BC NDP candidate for MLA in Delta North, and president of the BC Professional Fire Fighters' Association.
Todd Schierling is the BC NDP candidate in Delta North, where the sitting MLA, Ravi Kahlon, is not on the 2026 candidate list. He is president of the BC Professional Fire Fighters' Association and a fire captain with Surrey Fire Service. He has not held elected office. His one public campaign statement found so far says he wants to stand up for Canadian jobs during the US trade dispute.
A researched record of Todd Schierling's 2026 candidacy in Delta North and of his public work as president of the BC Professional Fire Fighters' Association. voche.me found no elected office in his record, so it found no voting record to review.
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01 / Introduction
About Todd Schierling
Elections BC lists Todd Schierling as the BC NDP candidate in Delta North. The BC NDP announced him as its candidate on September 26, 2026, according to the North Delta Reporter. The paper reports that the outgoing MLA, Ravi Kahlon, endorsed him in a social media post.
Kahlon won Delta North in 2024 for the BC NDP with 10,988 votes (52.73 percent), according to Elections BC's statement of votes. Todd Schierling was not a candidate in 2024.
BC's Municipal Pension Plan lists him as a trustee on its board, appointed by the BC Professional Fire Fighters' Association and the BC Police Association. Its profile says he became president of the fire fighters' association in June 2023, after serving as its secretary-treasurer from 2016 to 2023, and that he has worked for Surrey Fire Service since 1996 as a captain. The association's report on its June 2025 convention says he was acclaimed as president again.
The association's own page about him says he has been a field service representative for the International Association of Fire Fighters since 2018, and that in 2025 that union named him to a national advisory group on firefighter cancer research. His campaign page and the association both say he helped start a girls' high school basketball tournament in Surrey in 2001 that has given more than $125,000 in bursaries. voche.me has not checked these claims with the bodies named.
As association president he has spoken in support of wider workers' compensation coverage for firefighters with cancer, in a 2024 BC NDP campaign release and in a March 2026 provincial government release.
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.
1 commitments shown · Checked Sep 30
2026 · EconomyCampaign pledge
Stand up for Canadian jobs
Said in the party release announcing his candidacy that the US trade dispute is putting pressure on families and workers in Delta, and that Canadian jobs need to be protected, along with public services and investment in local communities.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The words are from a BC NDP release quoted by the North Delta Reporter and the Delta Optimist. voche.me could not open the release itself. The statement names no program, no number of jobs, no cost and no date.
What still needs checking
Which provincial measures would he support to protect jobs in Delta North, and at what cost?
His past roles come from the Municipal Pension Plan, the provincial lobbyists registry and his own association. The dated actions below are association work and a government decision, and they earn no score.
Announced by the Province; the release says the changes take effect once cabinet approves them
Province adds eight cancers to firefighter coverage
The Ministry of Labour announced that eight cancers would be added to the workers' compensation list for firefighters, and that the work period needed for esophageal cancer would fall from 20 years to 15. The release quotes him as association president welcoming the change.
Scope, limits and sources
This is a government decision. The release quotes him as an advocate, and the lobbyists registry lists him as the senior officer of the association that lobbied for more cancers on the list. A union role is no public office, so this entry earns no score.
The association's media advisory lists MPs, MLAs and city councillors taking part in firefighting training scenarios in Vancouver, and quotes him as its president and media contact.
Scope, limits and sources
The advisory announces the event before it happened. No report of the day itself was read, and organizing an event earns no score.
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Statement
Statement on his candidacy
In the party release announcing him, quoted by two local papers, he named the US trade dispute as his reason for running and said he has served the community for nearly 30 years.
Quoted by the IAFF after the 2024 election. He said all three main parties had shown support for firefighter issues, and the article says the association endorsed no party.
Quoted in a 2024 BC NDP release on cancer coverage
As association president, he welcomed the BC NDP's 2024 promise to cover all cancer types for firefighters. This was before his own candidacy and is not counted as a 2026 commitment.
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
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Reporting
North Delta Reporter · James Smith
Kahlon passes Delta North to the fire fighters' president
Reports his nomination, his background from the party's biography, Ravi Kahlon's endorsement and the other Delta North candidates known at the time.
Sources checked September 30, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
BC Professional Fire Fighters' Association · September 13, 2026
The BC NDP release of September 26, 2026 that announced him could not be found on the party's site, so his statement is taken from the North Delta Reporter and the Delta Optimist, which quote it. His campaign page and the party's team page hold no commitments. His Facebook page and Instagram account could not be read without signing in, so no post from them is used. Search results also name an X account, @ToddSchierling, which returned a not-found page on 2026-09-30. LinkedIn profiles under his name were not read, because LinkedIn needs a sign-in. His work at Surrey Fire Service, his IAFF roles, his 2025 appointment to a national cancer research group and his medals and awards are stated by his association and his campaign; voche.me has not checked them with Surrey, the IAFF, McMaster University or the bodies that gave the awards. His plans for housing, health care, schools, transit, climate, reconciliation and the provincial budget, any all-candidates meeting in Delta North in 2026, campaign finances and endorsements beyond Ravi Kahlon's were not found on this date.
Research status
What voche.me has checked
Evidence reviewed on 2026-09-30: the Elections BC candidate list and key dates page, the 2024 statement of votes, the BC NDP campaign page, the party's team, release and platform pages, the Municipal Pension Plan trustee profile, the BC Lobbyists Registry, pages of the BC Professional Fire Fighters' Association, a provincial government release, an International Association of Fire Fighters article, and reporting from the North Delta Reporter and the Delta Optimist.
voche.me found no elected office in his record, so it found no voting record. One campaign statement was found, quoted from a party release. His Facebook and Instagram posts could not be read without signing in. An empty section records what voche.me did not find on this date.
03 / Background
Experience & community
June 2023 to present
President, BC Professional Fire Fighters' Association
Acclaimed president in June 2023, according to the Municipal Pension Plan, and acclaimed again at the association's June 2025 convention, according to the association.
Appointed by the BC Professional Fire Fighters' Association and the BC Police Association, according to the plan. The association says he was appointed in 2023.
Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
What would you do as MLA to protect jobs in Delta North from US tariffs, and how would it be paid for?
No response has been submitted.
Which provincial services in Delta North do you most want to protect or expand, and with what budget?
No response has been submitted.
How would you separate your work as MLA from your role as president of the BC Professional Fire Fighters' Association?
No response has been submitted.
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05 / About this page
Questions about this page
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Is this an official page for Todd Schierling?
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Todd Schierling's own campaign.
What party is Todd Schierling running with?
Todd Schierling is running for MLA with BC NDP.
Does Todd Schierling currently hold public office?
Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Todd Schierling.
How many sources does this Todd Schierling profile cite?
This profile lists 7 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Why do some questions on Todd Schierling's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Todd Schierling 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 Todd Schierling 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.
