drew more than 300 people, where residents raised health care, education, housing and transportation.
Sources checked October 1, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
Her campaign page lists no events and no measures of her own, and its Latest page shows party news. Her Instagram and Facebook pages show no readable posts to a direct read, so nothing from them is used. Her X page showed her profile and her posts from September 23 to 29, 2026. The government page and the BC NDP say she was a director on the board of the Surrey Food Bank and Outreach Director with the BC Government Caucus, and her campaign page says she worked with the Ministry of Housing on affordable housing. voche.me has not confirmed these roles with the food bank, the caucus or the ministry. The transcripts were read for her own speeches; the debates around them were not read line by line. Votes are taken from the vote index only, and the bills behind most votes were not read. The legislature's committee pages were not opened, so her role on the private bills committee is described only from the reports she presented. voche.me found no 2026 statement by her on housing supply, jobs or the environment on 2026-10-01. Her record before 2026 was not reviewed. No 2026 all-candidates meeting for Surrey City Centre was found. Campaign finances and endorsements were not reviewed. The questionnaire has not been sent.
Research status
What voche.me has checked
Evidence reviewed on 2026-10-01: the Elections BC candidate list and 2024 statement of votes, the legislature's member data, the 2026 speech and vote indexes, 16 transcripts of 2026 sittings where she spoke, the government's parliamentary secretary page, eight government releases that quote her, her campaign page, the BC NDP platform page and release list, her X page, and reports from the Surrey Now-Leader, the North Delta Reporter and the Indo-Canadian Voice.
Her commitments on this page come from what she said in the legislature and in government releases in 2026. Her campaign page states no measures of its own. Sections with no entry record that voche.me found nothing on this date.
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05 / About this page
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Is this an official page for Amna Shah?
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Amna Shah's own campaign.
What party is Amna Shah running with?
Amna Shah is running for MLA with BC NDP.
Does Amna Shah currently hold public office?
Yes. Amna Shah currently serves as MLA for Surrey City Centre; Parliamentary Secretary for Mental Health and Addictions and for Anti-Racism Initiatives.
How many sources does this Amna Shah profile cite?
This profile lists 5 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Why do some questions on Amna Shah's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Amna Shah in a future interview. They have not been sent yet, so the page says plainly that no answer has been supplied instead of leaving the section blank.
When is the election Amna Shah is running in?
The 2026 British Columbia election, including the MLA race, is decided on October 24, 2026.
06 / Candidate contributions
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