Surrey-White Rock MLA since 2020 and former interim Opposition leader, running again for the Conservative Party of BC.
Trevor Halford led the Official Opposition from December 2025 to June 2026. In the legislature in 2026 he introduced a bill to repeal DRIPA, moved to delay the freedom of information bill, and pressed the government on maternity closures at Peace Arch Hospital. He was removed from the Conservative caucus on September 18, 2026 and readmitted three days later.
A researched record of Trevor Halford’s 18 commitments, 14 dated actions and 9 public statements, with 9 news items. Most come from the legislature record of 2026 and from Conservative caucus releases that quote him.
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01 / Introduction
About Trevor Halford
Trevor Halford is the Conservative Party of BC candidate in Surrey-White Rock on Elections BC’s list for the general election of October 24, 2026.
He won Surrey-White Rock in 2020 for the BC Liberal Party with 10,718 votes, 39.51% of the valid vote, and again in 2024 for the Conservative Party with 14,667 votes, 52.31%, according to the Elections BC statements of votes. The Peace Arch News reported in September 2024 that he left BC United to run for the Conservatives.
In December 2025 he became interim leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Official Opposition after John Rustad resigned, CBC News reports. Kerry-Lynne Findlay won the party leadership on May 30, 2026 and named Heather Maahs to lead the Opposition on June 30, 2026. Findlay’s shadow cabinet named Halford critic for transit and ICBC.
On September 18, 2026 Findlay removed him from the caucus. After she resigned, interim leader Lorne Doerkson readmitted him on September 21, 2026.
The party’s candidate page says he was born and raised in the district and graduated from Elgin Park Secondary and Trinity Western University. Those are the party’s own statements.
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 · GovernanceNot established
Repeal the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act
On April 22, 2026 Halford introduced a bill, the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Repeal Act, to repeal the provincial law known as DRIPA. He said the law had cast doubt on private property and had been used to strike down provincial laws.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The House voted against first reading, 44 votes to 47, so the bill was never debated. The vote index records Halford voting for it. He gave no cost or date for a repeal after the election.
What still needs checking
Does he or his party bring the repeal bill back after the election?
In question period on April 22, 2026 Halford asked the Attorney General to table the list of more than 20 court cases the Premier had said were affected by DRIPA. A caucus release of May 28, 2026 quotes him asking for the full list.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A demand for disclosure. It names no deadline and no instrument he would use.
A caucus release of February 24, 2026 quotes Halford calling on the government to reverse its Budget 2026 decision to close the Office of the Merit Commissioner, which checks that public service hiring is based on merit. He asked the same in question period that day.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The release gives the office’s total budget as $1.7 million. He gives no date and names no bill he would bring.
Delay the freedom of information bill (Bill 9) by six months
On May 5, 2026 Halford moved a hoist motion: an amendment that would delay second reading of Bill 9, the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2026, by six months. He said the bill adds undefined grounds to refuse requests and a new fee.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The House voted down the amendment, 42 votes to 48, in the early morning of May 7, 2026. The vote index records Halford voting for it and against second and third reading of the bill.
What still needs checking
Would a Conservative government change the freedom of information law again, and how?
Halford asked the government in question period on February 19 and May 27, 2026 why the maternity unit at Peace Arch Hospital in his district kept closing, and asked the Health Minister to guarantee no more closures. A caucus release of January 22, 2026 quotes him calling it a pattern of neglect.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A position. He names no measure, number of doctors, cost or date of his own.
In his budget speech on February 26, 2026 Halford said the health care system has failed people across the province and named emergency room closures and hallway beds.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A statement of approach. It names no measure, cost or date.
What still needs checking
Does the Conservative platform name health measures he supports?
A caucus release of February 3, 2026 quotes Halford saying an advisory group on extortion would not stop the crimes and that criminals need to be in jail.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A position. It names no provincial measure, cost or number of officers.
End the drug decriminalization pilot and focus on treatment
A caucus release of January 7, 2026 quotes Halford saying the drug decriminalization pilot did not work and calling for a path focused on treatment, recovery and public safety.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A position. No measure, cost or date. The vote index records him voting for first reading of Bill M235, the Drug Recovery and Community Safety Act, on March 5, 2026; the bill’s content was not read by voche.me.
What still needs checking
Does the party platform give a treatment plan with numbers?
No sales tax on security services for small business
In question period on March 11, 2026 and in the Premier’s Office estimates on May 28, 2026 Halford opposed applying provincial sales tax to the security services that small businesses hire.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A position against a tax. He gives no cost of removing it and no date.
What still needs checking
Would a Conservative government remove the tax, and when?
After a Moody’s downgrade, a caucus release of March 19, 2026 quotes Halford asking the government to bring a new budget. In a release of May 28, 2026 he says the government has no plan to balance the books.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A position. He gives no target year for balance and no spending figure of his own. The release says Conservatives have a plan, which voche.me did not find published.
What still needs checking
Does the Conservative platform give a year to balance the budget?
In question period on May 19, 2026 Halford asked the Premier to support a proposed oil pipeline to the coast and work with the other governments on it.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A position. The project needs federal approval. He names no provincial measure, cost or date.
A caucus release of June 30, 2026 quotes Halford asking the government to let bars and restaurants apply for a temporary licence to serve alcohol before morning World Cup games.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The release names the licence but no date or cost.
What still needs checking
This request was tied to the 2026 tournament and has passed.
In question period on March 9, 2026 Halford criticized a $1.4 billion cut to the community housing fund and its effect on a non-profit housing project for adults with developmental disabilities.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A position against the cut. He did not say he would restore the money or name a figure of his own.
What still needs checking
Does the Conservative platform say what it would do with the fund?
Support Bill M237 for people with catastrophic crash injuries
As Shadow Minister for ICBC, Halford is quoted in a caucus release of July 28, 2026 backing Bill M237, a bill from MLA Sheldon Clare that would give people with catastrophic crash injuries more time to claim benefits and count the loss of one limb as catastrophic.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The bill belongs to another member. Halford gives no cost or date. The vote index records him voting on April 22, 2026 against sending the bill to a committee.
In question period on February 18 and May 28, 2026 Halford opposed the end of individualized funding for children with autism and said his side would keep it.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Support for children with support needs falls outside the eleven scored provincial issues on this site, so it is listed without a score. He gives no cost.
What still needs checking
Does the Conservative platform commit to individualized funding?
The vote index records Halford voting for an amendment at second reading and then nay at second and third reading of the bill that puts the K’ómoks treaty into law.
Scope, limits and sources
He did not speak in the debate, according to the speech index.
Amendment defeated; bill later passed third reading
Moved and voted for the six-month delay of Bill 9
Halford moved the hoist amendment on May 5. In the sitting of May 6, which ran past 3 a.m., the House defeated it 42 to 48, and the vote index records him voting for it and against second reading.
Scope, limits and sources
The vote index records him voting nay at third reading on May 28, 2026.
The vote index records Halford voting nay on Motion 15, which sent the crash injury bill to the committee that reviews the auto insurance law. The motion passed 49 to 42.
Scope, limits and sources
A caucus release later says the committee step delayed help for injured people.
Voted for first reading of the Human Rights Code Repeal Act
The vote index records Halford voting yea at first reading. In debate on March 12, 2026 he said he supports human rights and that, as interim leader, he had chosen to vote yes on first readings.
Scope, limits and sources
A first reading vote lets a bill be printed; Halford described his yes vote that way in the House.
Halford led the Conservative caucus and the Official Opposition from December 2025 until June 30, 2026, CBC News reports. He also served as interim party leader until Kerry-Lynne Findlay won the leadership on May 30, 2026, according to Global News.
Questioned the Premier on staff pay, the sales tax on security services, gynecological cancer specialists in Fraser Health and the Burnaby Hospital project.
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.
Campaign dispute
Removed from the Conservative caucus, then readmitted
Party leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay said on September 18, 2026 that Halford, John Rustad and Claire Rattée would no longer be members of the Conservative caucus. Her statement said there was no room for internal power struggles and named no specific act by any of the three. The Speaker’s office was notified the same day, according to the Surrey Now-Leader.
Candidate or party response
Halford said he was not going anywhere and still planned to run in Surrey-White Rock, the Surrey Now-Leader reported.
Verified status and limits
Findlay resigned as leader on September 20, 2026. On September 21 interim leader Lorne Doerkson told the Speaker that Halford had been readmitted to the caucus, according to the caucus statement and CBC News. Elections BC lists him as the Conservative Party candidate.
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Reporting
Peace Arch News
Peace Arch Hospital maternity unit closes for the 11th 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.
No campaign website of his own was found; his link page on Linktree points to the party page. His X, Facebook and Instagram posts could not be read, because they show a sign-in page. The Conservative platform was not yet published on 2026-09-30, so no party measure is tied to him. The Premier’s Office estimates debates of May 27 and 28, 2026 were read for his questions, not line by line. Votes come from the vote index; most vote transcripts were not opened, so the text of Motion M203 and Bill M235 was not read. His speeches in the 2025 sessions and earlier were not read. His work before 2020, as a political staff member and at a pipeline company, rests on reporting that was not opened, so it is left out. The reason Kerry-Lynne Findlay removed him from caucus is not stated in her statement, and no source opened by voche.me quotes a reason from either side. The party candidate page labels him "Interim Conservative Party Leader"; reporting shows he held that role until May 30, 2026, so the label is out of date. No all-candidates meeting for Surrey-White Rock was found. Elections BC listed no other candidate in the district on 2026-09-30, and nominations close on October 3. 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 the 2020 and 2024 statements of votes, the legislature’s 2026 speech and vote indexes, 34 transcripts from 2026 where he spoke, 23 Conservative caucus releases that quote or name him, his party candidate page, and reporting from CBC News, Global News, the Surrey Now-Leader and the Peace Arch News.
His commitments on this page come from what he said in the legislature and in caucus releases in 2026. He has no campaign website of his own, and the party platform was not yet published. 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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What party is Trevor Halford running with?
Trevor Halford is running for MLA with Conservative Party of BC.
Does Trevor Halford currently hold public office?
Yes. Trevor Halford currently serves as MLA for Surrey-White Rock.
How many sources does this Trevor Halford profile cite?
This profile lists 7 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
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When is the election Trevor Halford 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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