--- title: "Paul Brar: candidate for MLA in Surrey-Fleetwood, BC provincial 2026 | voche.me" canonical_url: "https://voche.me/bc/provincial-2026/candidates/paul-brar" last_updated: "2026-10-10T04:04:50.972Z" meta: description: "Paul Brar is the CentreBC candidate in Surrey-Fleetwood, one of five accepted nominations in the district. Jagrup Brar of the BC NDP won the district in 20..." "og:description": "Paul Brar is the CentreBC candidate in Surrey-Fleetwood, one of five accepted nominations in the district. Jagrup Brar of the BC NDP won the district in 20..." "og:title": "Paul Brar: candidate for MLA in Surrey-Fleetwood, BC provincial 2026" "twitter:description": "Paul Brar is the CentreBC candidate in Surrey-Fleetwood, one of five accepted nominations in the district. Jagrup Brar of the BC NDP won the district in 20..." "twitter:title": "Paul Brar: candidate for MLA in Surrey-Fleetwood, BC provincial 2026" --- ** MLA in Surrey-Fleetwood · BC provincial 2026 # Paul Brar Centre BC candidate for MLA in Surrey-Fleetwood, who the party says has worked in real estate for four decades. Paul Brar is the CentreBC candidate in Surrey-Fleetwood, one of five accepted nominations in the district. Jagrup Brar of the BC NDP won the district in 2024 with 9,923 votes (48.61 percent). CentreBC says Paul Brar came to Canada in 1983, began work as a shingle sawyer in Mission, built a four-decade real estate career and earned a University of British Columbia diploma in Urban Land Economics in 1999. The Indo-Canadian Voice reports that he has been a licensed realtor since 1988. voche.me found no measure from him with a number, a cost or a date on 2026-10-03. Explore the record Public schedule Researched by voche.me · Not a campaign-authored page Centre BC2026 ![Paul Brar, from the CentreBC candidate page.](https://voche.me/bc/provincial-2026/images/candidates/paul-brar-640.webp) *Paul BrarMLAv.* [Image: CentreBC](https://www.centrebc.ca/candidates/paul-brar/) Candidate research / October 3, 2026 A researched record of Paul Brar's candidacy in Surrey-Fleetwood. Elections BC lists him with the affiliation CentreBC. His biography here comes from the party's page about him and from two news reports that repeat it. Neither source quotes a position of his on any subject. **2**News articles **11**Sources Public schedule / Through election day ## Where can you hear Paul Brar? No public appearance by the candidate was confirmed on 2026-10-03. The two voting dates come from Elections BC. Checked October 3, 2026 · All event times are Pacific time. Recheck the organizer before travelling. - [2026 provincial election: key dates](https://elections.bc.ca/2026-provincial-election/)Official record · Elections BC
View every date through Oct 24 1. Oct 9No appearance confirmed 2. Oct 10No appearance confirmed 3. Oct 11No appearance confirmed 4. Oct 12No appearance confirmed 5. Oct 13No appearance confirmed 6. Oct 14No appearance confirmed 7. Oct 15No appearance confirmed 8. Oct 16Voting day 9. Oct 17No appearance confirmed 10. Oct 18No appearance confirmed 11. Oct 19No appearance confirmed 12. Oct 20No appearance confirmed 13. Oct 21No appearance confirmed 14. Oct 22No appearance confirmed 15. Oct 23No appearance confirmed 16. Oct 24Voting day
### Voting dates - Oct 16Advance voting opens - Oct 24Final Voting Day At official British Columbia voting places. These dates apply to every voter and are not candidate appearances. [Find your voting place](https://elections.bc.ca/2026-provincial-election/where-to-vote/) - [2026 provincial election: key dates](https://elections.bc.ca/2026-provincial-election/)Official record · Elections BC 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 Paul Brar Elections BC lists Paul Brar as the CentreBC candidate in Surrey-Fleetwood. On the list stamped October 3, 2026 04:00:07 PM, read after nominations closed at 1 p.m. (Pacific time) that day, the other accepted nominations in the district are Tim Binnema (BC Green Party), Jagrup Brar (BC NDP), Carolyn Hofbauer (OneBC) and Garry Purewal (Conservative Party). Jagrup Brar of the BC NDP won Surrey-Fleetwood in 2024 with 9,923 votes (48.61 percent), according to Elections BC's statement of votes. Avtar Gill of the Conservative Party received 9,170 votes (44.92 percent) and Tim Binnema of the BC Green Party 1,321 (6.47 percent). Turnout was 54.14 percent of 37,753 registered voters. A search of that statement for the name Paul Brar found no match. Jagrup Brar and Paul Brar are two separate candidates on the Elections BC list, and voche.me read no source that links them to each other. CentreBC's page about Paul Brar says he came to Canada in 1983 and began his working life as a shingle sawyer in Mission, BC. It says he built a career in real estate over the four decades that followed and graduated from the University of British Columbia with a diploma in Urban Land Economics in 1999. It says he attended DAV College in Jalandhar and Punjab Agricultural University in Ludhiana before coming to Canada, grew up on a farm, and has volunteered on municipal, provincial and federal campaigns at the grassroots level. The Indo-Canadian Voice reported on 2026-09-24 that CentreBC leader Elenore Sturko announced him as the party's candidate that day. The article says he has lived in Surrey for more than 30 years and has been a licensed realtor since 1988, and it repeats the party's description of his background. The Surrey Now-Leader repeated the realtor and Surrey details on 2026-09-28. These are the party's statements as the outlets carried them. voche.me has not checked them with UBC, the colleges or the body that licenses real estate agents in BC. The party page gives no reason for running and names no measure on any subject. CentreBC's policy page says its Policy Committee is still developing its first policy pillars, so no party platform was available on 2026-10-03. voche.me has not contacted the campaign. Read the sources Promises / Commitments and evidence ## Commitments and the available evidence. 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. 0 commitments shown · Checked Oct 3 No reviewed entries have been added to this section yet. This is a research gap, not a finding about the candidate. City programs / Scope and delivery ## Policies, budgets & programs voche.me found no elected office held by him in the sources read on 2026-10-03, so voche.me found no voting record to review, and no dated public action is listed. No reviewed entries have been added to this section yet. This is a research gap, not a finding about the candidate. Recent appearances / Read and watch ## Talks, interviews & statements Read original statements and reporting, or open the publisher’s video. A summary of a speech is labelled separately from a full recording. No reviewed entries have been added to this section yet. This is a research gap, not a finding about the candidate. Accountability / Findings, disputes and responses ## Controversies & public scrutiny 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. No reviewed entries have been added to this section yet. This is a research gap, not a finding about the candidate. News coverage / Original publishers ## Read the reporting A dated reading list from independent publishers. The headings below are voche.me summaries; follow each link for the original article, context and any corrections. September 24, 2026Reporting Indo-Canadian Voice · Rattan Mall ### CentreBC names Paul Brar candidate for Surrey-Fleetwood Reports that CentreBC leader Elenore Sturko announced him as the party's candidate. It says he has lived in Surrey for more than 30 years and has been a licensed realtor since 1988, quotes Sturko welcoming him, and repeats the party's account of his background. It quotes no words of his own. - [CentreBC names Paul Brar candidate for Surrey-Fleetwood](https://voiceonline.com/centrebc-names-paul-brar-candidate-for-surrey-fleetwood/)Reporting · Indo-Canadian Voice · Rattan Mall September 28, 2026Reporting Surrey Now-Leader ### Who's running in Surrey ridings on Oct. 24 A guide to the Surrey races. Its Surrey-Fleetwood entry names the CentreBC candidate as Paul Brar, a realtor since 1988 and a Surrey resident for more than 30 years, and lists the other candidates for the district. It quotes no words of his own. - [B.C. votes: Who's running in Surrey ridings Oct. 24 and what happened last election](https://surreynowleader.com/2026/09/28/b-c-votes-whos-running-in-surrey-ridings-oct-24-and-what-happened-last-election/)Reporting · Surrey Now-Leader Research / 11 linked sources ## Check the evidence Sources checked October 3, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
Official record 3 sources - Provincial candidate list Elections BC - 2026 provincial election: key dates Elections BC - Statement of Votes, 2024 provincial general election Elections BC
Campaign 5 sources - Paul Brar, CentreBC candidate for Surrey-Fleetwood CentreBC - Our Team page CentreBC - Our Policy page CentreBC - News page CentreBC - Bluesky post welcoming Paul Brar CentreBC · September 24, 2026
Reporting 2 sources - CentreBC names Paul Brar candidate for Surrey-Fleetwood Indo-Canadian Voice · Rattan Mall · September 24, 2026 - B.C. votes: Who's running in Surrey ridings Oct. 24 and what happened last election Surrey Now-Leader · September 28, 2026
Event listing 1 sources - Paul Brar, CentreBC candidate in Surrey-Fleetwood BC Ballot
voche.me found no campaign website of his own, no social media account tied to this candidacy, and no interview or statement from him as a candidate on 2026-10-03. The party page gives no reason for running and names no measure, so his views on housing, health care, the cost of living, public safety, the economy, education, climate, Indigenous reconciliation, transportation and the provincial budget are unknown. voche.me found no 2026 CentreBC election platform on 2026-10-03: the party's policy page says its Policy Committee is still developing its first policy pillars. The party's statements about him are unchecked: his arrival in Canada in 1983, his work as a shingle sawyer, his real estate career, his realtor licence since 1988 (reported by the Indo-Canadian Voice and repeated by the Surrey Now-Leader), his UBC diploma of 1999, his earlier colleges, and his volunteer work. The WebSearch tool had no searches left in this session, so the name search used Google News, the search pages of the Indo-Canadian Voice and the Surrey Now-Leader, and the BC Ballot candidate page. DuckDuckGo and Bing returned no results voche.me could read, and a Facebook search page answered HTTP 404. The domain paulbrar.ca redirects to a page that holds no campaign content, and no page ties it to this candidacy, so it is not used. Results for other people named Brar, including a 2018 radio news item and an earlier Conservative nomination story in the Indo-Canadian Voice, are tied to this candidacy by no page, so they are left out. All-candidates meetings in Surrey-Fleetwood, campaign finances and endorsements were not found on this date. The questionnaire has not been sent. Research status ## What voche.me has checked Evidence reviewed on 2026-10-03: the Elections BC candidate list and key dates page, the 2024 statement of votes, the CentreBC candidate page for Paul Brar and its Our Team, policy and news pages, all 49 party news posts (searched for the names Brar and Fleetwood), the party's 100 newest public Bluesky posts, an Indo-Canadian Voice article, a Surrey Now-Leader article, the BC Ballot candidate page, and name searches in Google News and on the Indo-Canadian Voice and Surrey Now-Leader sites. His biography on this page comes from the party page and from two news reports that repeat it. voche.me found no campaign website of his own, no social media account tied to this candidacy and no interview with him on 2026-10-03. The party's statements about his work and education are unchecked. An empty section records what voche.me did not find on this date. 03 / Background ## Experience & community From 1983 ### Shingle sawyer in Mission, BC The party says he came to Canada in 1983 and began his working life in this job. It names no employer. voche.me has not checked this. [CentreBC candidate page](https://www.centrebc.ca/candidates/paul-brar/) Four decades, to 2026 ### Career in real estate The party says he built a real estate career over four decades. The Indo-Canadian Voice reports that he has been a licensed realtor since 1988, and the Surrey Now-Leader repeats it. Neither names a brokerage. voche.me has not checked the licence with the body that licenses real estate agents in BC. [Indo-Canadian Voice report](https://voiceonline.com/centrebc-names-paul-brar-candidate-for-surrey-fleetwood/) 1999 ### Diploma in Urban Land Economics, University of British Columbia The party says he graduated with this diploma in 1999. voche.me has not checked this with the university. [CentreBC candidate page](https://www.centrebc.ca/candidates/paul-brar/) Dates not given ### Volunteer on municipal, provincial and federal campaigns The party says he volunteered at the grassroots level. It names no campaign, party or year. voche.me has not checked this. [CentreBC candidate page](https://www.centrebc.ca/candidates/paul-brar/) 04 / Questions & answers ## Questions for the candidate Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
What would you ask the provincial government to do first for Surrey-Fleetwood, and by what date? No response has been submitted.
Which provincial measure on housing costs would you support, and what would it cost? No response has been submitted.
What change in health care would you ask for in Surrey-Fleetwood, with a number and a date? No response has been submitted.
### Have your own question? Ask Paul Brar directly. We send it to the campaign, and publish the reply here if we get one. 05 / About this page ## Questions about this page Facts voche.me can state about Paul Brar's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
Is this an official page for Paul Brar? No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Paul Brar's own campaign.
What party is Paul Brar running with? Paul Brar is running for MLA with Centre BC.
Does Paul Brar currently hold public office? Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Paul Brar.
How many sources does this Paul Brar profile cite? This profile lists 6 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Why do some questions on Paul Brar's page show no answer? The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Paul Brar 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 Paul Brar is running in? The 2026 British Columbia election, including the MLA race, is decided on October 24, 2026.
06 / Candidate contributions ## Space for campaign updates ### No campaign updates yet Announcements, event details and messages can be added here, with their source and publication date. No campaign submission has been added. ## Sources & transparency - [Elections BC · provincial candidate list ](https://www.elections.bc.ca/docs/fin/GE-2026-10-24-Candidate-Website-Report.PDF)Checked October 3, 2026 - [Elections BC · 2024 statement of votes ](https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/statement-of-votes-2024-provincial-election.pdf)Checked October 3, 2026 - [CentreBC · Paul Brar candidate page ](https://www.centrebc.ca/candidates/paul-brar/)Checked October 3, 2026 - [Indo-Canadian Voice · CentreBC names Paul Brar candidate for Surrey-Fleetwood ](https://voiceonline.com/centrebc-names-paul-brar-candidate-for-surrey-fleetwood/)Checked October 3, 2026 - [Surrey Now-Leader · B.C. votes: Who's running in Surrey ridings Oct. 24 and what happened last election ](https://surreynowleader.com/2026/09/28/b-c-votes-whos-running-in-surrey-ridings-oct-24-and-what-happened-last-election/)Checked October 3, 2026 - [CentreBC · Bluesky post welcoming Paul Brar ](https://bsky.app/profile/centrebc.ca/post/3mwccgkjvls2b)Checked October 3, 2026 Missing information does not imply a candidate’s position. [Read our editorial standards.](https://voche.me/bc/provincial-2026/about) Campaign contact ## Campaign links & contact. Find the candidate’s website, social accounts and contact information. [Party candidate page](https://www.centrebc.ca/candidates/paul-brar/) [CentreBC Bluesky post welcoming him](https://bsky.app/profile/centrebc.ca/post/3mwccgkjvls2b) ## View more candidates. [All candidate spaces ](https://voche.me/bc/provincial-2026/candidates) [MLA**A'aliya Warbus**](https://voche.me/bc/provincial-2026/candidates/a-aliya-warbus) [MLA**Abraham Nordine**](https://voche.me/bc/provincial-2026/candidates/abraham-nordine) Candidate Q&A ## Ask Paul Brar a question. Give your name, email and question. We send it to the campaign, and publish their answer here if we get one. ## Sitemap See the full [sitemap](/bc/provincial-2026/sitemap.md) for all pages.