Conservative MLA for Surrey-Panorama and former RCMP officer, running again.
Bryan Tepper won Surrey-Panorama for the Conservatives in 2024 by 263 votes. In the legislature in 2026 he spoke most about police in Surrey, extortion crime, the budget and freedom of information.
A researched record of Bryan Tepper's 18 commitments, 11 recorded votes and 11 public statements, with 4 news items. Most come from what he said in the legislature in 2026.
On dates without a confirmed appearance the public schedule is unknown; the candidate may still have activities that day. This static page changes only when its research is updated.
01 / Introduction
About Bryan Tepper
Bryan Tepper is the Conservative Party of BC candidate in Surrey-Panorama on Elections BC's list for the general election of October 24, 2026. He won the district in 2024 with 8,735 votes, 49.60% of the valid vote, ahead of the sitting BC NDP member Jinny Sims with 8,472, according to the Elections BC statement of votes. The BC NDP has named Sims again for 2026, the Surrey Now-Leader reports.
He told the legislature in May 2026 that he served in the RCMP in Williams Lake and Surrey and retired as a sergeant in Surrey. The party and caucus pages say he was treasurer of the Mounted Police Professional Association of Canada during its court case on the right of RCMP members to form an association. These are his own and his party's statements.
In the legislature in 2026 he asked questions about police staffing in Surrey, the Surrey Police Service transition in Cloverdale, extortion crime and the PST on security services. He spoke against the budget and Bill 9 on freedom of information, and spoke on bills about civil forfeiture, supportive housing and access zones near schools and places of worship.
Caucus releases from July 2026 call him Shadow Minister for Solicitor General and Emergency Response. A caucus release of October 1, 2025 named him critic for post-secondary education.
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.
18 commitments shown · Checked Sep 30
2026 · Public safetyCampaign pledge
Pay for a police academy in Surrey
In his budget speech on February 24, 2026, Tepper said the government should fund a Surrey police academy to fix the shortage of officers. In the estimates debate on May 7, 2026, he asked why Surrey is not allowed to train its own officers.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He gives no cost, number of officers or start date.
What still needs checking
Does any budget or ministry decision allow or pay for a Surrey police academy?
Pause the Surrey Police Service takeover of Cloverdale
In the budget speech and in question period on February 25, 2026, Tepper asked the government to pause the move of policing in Cloverdale to the Surrey Police Service until it has enough officers.
Evidence & next checks
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He names no date and no number of officers that would end the pause. The minister answered that the transition had been judged safe.
What still needs checking
Did the Cloverdale transition go ahead on the planned date?
Let police lay charges directly in extortion cases
In a September 2025 release quoted by the Surrey Now-Leader, Tepper said B.C. should use Ontario's system, where police can lay charges directly, for extortion cases.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He gives no date, cost or number of cases. The release itself was not found on the party or caucus site on 2026-09-30.
What still needs checking
Does the Province change how charges are approved in extortion cases?
Pay for the civil forfeiture office from core government funds
In the Bill 8 debate on March 3, 2026, Tepper said the civil forfeiture office should be paid from core government funding, as the Cullen commission recommended, instead of from the assets it seizes.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He names where the money would come from and when he wants the change. He gives no dollar figure.
Independent board and public reports for civil forfeiture grants
In the same debate, Tepper asked for amendments: an independent board to approve larger grants paid from seized assets, and a public report of every grant within 90 days of each fiscal year.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He gives no cost and no size of grant that the board would review.
Oppose the changes to freedom of information law in Bill 9
In the Bill 9 debate on April 20 and 21, 2026, Tepper asked members to reject the bill. He objected to new grounds for refusing requests, a fee for some records, and rules that apply to requests already filed.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He states a position against the bill. He proposes no change of his own with a number or date.
In question period on April 16, 2026, Tepper asked why the government is adding PST to security services that businesses hire. In the Bill 13 debate on March 31, 2026, he asked for an end to taxing that security.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He gives no cost to the budget and no date.
What still needs checking
Does the Province remove PST from security services?
Recruit more health workers and train more in B.C.
The party's candidate page and the caucus page say his priorities include recruiting more health care workers and expanding training in the province. These are the party's and caucus's descriptions of him.
In the Bill 11 debate on April 2, 2026, Tepper said the government should fund treatment beds. In his budget speech he said it costs less to keep people out of addiction.
Staffing and fire safety rules for supportive housing
In the Bill 11 debate on April 1 and 2, 2026, Tepper said the bill should require 24-hour staffing, fire safety work on buildings and addiction services in supportive housing.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He gives no staff numbers, cost or date.
What still needs checking
Do the regulations under Bill 11 set staffing rules?
In the Bill 12 debate on March 30, 2026, Tepper said he would send the bill to committee and asked for changes there, including room for peaceful protest by parents, before extending the law on safe access to schools.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He gives no date or number. He voted for the bill at third reading, according to the vote index.
What still needs checking
What did the final act say about protests near schools?
Go back to a bridge to replace the George Massey Tunnel
In his budget speech, Tepper said the government should have kept the bridge plan to replace the George Massey Tunnel, and asked it to build something.
In the Bill 9 debate on April 21, 2026, Tepper said the public should see negotiations about public land. He named the Haida title agreement and the Land Act changes as examples.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He proposes no specific rule, number or date.
What still needs checking
Does he propose a specific rule during the campaign?
Party promise for Surrey: affordability, safety and health care
The party's Surrey release of September 29, 2026 lists Tepper among its candidates and says they will make life affordable, restore safety to Surrey's streets and fix health care.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is party text. It names no measure, number or date.
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Speech
Budget debate speech
Tepper spoke against the 2026 budget: the deficit and debt, new PST items, the seniors' property tax deferral rate, addiction care, police in Surrey and the George Massey Tunnel.
Questions in the Public Safety and Solicitor General estimates
Tepper asked about the number of provincial RCMP officers, Surrey Police Service hiring and training, people with deportation orders, police helicopters and corrections staffing.
Records are labelled by type, including official findings, civil proceedings and political disputes where applicable. Each entry identifies the response found in the sources and the latest status verified for this page.
Policy dispute
Introduction of a YouTuber in the legislature
On March 5, 2025, Tepper introduced a YouTuber known as mistersunshinebaby in the legislature and called him a Canadian patriot. In question period that day, Mike Farnworth asked the Leader of the Opposition whether this was appropriate and read a post by the YouTuber that called Ontario Premier Doug Ford a "fat pig".
Candidate or party response
The transcript holds no reply from Tepper. Question period ended after the question.
Verified status and limits
A dispute between members in the legislature. voche.me found no ruling or official finding.
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Reporting
Surrey Now-Leader · Tom Zytaruk
Surrey reward fund and the call to change charge approval
Quotes Tepper and Mandeep Dhaliwal asking the Premier to let police lay charges in extortion cases.
Sources checked September 30, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
No campaign website was found. bryantepper.ca shows a parked page with no content. His X and Instagram accounts and his Facebook page could not be read without signing in, so no post is used; their profile lines call him a former MLA. The party's candidate page labels him "Interim Conservative Party Leader". News reports name Lorne Doerkson as leader, so voche.me does not repeat that label. His RCMP career, his rank, and his role as treasurer of the Mounted Police Professional Association of Canada come from his own words in the legislature and from party and caucus pages. voche.me has not checked them with the RCMP or the association. The September 2025 release on charge approval was read only as quoted by the Surrey Now-Leader. A Peace Arch News report on the same call did not load. An Indo-Canadian Voice report from March 2025 says the BC NDP said he shared other political content online; voche.me did not find that claim in the official record and left it out. A March 2026 reader letter in the Surrey Now-Leader is opinion and is not used. Votes are taken from the 2026 vote index; the transcripts of those votes were not opened. His 2025 speeches were read only through the 2025 index, except for March 5, 2025. No all-candidates meeting in Surrey-Panorama was found on this date. The Conservative platform page says the platform is coming and does not name him. No commitment on climate 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 2026-09-30: the Elections BC candidate list and 2024 statement of votes, the legislature's 2026 speech and vote indexes, 18 transcripts from 2026 where he spoke, one transcript from 2025, the party candidate and platform pages, caucus releases, and news reports from 2025 and 2026.
His commitments on this page come mostly from what he said in the legislature in 2026. No campaign website of his own was found. 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 Bryan Tepper?
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Bryan Tepper's own campaign.
What party is Bryan Tepper running with?
Bryan Tepper is running for MLA with Conservative Party of BC.
Does Bryan Tepper currently hold public office?
Yes. Bryan Tepper currently serves as MLA for Surrey-Panorama.
How many sources does this Bryan Tepper profile cite?
This profile lists 4 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Why do some questions on Bryan Tepper's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Bryan Tepper 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 Bryan Tepper 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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