Conservative Party of BC candidate for MLA in Surrey City Centre, where he lost by 232 votes in 2024.
Zeeshan Wahla is the Conservative Party of BC candidate in Surrey City Centre. He ran in the same district in 2024 and finished second to Amna Shah of the BC NDP, with 6,494 votes (45.08 percent) to 6,726 (46.70 percent). The party says he is a professional engineer who runs his own consulting firm. voche.me found no elected office in his record on 2026-09-30. In 2026 he has written that his party will repeal SOGI (sexual orientation and gender identity), and he has spoken in favour of treatment centres in place of supportive housing. Elections BC ordered him to pay a $250 penalty in 2025 over a 2024 newspaper advertisement.
A researched record of Zeeshan Wahla's two runs for MLA in Surrey City Centre. His own 2026 statements cover schools, supportive housing and addiction treatment, and the cost of living. The rest of the commitments are the party's or come from his 2024 campaign.
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01 / Introduction
About Zeeshan Wahla
Elections BC lists Zeeshan Wahla as the Conservative Party candidate in Surrey City Centre. The Surrey Now-Leader reports that Amna Shah of the BC NDP, who won the district in 2024, and Raman Sharma of CentreBC are also running. Nominations close at 1 p.m. on October 3, 2026.
He ran in Surrey City Centre in the 2024 election. Elections BC's statement of votes shows he received 6,494 votes (45.08 percent). Amna Shah won with 6,726 votes (46.70 percent), a margin of 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 party says he is a Professional Engineer and small business owner who runs his own engineering consulting firm, is registered in four provinces, came to British Columbia as an immigrant in 2007 and has lived in Surrey since then. voche.me has not checked his registration with an engineering regulator.
At a rally in White Rock on January 5, 2026 he spoke in favour of treatment centres in place of supportive housing, according to the Surrey Now-Leader. On September 26 he criticized the Premier on X for calling an early election. On September 27 he wrote on X that his party will repeal SOGI, which stands for sexual orientation and gender identity.
On October 7, 2025, Elections BC found that a newspaper advertisement for his 2024 campaign ran without the statement that must name a candidate's financial agent, and ordered him to pay $250. The notice says the investigation found no deliberate attempt to avoid the rule.
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.
20 commitments shown · Checked Sep 30
2026 · EducationCampaign pledge
Repeal SOGI
On September 27, 2026 he wrote on X that his party will repeal SOGI. SOGI stands for sexual orientation and gender identity. His post shared a Sitka Media post about party leader Lorne Doerkson's plan to repeal SOGI. Doerkson said in Surrey that day that SOGI needs to be repealed in schools, according to the Surrey Now-Leader.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
His post is one sentence. It names no rule or program that would change, no cost and no date. X shows the post under September 28, in its own time zone.
What still needs checking
Which school rule or program would the party change, and when?
The Indo-Canadian Voice reported on September 24, 2026 that he wants political bias and ideology removed from the BC school curriculum at once.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The sentence is the newspaper's description of his view, and the newspaper does not quote him on it. The same wording appears in his 2024 campaign biography, as copied by VoteMate. It names no part of the curriculum, no cost and no date.
What still needs checking
Which parts of the curriculum does he mean, and how would they change?
At a rally in White Rock on January 5, 2026, he said the focus should be on recovery or treatment centres in place of supportive housing, the Surrey Now-Leader reports. He also said the people he had spoken with are against drug decriminalization.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The wording is the reporter's account of his speech. He named no number of centres, no cost and no date. The rally took place before the election was called.
What still needs checking
How many treatment places would he ask the Province to fund, and where?
At the same White Rock rally he said the focus should move away from supportive housing. The rally opposed supportive housing policies in the City of White Rock's draft community plan. He also said cities cannot be forced to bring "these kinds of things" into their cities. The report does not say which measure he meant.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The wording is the reporter's account of his speech. He named no law or program he would change, no cost and no date. A city's community plan is decided by that city's council.
What still needs checking
Would he change provincial funding for supportive housing, and how?
In a Facebook post from May 2026 quoted by the Indo-Canadian Voice, he wrote that property taxes on one home rose from $4,333 in 2023 to $5,957 in 2026, and that taxpayers deserve relief. He also named groceries, gas, insurance and utilities as rising costs.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
voche.me could not read the Facebook post itself, so the words are taken from the newspaper. Cities set property tax rates. He named no provincial measure, no amount and no date.
What still needs checking
Which provincial measure would he support to lower these costs?
Policies that help small and medium-sized businesses
The Indo-Canadian Voice reported on September 24, 2026 that he gives the highest priority to policies that help small and medium-sized businesses grow.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The sentence is the newspaper's description of his view, and the newspaper does not quote him on it. Close wording appears in his 2024 campaign biography, as copied by VoteMate. It names no measure, cost or date.
What still needs checking
Which measure for small businesses would he support?
Party promise for Surrey: restore safety to the streets
The same release says the Surrey candidates will restore safety to Surrey's streets. The party's platform page lists a plan titled Safe and Secure.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Party text. The platform page says the platform is coming soon and gives a title and one line. voche.me found no 2026 statement by Wahla on policing or courts.
The same release says the Surrey candidates will fix health care. The party's platform page lists a plan titled Putting Patients First, on access to care and wait times.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Party text with a title and one line. It names no measure, cost or date.
Party leader Lorne Doerkson said in Surrey on September 27, 2026 that a Conservative government would raise no taxes and bring in no new taxes. The Surrey Now-Leader reports that Wahla was one of four Surrey candidates with him.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The promise is the leader's. The report does not quote Wahla. It gives no budget figure.
What still needs checking
How would the party balance the budget without new revenue?
His 2024 biography said parents should choose between public school, private school and homeschooling, and that the government should fund each choice fairly.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He said this in his 2024 campaign biography, as copied by VoteMate from his campaign website. voche.me has found no 2026 statement from him that repeats it. It names no amount and no date.
What still needs checking
Does he still hold this view, and what funding change would he support?
His 2024 biography said the government must act to stabilize the housing market and reduce the effect of high gas prices on households.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He said this in his 2024 campaign biography, as copied by VoteMate from his campaign website. voche.me has found no 2026 statement from him that repeats it. It names no measure, amount or date.
Review government spending and return money to taxpayers
His 2024 biography said government spending should be reviewed, and that money saved should go back to taxpayers.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He said this in his 2024 campaign biography, as copied by VoteMate from his campaign website. voche.me has found no 2026 statement from him that repeats it. It names no spending item, amount or date.
Affordable housing, infrastructure and economic growth
His answer to the Surrey Now-Leader's 2024 candidate questionnaire named affordable housing, infrastructure and economic growth as the issues he would work on.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A 2024 answer, written in the third person. It names no measure, cost or date. voche.me has found no 2026 statement from him that repeats it.
voche.me found no elected office in his record on 2026-09-30, so voche.me found no voting record to review. His work as an engineer is stated by the party and by 2024 reporting.
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
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Statement
X post on repealing SOGI
A one-sentence post saying his party will repeal SOGI. It shared a Sitka Media post about party leader Lorne Doerkson's plan to do so.
He criticized Premier David Eby for calling an early election, pointed to the deficit and debt figures in the provincial budget, and asked residents of the district to vote. He wrote that he lost in 2024 by 236 votes. The statement of votes gives 232.
Speech at a White Rock rally on supportive housing
He was the last speaker at a rally against supportive housing policies in White Rock's draft community plan. The Surrey Now-Leader reports he spoke in favour of treatment centres and against drug decriminalization, and told elected officials that voters would remove them if they did not listen.
He told the Surrey Now-Leader he had spent eight and a half months in the district and had gone to every door three times. He said a rain storm on voting day kept some of his supporters from voting.
He described how he tried to put out the flames after a Surrey business owner was set on fire on August 2, 2024. He said he had been campaigning nearby and was waiting to meet the man.
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.
Official finding
Elections BC penalty for a 2024 newspaper advertisement
Elections BC's Director of Investigations found that he broke section 231 of the Election Act during the 2024 campaign. A print advertisement that read "Elect Zeeshan Wahla Surrey City Centre" ran in the Philippine Showbiz Today newspaper, issue of October 8 to 21, 2024, without the required statement naming his financial agent. The notice says the advertising cost $787.50. It says the investigation found no deliberate attempt to avoid the rule, that his campaign cooperated with some parts of the investigation, and that he had no earlier penalty.
Candidate or party response
The notice says he told Elections BC in October 2024 that he had given the newspaper his financial agent's information and that the newspaper left it out. It also says the publisher gave Elections BC the draft it received from him, which had no such statement, and that he gave no reply to the investigator's request for evidence on September 9, 2025 or to the investigator's report.
Verified status and limits
Elections BC ordered him to pay $250. The largest penalty the Act allows is $10,000. Elections BC lists the penalty on its public penalties page with the date October 8, 2025. The notice allowed a request for review within 14 days and a court application within 30 days. voche.me found no record of either, and did not find whether the penalty was paid.
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Reporting
Western Standard · Alex Zoltan
Conservatives name ten Surrey candidates
Campaign diary that lists him as the party's candidate in Surrey City Centre.
Says Amna Shah, the NDP member for the district, will face Wahla again, and describes him as an engineer and business owner. It also names Raman Sharma as the CentreBC candidate.
Conservative leader starts his Surrey campaign with a tax promise
Reports that Wahla and three other Surrey candidates joined party leader Lorne Doerkson at Bridgeview Park, where Doerkson promised no new taxes and said SOGI should be repealed in schools.
Describes his background and views in wording close to his 2024 campaign biography, and quotes a Facebook post from May 2026 on property taxes. Its 2024 vote numbers are from the first count.
Reports the result of the automatic recount in Surrey City Centre and quotes him accepting it. The first count had the two candidates fewer than 100 votes apart.
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 on 2026-09-30. His X profile links to conservativebc.ca/zeewahla, which returns HTTP 404. His X page answered a direct read with five of his posts and their time stamps. His Facebook page showed only its title and follower count, his Instagram account shows no posts, and a LinkedIn profile under his name returned HTTP 999, so nothing from those three is used. The May 2026 Facebook post on property taxes is known only from the Indo-Canadian Voice. The party says he is a Professional Engineer registered in four provinces and runs his own engineering consulting firm. The directory of Engineers and Geoscientists BC returned HTTP 403, so voche.me has not checked his registration with any regulator, and voche.me read no page that names his firm. The party's candidate page labels him "Interim Conservative Party Leader". The party's team page lists him only as the Surrey City Centre candidate, so voche.me does not repeat that label. Two of his 2026 positions, on the school curriculum and on small business, come only from the Indo-Canadian Voice's description, which matches his 2024 campaign biography and quotes no new words from him. A person should ask the campaign to confirm them. His January 2026 speech in White Rock is known from one news report, and no recording was found. The Elections BC notice gives a longer legal name with Zeeshan in brackets and names him as the 2024 candidate in Surrey City Centre. voche.me did not find whether the $250 penalty was paid or reviewed. The Surrey Now-Leader reported a 236-vote margin after the 2024 recount, and he uses that number. The statement of votes gives 6,726 to 6,494, a margin of 232. On the Elections BC list stamped September 30, 2026 at 10 p.m. he was the only accepted nomination in the district. Nominations close October 3, 2026. His 2024 campaign finance report, all-candidates meetings in the district and endorsements were not reviewed or not found on this date. The questionnaire has not been sent.
Research status
What voche.me has checked
Evidence reviewed on 2026-09-30: the Elections BC candidate list, key dates page, 2024 statement of votes, enforcement notice and penalties page; the party's candidate, team and platform pages and its Surrey release; his X page; nine Surrey Now-Leader reports from 2024 to 2026; and reports from the Indo-Canadian Voice, Global News, the Western Standard, VoteMate and BC Ballot.
No campaign website was found. His Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn pages could not be read without signing in, and his engineering registration could not be checked because the regulator's directory refused the request. An empty section records what voche.me did not find on this date.
03 / Background
Experience & community
2024
Candidate for MLA, Surrey City Centre
Finished second for the Conservative Party with 6,494 votes (45.08 percent), 232 votes behind Amna Shah of the BC NDP.
Professional engineer and owner of a consulting firm
Stated by the party, which says he is registered in four provinces. The Surrey Now-Leader in 2024 also wrote that he runs an engineering consulting business. voche.me has not checked this with a regulator.
Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
What would repealing SOGI change in schools: which rule or program, and by when?
No response has been submitted.
Which provincial measure would you support to lower costs for households in Surrey City Centre?
No response has been submitted.
How many treatment places would you ask the Province to fund in Surrey, and at what cost?
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 Zeeshan Wahla?
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Zeeshan Wahla's own campaign.
What party is Zeeshan Wahla running with?
Zeeshan Wahla is running for MLA with Conservative Party of BC.
Does Zeeshan Wahla currently hold public office?
Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Zeeshan Wahla.
How many sources does this Zeeshan Wahla profile cite?
This profile lists 8 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Why do some questions on Zeeshan Wahla's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Zeeshan Wahla 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 Zeeshan Wahla 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.
