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Larsen has served as a trustee for 18 years.","2026-11-06T19:00:00-07:00",[238,151,46],"Board of Education","Illustration of an empty school board meeting room with a wooden dais and nameplates",{"path":241,"title":242,"description":243,"date":225,"publishedAt":244,"author":10,"category":27,"tags":245,"image":248,"imageAlt":249,"imageCredit":250,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"pinned":21,"homeBox":21},"\u002Fnews\u002Fsurrey-council-november-9-contracts-medicine-school-newton-turf-2026","Surrey council votes Monday on a $17.5M medicine school contract and a $4.7M Newton turf field","Surrey City Council meets November 9 to award two contracts: $17.5 million for excavation of the SFU Stephens Family School of Medicine downtown, and $4.7 million for a synthetic turf field at Newton Athletic Park.","2026-11-06T18:15:00-07:00",[31,77,246,247],"Newton","SFU","https:\u002F\u002Fnorthdeltareporter.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002Fsites\u002F28\u002F2026\u002F11\u002FScreen20Shot202026-11-0620at2011.37.0020AM.jpg?w=1024","Arran and Ratana Stephens at an SFU Surrey event, photo contributed to North Delta Reporter","SFU\u002Fcontributed to North Delta Reporter",{"path":252,"title":253,"description":254,"date":225,"publishedAt":255,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":256,"image":20,"imageAlt":257,"imageCredit":20,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"pinned":21,"homeBox":21},"\u002Fnews\u002Fthind-trustee-byelection-mla-surrey-2026","Thind, elected MLA and trustee, wants runner-up declared trustee to avoid $840K byelection","Garry Thind, who was elected both a Surrey school trustee and a BC Conservative MLA in October, says he supports having the next-highest vote-getter declared a trustee to avoid an $840,000 byelection when he is sworn in as MLA on November 19.","2026-11-06T18:45:00-07:00",[238,151,46],"Illustration of a ballot box and paper ballots on a table in a school gymnasium",{"path":259,"title":260,"description":261,"date":262,"publishedAt":263,"author":10,"category":27,"tags":264,"image":20,"imageAlt":266,"imageCredit":20,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"pinned":21,"homeBox":21},"\u002Fnews\u002Fsuhana-gill-surrey-youngest-councillor-november-2026","Suhana Gill takes office as Surrey's youngest city councillor at 20","Suhana Gill was sworn in to Surrey City Council on November 2, 2026. At 20, she is the youngest person ever elected to council in Surrey. She ran with the Safe Surrey Coalition and received 27,809 votes.","2026-11-05","2026-11-05T07:52:00-07:00",[31,101,265],"Suhana Gill","Illustration of a city council chamber with empty chairs around a curved table and name plates",{"path":268,"title":269,"description":270,"date":271,"publishedAt":272,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":273,"image":277,"imageAlt":278,"imageCredit":19,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"pinned":21,"homeBox":21},"\u002Fnews\u002Fgillfor-teal-jones-surrey-sawmill-acquisition-november-2026","Gillfor Manufacturing acquires Teal-Jones Surrey sawmill, says hundreds of jobs are preserved","Gillfor Manufacturing has completed its acquisition of the Teal-Jones Group's Surrey sawmill, Sumas operation and TFL 46 timber licence under a BC Supreme Court order. The company says hundreds of jobs are preserved, without giving a specific count.","2026-11-04","2026-11-04T08:21:00-07:00",[274,15,275,276],"business","employment","forestry","\u002Fimages\u002Fnews\u002Fbc-surrey-2026\u002Fai\u002Fgillfor-teal-jones-surrey-sawmill-acquisition-november-2026.webp","Illustration of logs and equipment at a BC sawmill operation",{"path":280,"title":281,"description":282,"date":271,"publishedAt":283,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":284,"image":288,"imageAlt":289,"imageCredit":290,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"pinned":21,"homeBox":21},"\u002Fnews\u002Fkpu-surrey-first-nations-archaeology-field-school-grant-2026","Surrey's KPU gets $358,507 to run a tuition-free archaeology school for First Nations students","Kwantlen Polytechnic University in Surrey received a three-year, $358,507 grant from Canada's science funding agency for a First Nations archaeology field school that launched in spring 2026 and trains students in GPS fieldwork and land 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31.","2026-11-04T08:12:00-07:00",[274,328,15,329],"labour","strike","https:\u002F\u002Fvancouver.citynews.ca\u002Fwp-content\u002Fblogs.dir\u002Fsites\u002F9\u002F2026\u002F11\u002F04\u002FSurrey-Golf-Course-Rally-4.jpg","Workers and supporters at a rally outside Nico Wynd Golf Course in Surrey during the ongoing strike","CityNews Vancouver",{"path":334,"title":335,"description":336,"date":337,"publishedAt":338,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":339,"image":342,"imageAlt":343,"imageCredit":344,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"pinned":21,"homeBox":21},"\u002Fnews\u002Fsurrey-city-centre-arena-mccallum-public-funding-november-2026","Surrey City Centre Arena faces uncertain future as McCallum takes office today","Mayor-elect Doug McCallum has promised to pull the City's $200-million funding commitment from the 10,000-seat arena project and order a forensic audit of the land deal behind it.","2026-11-02","2026-11-02T07:49:50-07:00",[42,101,340,341],"arena","city 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27.","2026-11-02T07:50:59-07:00",[208,123],"https:\u002F\u002Fsurreynowleader.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002Fsites\u002F8\u002F2026\u002F11\u002FVehicle20SPS.jpg?w=1024","White 2023-2025 Toyota Corolla sedan that Surrey Police are seeking information about","Surrey Police Service \u002F Surrey Now-Leader",{"path":355,"title":356,"description":357,"date":358,"publishedAt":359,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":360,"image":363,"imageAlt":364,"imageCredit":365,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"pinned":21,"homeBox":21},"\u002Fnews\u002Fsurrey-united-soccer-envision-sport-centre-cloverdale-2026","New indoor sport centre opens in Cloverdale for Surrey residents to book","The Envision Financial Sport Centre at Cloverdale Athletic Park opened to the public on October 1 and has space available to book on weekday mornings.","2026-11-01","2026-11-01T07:53:00-07:00",[15,361,14,89,362],"recreation","sports","https:\u002F\u002Fnorthdeltareporter.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002Fsites\u002F28\u002F2026\u002F10\u002FSUSC-1.jpg?w=1024","Kids play on the turf field inside the Envision Financial Sport Centre at Cloverdale Athletic Park in Surrey","Malin Jordan \u002F Cloverdale Reporter",{"path":367,"title":368,"description":369,"date":358,"publishedAt":370,"author":10,"category":27,"tags":371,"image":374,"imageAlt":375,"imageCredit":376,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"pinned":21,"homeBox":21},"\u002Fnews\u002Ftodd-matsumoto-surrey-police-chief-mccallum-november-2026","Surrey's new police chief named as McCallum prepares to take office","The Surrey Police Board named Todd Matsumoto permanent chief constable on October 30, days before mayor-elect Doug McCallum and a new council are sworn in on November 2.","2026-11-01T07:52:00-07:00",[123,101,372,373,208],"police","council inauguration","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ctvnews.ca\u002Fresizer\u002Fv2\u002FPYQTMJUS2BDK3OEPK7PRGGS24Y.jpeg?smart=true&auth=8c1ef61421394f65c922313bbb21feca319fac695b4a0f60b2dff5fa98a13ed6&width=1200&height=630","Todd Matsumoto, appointed chief constable of the Surrey Police Service on October 30, 2026","CTV News",{"path":378,"title":379,"description":380,"date":381,"publishedAt":382,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":383,"image":386,"imageAlt":387,"imageCredit":290,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"pinned":21,"homeBox":21},"\u002Fnews\u002Fsurrey-board-of-education-byelection-garry-thind-mla","Surrey Board of Education faces possible $840,000 byelection after trustee wins provincial seat","Garry Thind was elected both a Surrey school trustee on October 17 and an MLA on October 24. Once sworn in as MLA, he will be disqualified as a trustee, and a court may decide whether to hold a $840,000 byelection or seat the next candidate.","2026-10-31","2026-10-31T08:00:00-07:00",[151,384,385,46],"school trustee","byelection","https:\u002F\u002Fsurreynowleader.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002Fsites\u002F8\u002F2026\u002F10\u002FGarryThind_A.jpg?w=848","Garry Thind, re-elected Surrey school trustee and MLA-elect in Surrey-Guildford",{"path":389,"title":390,"description":391,"date":381,"publishedAt":392,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":393,"image":396,"imageAlt":397,"imageCredit":398,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"pinned":21,"homeBox":21},"\u002Fnews\u002Fsurrey-business-red-tape-survey-swrbot-october-2026","Surrey businesses report losing 300-plus hours a year to government paperwork","The Surrey and White Rock Board of Trade's 2026 Red Tape Survey finds 68 percent of respondents say compliance has a moderate or major impact on their business.","2026-10-31T17:30:00-07:00",[15,274,394,395],"regulation","Board of Trade","https:\u002F\u002Fsurreynowleader.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002Fsites\u002F8\u002F2026\u002F10\u002F221028-SNW-M-14192454_web1_181030-SNW-M-Cutting-red-tape.jpg?w=1024","Cutting red tape sign at a Surrey event","Tom Zytaruk \u002F Surrey Now-Leader",{"path":400,"title":401,"description":402,"date":381,"publishedAt":403,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":404,"image":407,"imageAlt":408,"imageCredit":290,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"pinned":21,"homeBox":21},"\u002Fnews\u002Fsurrey-fireworks-bylaw-halloween-diwali-october-2026","Surrey deploys bylaw officers for fireworks on Halloween and Diwali","The City of Surrey is enforcing its fireworks ban tonight and on November 8, with fines of up to $50,000 for illegal possession or use.","2026-10-31T17:15:00-07:00",[15,405,208,406],"bylaw","fireworks","https:\u002F\u002Fsurreynowleader.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002Fsites\u002F8\u002F2026\u002F10\u002F760671467_3658636687608494_6881182518352511995_n_8d9da5.jpg?w=1024","Fireworks",{"path":410,"title":411,"description":412,"date":381,"publishedAt":413,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":414,"image":416,"imageAlt":417,"imageCredit":290,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"pinned":21,"homeBox":21},"\u002Fnews\u002Fsurrey-police-board-names-matsumoto-chief-mccallum-demands-new-board","Surrey Police Board names Todd Matsumoto chief constable; McCallum calls for board's removal","The Surrey Police Board appointed Todd Matsumoto permanent chief constable on October 30, hours before the new council takes office, prompting mayor-elect Doug McCallum to demand the Province replace every board member.","2026-10-31T07:30:00-07:00",[123,101,372,415],"inauguration","https:\u002F\u002Fsurreynowleader.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002Fsites\u002F8\u002F2026\u002F10\u002FSPS20new20chief20constable20matsumoto.jpg?w=1024","Todd Matsumoto, the newly appointed chief constable of Surrey Police Service",{"path":419,"title":420,"description":421,"date":422,"publishedAt":423,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":424,"image":20,"imageAlt":428,"imageCredit":20,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"pinned":21,"homeBox":21},"\u002Fnews\u002Fsurrey-bus-attack-terrorist-sentenced-15-years","Surrey man sentenced to 15 years and 8 months for ISIS-inspired bus attack","Abdul Aziz Kawam, 31, was sentenced October 29, 2026 in BC Supreme Court to 15 years and 20 months on terrorism-related charges for a 2023 knife attack on two people in Surrey that he carried out in the name of ISIS.","2026-10-30","2026-10-30T08:30:00-07:00",[123,425,426,427],"Public Safety","Terrorism","Surrey Transit","Illustration of a city bus stop shelter on a suburban street",{"path":430,"title":431,"description":432,"date":422,"publishedAt":433,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":434,"image":436,"imageAlt":437,"imageCredit":438,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"pinned":21,"homeBox":21},"\u002Fnews\u002Fsurrey-new-council-inaugural-meeting-november-2","Doug McCallum to lead inaugural Surrey council meeting Monday at 7 pm","The new Surrey City Council takes office Monday, November 2, 2026, with Mayor-elect Doug McCallum and eight councillors sworn in at a 7 pm ceremony at Surrey City Hall.","2026-10-30T07:53:00-07:00",[77,42,435,101,102],"Inauguration","https:\u002F\u002Fsurreynowleader.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002Fsites\u002F8\u002F2026\u002F10\u002FMcCallum204_ad0488.jpg?w=1024","Doug McCallum smiling after winning the mayor's seat in the 2026 Surrey civic election","Tricia Leslie \u002F Peace Arch News",{"path":440,"title":441,"description":442,"date":422,"publishedAt":443,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":444,"image":447,"imageAlt":448,"imageCredit":220,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"pinned":21,"homeBox":21},"\u002Fnews\u002Fsurrey-skytrain-safety-report-incidents-rising","SkyTrain safety incidents doubled since before the pandemic, report says","Technical Safety BC and TransLink issued a joint call to action on SkyTrain safety in October 2026, pointing to a report showing the incident rate on the Expo and Millennium lines doubled between 2016 to 2019 and 2023 to 2025.","2026-10-30T09:15:00-07:00",[305,445,425,446],"TransLink","Getting Around Surrey","https:\u002F\u002Fsurreycitizen.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F10\u002Funnamed.jpg","A SkyTrain station platform with transit infrastructure visible",{"path":450,"title":451,"description":452,"date":422,"publishedAt":453,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":454,"image":457,"imageAlt":458,"imageCredit":459,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"pinned":21,"homeBox":21},"\u002Fnews\u002Fsurrey-teen-police-shooting-inquest-november-9","Coroner's inquest into Surrey police shooting of 15-year-old starts November 9","The B.C. Coroners Service will hold an inquest into the 2025 fatal police shooting of a 15-year-old in Surrey's Clayton Heights neighbourhood, starting November 9, 2026. The inquest is a public fact-finding process and will not assign fault.","2026-10-30T10:00:00-07:00",[123,455,425,456],"Coroner's Inquest","Mental Health Response","https:\u002F\u002Fi.cbc.ca\u002Fais\u002F1.7459432,1793299595524\u002Ffull\u002Fmax\u002F0\u002Fdefault.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C1800%2C1012%29%3BResize%3D620","Photo of Chase de Balinhard, a 15-year-old Surrey teen who was fatally shot by police in 2025","GoFundMe.ca \u002F CBC",{"path":461,"title":462,"description":463,"date":464,"publishedAt":465,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":466,"image":468,"imageAlt":469,"imageCredit":470,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"pinned":21,"homeBox":21},"\u002Fnews\u002Flocke-reflects-surrey-election-october-29","Outgoing Mayor Brenda Locke says BC provincial election cost her the race","In an interview with the Vancouver Sun, Locke says momentum shifted in the final two to three weeks of the campaign after Premier Eby called a snap provincial vote.","2026-10-29","2026-10-29T07:50:00-07:00",[42,102,101,467],"election results","https:\u002F\u002Fsmartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\u002Fvancouversun\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F10\u002Fpng1027-brenda-locke_305983393.jpg","Outgoing Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke in Surrey on October 27, 2026","Arlen Redekop \u002F PNG \u002F Vancouver Sun",{"path":472,"title":473,"description":474,"date":475,"publishedAt":476,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":477,"image":480,"imageAlt":481,"imageCredit":231,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"pinned":21,"homeBox":21},"\u002Fnews\u002Fmetro-vancouver-rejects-mccallum-cancel-budget-vote-october-27","Metro Vancouver board will vote on 2027 budget Friday, rejecting McCallum's cancellation call","Surrey's mayor-elect Doug McCallum asked Metro Vancouver to cancel its October 30 meeting. The regional body confirmed the 2027 budget vote will proceed.","2026-10-27","2026-10-27T07:52:00-07:00",[42,101,478,479],"City of Surrey","Metro Vancouver","https:\u002F\u002Fsmartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\u002Fvancouversun\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F09\u002F0922-surrey-election-newton-1.jpg","Doug McCallum at a Surrey election event",{"path":483,"title":484,"description":485,"date":486,"publishedAt":487,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":488,"image":492,"imageAlt":493,"imageCredit":494,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"pinned":21,"homeBox":21},"\u002Fnews\u002Fmccallum-cloverdale-harness-racing-plan-october-21","Doug McCallum sets out steps to bring harness racing back to Cloverdale by fall 2027","Surrey's mayor-elect says the City will rebuild the Cloverdale Fairgrounds barns and racing oval and sign a new racing lease, the Surrey Now-Leader reports. He says the Province must also commit.","2026-10-22","2026-10-22T22:37:00-07:00",[42,101,489,490,491],"Cloverdale Fairgrounds","harness racing","promise tracker","https:\u002F\u002Fsurreynowleader.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002Fsites\u002F8\u002F2026\u002F10\u002FFraserDowns.jpg?w=1024","A harness racing driver in a two wheeled cart behind a brown horse on a snow covered track, with the grandstand behind","Malin Jordan, Cloverdale Reporter",{"path":496,"title":497,"description":498,"date":486,"publishedAt":499,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":500,"image":502,"imageAlt":503,"imageCredit":504,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"pinned":21,"homeBox":21},"\u002Fnews\u002Fsurrey-official-election-results-october-21","Surrey declares official 2026 election results, same 15 people elected","Surrey's Chief Election Officer declared the official results on October 21, 2026, naming Doug McCallum mayor with the same eight councillors and six trustees as election night.","2026-10-22T22:34:00-07:00",[42,43,44,501,101,46],"official results","\u002Fimages\u002Fbc-surrey-2026\u002Fcity-hall-1600.webp","Surrey City Hall, a glass and stone building under a wide wooden roof, across an empty paved plaza under a blue sky","Northwest, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons",{"path":506,"title":507,"description":508,"date":486,"publishedAt":509,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":510,"image":512,"imageAlt":513,"imageCredit":514,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"pinned":21,"homeBox":21},"\u002Fnews\u002Fsurrey-ward-system-referendum-elford-october-22","Surrey ward system may need a public vote first, Councillor Doug Elford says","Mayor-elect Doug McCallum promised to bring back ward elections in Surrey. Councillor Doug Elford told the Surrey Now-Leader the change will probably need a referendum and could take eight years.","2026-10-22T22:35:00-07:00",[42,43,101,511,491],"ward system","https:\u002F\u002Fsurreynowleader.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002Fsites\u002F8\u002F2026\u002F10\u002FAnnaCityHall.jpg?w=1024","The words City Hall in black letters on a wood panel wall beside a glass front at Surrey City Hall","Surrey Now-Leader file photo",{"id":516,"title":37,"aiMetadata":517,"author":10,"body":532,"candidates":887,"category":40,"date":8,"description":38,"extension":893,"faq":894,"homeBox":21,"image":20,"imageAlt":20,"imageCheckedAt":20,"imageCredit":20,"imageScene":20,"linkedin":922,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"meta":929,"metaDescription":930,"navigation":931,"path":36,"pinned":21,"primarySourceUrl":20,"publishedAt":39,"seo":932,"seoTitle":933,"sourceId":20,"sourceIsPaywalled":21,"sources":934,"stem":962,"storyType":20,"tags":963,"topicKey":20,"updated":20,"__hash__":964},"news\u002Fnews\u002Fsurrey-first-candidates-and-results-2026.md",{"summary":518,"keyTopics":519,"semanticKeywords":525},"In Surrey's October 17, 2026 election, Surrey First ran Linda Annis for mayor and eight candidates for council. Annis finished fourth with 16,572 votes and no Surrey First council candidate was elected; Mike Bose was ninth, 219 votes short of the last seat. Surrey First Education, a separate organization, won five of the six school trustee seats, led by Terry Allen with 47,597 votes. The figures are from the City of Surrey's official count.",[520,46,521,522,523,524],"Surrey First candidates","Linda Annis","Mike Bose","Surrey election results 2026","Surrey school trustees",[526,527,528,529,530,531],"surrey first candidates 2026","surrey first council candidates","surrey first education trustees","surrey first election results","linda annis mayor result","surrey school board election 2026",{"type":533,"value":534,"toc":877},"minimark",[535,544,547,552,565,569,572,579,583,586,720,728,731,735,738,837,845,849,852,860,864],[536,537,538,539,543],"p",{},"Surrey First ran nine candidates in Surrey's October 17, 2026 election: ",[540,541,521],"a",{"href":542},"\u002Fbc\u002Fsurrey-2026\u002Fcandidates\u002Flinda-annis"," for mayor and eight people for City Council. None of the nine was elected. Surrey First Education, a separate organization with a similar name, ran six candidates for school trustee and won five of the six seats.",[536,545,546],{},"Every vote count below is copied from the City of Surrey's official results file at electionresults.surrey.ca, which the City last updated on October 20, 2026 at 10:34 am. The file prints each candidate's elector organization. Chief Election Officer Gib van Ert signed the Declaration of Official Election Results on October 21, 2026. Both were read on November 14, 2026.",[548,549,551],"h2",{"id":550},"surrey-first-and-surrey-first-education","Surrey First and Surrey First Education",[536,553,554,555,559,560,564],{},"Elections BC's register of elector organizations, as of November 14, 2026, lists two separate groups. Surrey First Electors Society runs under the name Surrey First in the City of Surrey, for mayor and council. Surrey First Education Society runs under the name Surrey First Education in the Surrey School District, for school trustee. The ",[540,556,558],{"href":557},"\u002Fbc\u002Fsurrey-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fsurrey-first","Surrey First page"," and the ",[540,561,563],{"href":562},"\u002Fbc\u002Fsurrey-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fsurrey-first-education","Surrey First Education page"," on this site cover each one.",[548,566,568],{"id":567},"surrey-firsts-candidate-for-mayor","Surrey First's candidate for mayor",[536,570,571],{},"Linda Annis launched her campaign for mayor with Surrey First on September 3, 2025, Global News reported. She was then in her second term on council, and the report says she received the most votes of any councillor elected in 2022. The Surrey Now-Leader described the 2026 team as \"the Surrey First slate led by mayoral candidate Linda Annis\" in its report on the party's platform on October 6, 2026.",[536,573,574,575,578],{},"Seven people ran for mayor. Annis finished fourth with 16,572 votes. ",[540,576,78],{"href":577},"\u002Fbc\u002Fsurrey-2026\u002Fcandidates\u002Fdoug-mccallum"," of the Safe Surrey Coalition won with 42,745 votes, and the declaration names him mayor.",[548,580,582],{"id":581},"surrey-firsts-council-candidates","Surrey First's council candidates",[536,584,585],{},"Sixty-six people ran for the eight council seats. The City's file lists eight of them with Surrey First:",[587,588,589,605],"table",{},[590,591,592],"thead",{},[593,594,595,599,602],"tr",{},[596,597,598],"th",{},"Candidate",[596,600,601],{},"Votes",[596,603,604],{},"Place of 66",[606,607,608,622,636,650,664,678,692,706],"tbody",{},[593,609,610,616,619],{},[611,612,613],"td",{},[540,614,522],{"href":615},"\u002Fbc\u002Fsurrey-2026\u002Fcandidates\u002Fmike-bose",[611,617,618],{},"26,107",[611,620,621],{},"9th",[593,623,624,630,633],{},[611,625,626],{},[540,627,629],{"href":628},"\u002Fbc\u002Fsurrey-2026\u002Fcandidates\u002Fjanet-brown","Janet Brown",[611,631,632],{},"20,215",[611,634,635],{},"17th",[593,637,638,644,647],{},[611,639,640],{},[540,641,643],{"href":642},"\u002Fbc\u002Fsurrey-2026\u002Fcandidates\u002Fbilal-cheema","Bilal Cheema",[611,645,646],{},"17,088",[611,648,649],{},"20th",[593,651,652,658,661],{},[611,653,654],{},[540,655,657],{"href":656},"\u002Fbc\u002Fsurrey-2026\u002Fcandidates\u002Fgagan-nahal","Gagan Nahal",[611,659,660],{},"16,067",[611,662,663],{},"22nd",[593,665,666,672,675],{},[611,667,668],{},[540,669,671],{"href":670},"\u002Fbc\u002Fsurrey-2026\u002Fcandidates\u002Fdebra-antifaev","Debra Antifaev",[611,673,674],{},"15,888",[611,676,677],{},"23rd",[593,679,680,686,689],{},[611,681,682],{},[540,683,685],{"href":684},"\u002Fbc\u002Fsurrey-2026\u002Fcandidates\u002Fclint-stewart","Clint Stewart",[611,687,688],{},"14,996",[611,690,691],{},"27th",[593,693,694,700,703],{},[611,695,696],{},[540,697,699],{"href":698},"\u002Fbc\u002Fsurrey-2026\u002Fcandidates\u002Fjasroop-gosal","Jasroop Gosal",[611,701,702],{},"12,193",[611,704,705],{},"40th",[593,707,708,714,717],{},[611,709,710],{},[540,711,713],{"href":712},"\u002Fbc\u002Fsurrey-2026\u002Fcandidates\u002Fshina-vermani","Shina Vermani",[611,715,716],{},"11,056",[611,718,719],{},"45th",[536,721,722,723,727],{},"Bose came closest. ",[540,724,726],{"href":725},"\u002Fbc\u002Fsurrey-2026\u002Fcandidates\u002Fcheney-cloke","Cheney Cloke"," of the Safe Surrey Coalition won the eighth and last seat with 26,326 votes, 219 more than Bose. The Surrey Now-Leader reported on October 18, 2022 that Annis and Bose of Surrey First were among the councillors elected that year.",[536,729,730],{},"The City's Mayor and Council page lists the nine members sworn in on November 2, 2026: McCallum, Harry Bains, Doug Elford, Meera Gill, Mandeep Nagra, Suhana Gill, Allison Patton, Laurie Guerra and Cloke. The City's results file shows Bains with Surrey Connect Public IA and the other eight with the Safe Surrey Coalition.",[548,732,734],{"id":733},"surrey-first-educations-trustee-candidates","Surrey First Education's trustee candidates",[536,736,737],{},"Twenty-four people ran for six school trustee seats. The City's file lists six of them with Surrey First Education:",[587,739,740,751],{},[590,741,742],{},[593,743,744,746,748],{},[596,745,598],{},[596,747,601],{},[596,749,750],{},"Result",[606,752,753,767,781,795,809,823],{},[593,754,755,761,764],{},[611,756,757],{},[540,758,760],{"href":759},"\u002Fbc\u002Fsurrey-2026\u002Fcandidates\u002Fterry-allen","Terry Allen",[611,762,763],{},"47,597",[611,765,766],{},"Elected, 1st",[593,768,769,775,778],{},[611,770,771],{},[540,772,774],{"href":773},"\u002Fbc\u002Fsurrey-2026\u002Fcandidates\u002Fgarry-thind-surrey-2026","Garry Thind",[611,776,777],{},"43,893",[611,779,780],{},"Elected, 2nd",[593,782,783,789,792],{},[611,784,785],{},[540,786,788],{"href":787},"\u002Fbc\u002Fsurrey-2026\u002Fcandidates\u002Flaurie-larsen","Laurie Larsen",[611,790,791],{},"40,944",[611,793,794],{},"Elected, 3rd",[593,796,797,803,806],{},[611,798,799],{},[540,800,802],{"href":801},"\u002Fbc\u002Fsurrey-2026\u002Fcandidates\u002Fbob-holmes","Bob Holmes",[611,804,805],{},"40,925",[611,807,808],{},"Elected, 4th",[593,810,811,817,820],{},[611,812,813],{},[540,814,816],{"href":815},"\u002Fbc\u002Fsurrey-2026\u002Fcandidates\u002Fshawn-wilson","Shawn Wilson",[611,818,819],{},"38,105",[611,821,822],{},"Elected, 5th",[593,824,825,831,834],{},[611,826,827],{},[540,828,830],{"href":829},"\u002Fbc\u002Fsurrey-2026\u002Fcandidates\u002Fgary-tymoschuk","Gary Tymoschuk",[611,832,833],{},"32,681",[611,835,836],{},"7th",[536,838,839,840,844],{},"The sixth seat went to ",[540,841,843],{"href":842},"\u002Fbc\u002Fsurrey-2026\u002Fcandidates\u002Fmichelle-ceniza","Michelle Ceniza"," of SURREY NOW, with 34,188 votes, 1,507 more than Tymoschuk. In 2022 all six Surrey First Education trustees were re-elected, the Surrey Now-Leader reported on October 16, 2022, and Tymoschuk was one of them.",[548,846,848],{"id":847},"the-seat-garry-thind-may-leave","The seat Garry Thind may leave",[536,850,851],{},"Thind also won a seat in the provincial legislature on October 24, 2026. The Peace Arch News reported on November 10, 2026, in a story by Tom Zillich, that Surrey's Chief Election Officer wrote to Christine Boyle, the Minister of Housing and Municipal Affairs, on November 4. He asked her to use section 167 of the Local Government Act to order that \"the candidate who received the next highest number of valid votes\" take Thind's trustee seat. By the City's count, that candidate is Tymoschuk.",[536,853,854,855,859],{},"The paper reported that the officer asked for an answer by November 18, that Thind is to be sworn in as an MLA on November 19, and that a trustee byelection would cost $840,000, paid entirely by Surrey Schools. Boyle could not be reached for comment on November 10, the paper reported. The brief of November 11 has the ",[540,856,858],{"href":857},"\u002Fbc\u002Fsurrey-2026\u002Fnews\u002Fsurrey-trustee-byelection-ceo-minister-november-2026","details of the officer's letter",".",[548,861,863],{"id":862},"where-to-follow-the-people-elected","Where to follow the people elected",[536,865,866,867,871,872,876],{},"The five Surrey First Education trustees and every other person elected are on the ",[540,868,870],{"href":869},"\u002Fbc\u002Fsurrey-2026\u002Ftracker","Surrey promise tracker",", with each promise they made and the record behind its status. Every candidate's total, for all three races, is on the ",[540,873,875],{"href":874},"\u002Fbc\u002Fsurrey-2026\u002Fresults","Surrey results page",". A resident who wants to know who fills Thind's trustee seat can check this site's Surrey news after November 18, the date the Chief Election Officer set for the minister's answer.",{"title":878,"searchDepth":879,"depth":879,"links":880},"",2,[881,882,883,884,885,886],{"id":550,"depth":879,"text":551},{"id":567,"depth":879,"text":568},{"id":581,"depth":879,"text":582},{"id":733,"depth":879,"text":734},{"id":847,"depth":879,"text":848},{"id":862,"depth":879,"text":863},[888,889,890,891,892],"terry-allen","garry-thind-surrey-2026","laurie-larsen","bob-holmes","shawn-wilson","md",[895,898,901,904,907,910,913,916,919],{"question":896,"answer":897},"Who were the Surrey First candidates in the 2026 Surrey election?","Surrey First ran nine candidates in Surrey's 2026 election, by the City of Surrey's results file: Linda Annis for mayor, and Mike Bose, Janet Brown, Bilal Cheema, Gagan Nahal, Debra Antifaev, Clint Stewart, Jasroop Gosal and Shina Vermani for City Council. None of the nine was elected on October 17, 2026.",{"question":899,"answer":900},"How did Linda Annis do in the 2026 Surrey mayor race?","Linda Annis of Surrey First finished fourth of seven candidates for mayor of Surrey on October 17, 2026, with 16,572 votes in the City's official count. Doug McCallum of the Safe Surrey Coalition won with 42,745 votes, and the Chief Election Officer declared him elected on October 21, 2026.",{"question":902,"answer":903},"Did any Surrey First council candidate win a seat in 2026?","No Surrey First council candidate won a seat on Surrey City Council in 2026. Mike Bose came closest, ninth of 66 candidates with 26,107 votes, which is 219 votes behind Cheney Cloke of the Safe Surrey Coalition, who won the eighth and last seat with 26,326 votes in the City's official count.",{"question":905,"answer":906},"Who were the Surrey First Education trustee candidates in 2026?","Surrey First Education ran six candidates for Surrey school trustee in 2026, by the City's results file: Terry Allen, Garry Thind, Laurie Larsen, Bob Holmes, Shawn Wilson and Gary Tymoschuk. The first five were elected on October 17, 2026. Tymoschuk finished seventh with 32,681 votes, one place outside the six seats.",{"question":908,"answer":909},"Is Surrey First the same organization as Surrey First Education?","Elections BC registers them as two separate organizations. Its register of elector organizations, as of November 14, 2026, lists Surrey First Electors Society for the City of Surrey and Surrey First Education Society for the Surrey School District. Surrey First ran for mayor and council, and Surrey First Education ran for school trustee.",{"question":911,"answer":912},"Who won the sixth Surrey school trustee seat in 2026?","Michelle Ceniza of SURREY NOW won the sixth Surrey school trustee seat in 2026 with 34,188 votes in the City's official count. Gary Tymoschuk of Surrey First Education was seventh with 32,681 votes, 1,507 behind her. The other five seats went to Surrey First Education candidates.",{"question":914,"answer":915},"Why might Gary Tymoschuk still join the Surrey Board of Education?","Garry Thind won a Surrey trustee seat and a seat in the provincial legislature in October 2026. The Peace Arch News reported on November 10, 2026 that Surrey's Chief Election Officer asked Minister Christine Boyle to order that the next candidate by votes take Thind's trustee seat, which would be Tymoschuk, instead of an $840,000 byelection.",{"question":917,"answer":918},"How did Surrey First do in the 2022 Surrey election?","In 2022 Surrey First won two council seats, Linda Annis and Mike Bose, the Surrey Now-Leader reported on October 18, 2022. In the same election, the paper reported on October 16, 2022, all six Surrey First Education trustees were re-elected: Terry Allen, Laurie Larsen, Garry Thind, Bob Holmes, Shawn Wilson and Gary Tymoschuk.",{"question":920,"answer":921},"Where can I see every candidate's votes in the 2026 Surrey election?","Every candidate's total from the City of Surrey's official count, for mayor, council and school trustee, is on the voche.me Surrey results page at \u002Fbc\u002Fsurrey-2026\u002Fresults. The City's own results site, electionresults.surrey.ca, holds the same file, which the City last updated on October 20, 2026 at 10:34 am.",{"short":923,"long":924,"hashtags":925},"Surrey First ran Linda Annis for mayor and eight council candidates in Surrey's 2026 election. None was elected. Surrey First Education, a separate organization, won five of six school trustee seats.","Surrey First ran Linda Annis for mayor and eight candidates for City Council on October 17, 2026. Annis finished fourth with 16,572 votes, and Mike Bose was the closest of the council candidates, ninth with 26,107 votes, 219 behind the eighth seat. Surrey First Education, which Elections BC registers as a separate organization, won five of the six school trustee seats. Terry Allen led the trustee count with 47,597 votes. Every figure is from the City of Surrey's official count.",[926,927,928],"SurreyBC","Surrey2026","CivicElection",{},"Who ran for Surrey First and Surrey First Education in Surrey's 2026 election, and how many votes each candidate got in the City's official count.",true,{"title":37,"description":38},"Surrey First candidates 2026 and results",[935,938,941,944,947,950,953,956,959],{"label":936,"url":937},"City of Surrey: Declaration of Official Election Results, 2026 General Local Election, October 21, 2026","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.surrey.ca\u002Fsites\u002Fdefault\u002Ffiles\u002Fmedia\u002Fdocuments\u002FOFFICIAL-ELECTION-RESULTS.pdf",{"label":939,"url":940},"City of Surrey: election results data file","https:\u002F\u002Felectionresults.surrey.ca\u002Fdata\u002Farearesults.json",{"label":942,"url":943},"City of Surrey: Mayor and Council","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.surrey.ca\u002Fcity-government\u002Fmayor-council",{"label":945,"url":946},"Elections BC: Register of Elector Organizations, as of November 14, 2026","https:\u002F\u002Felections.bc.ca\u002Fdocs\u002Ffin\u002FList-of-elector-organizations.pdf",{"label":948,"url":949},"Surrey Now-Leader: Surrey First platform includes $1.791 billion in capital projects, October 6, 2026","https:\u002F\u002Fsurreynowleader.com\u002F2026\u002F10\u002F06\u002Fsurrey-first-platform-includes-1-791-billion-in-capital-projects\u002F",{"label":951,"url":952},"Peace Arch News: Avoid $840K byelection and declare 7th vote-winner, Surrey Chief Election Officer urges, November 10, 2026","https:\u002F\u002Fpeacearchnews.com\u002F2026\u002F11\u002F10\u002Favoid-840k-byelection-and-declare-7th-vote-winner-surrey-chief-election-officer-urges",{"label":954,"url":955},"Surrey Now-Leader: Surrey council a 'whole new dynamic,' Elford says, October 18, 2022","https:\u002F\u002Fsurreynowleader.com\u002F2022\u002F10\u002F18\u002Fsurrey-council-a-whole-new-dynamic-elford-says\u002F",{"label":957,"url":958},"Surrey Now-Leader: Surrey First Education sweeps Surrey school trustee race again, October 16, 2022","https:\u002F\u002Fsurreynowleader.com\u002F2022\u002F10\u002F16\u002Fsurrey-first-education-sweeps-surrey-school-trustee-race-again\u002F",{"label":960,"url":961},"Global News: Surrey city councillor Linda Annis launches 2026 mayoral bid, September 3, 2025","https:\u002F\u002Fglobalnews.ca\u002Fnews\u002F11391057\u002Flinda-annis-surrey-mayor","news\u002Fsurrey-first-candidates-and-results-2026",[42,43,44,45,46,47],"IzmmwpFQ7gJuW3CuRMeCrE0PEc_nxMi_Wk97z_KteD4",[966,979,986,993,1000],{"slug":888,"name":760,"office":44,"party":967,"portrait":969,"colour":978,"palette":20},{"name":46,"url":968},"https:\u002F\u002Fsurreyfirsteducation.ca",{"src":970,"smallSrc":971,"width":972,"height":973,"alt":974,"credit":975,"sourceUrl":976,"position":977},"\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Fterry-allen-640.webp","\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Fterry-allen-320.webp",640,800,"Terry Allen, from City of Surrey candidate profile (surrey.ca).","City of Surrey candidate profile (surrey.ca)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.surrey.ca\u002F2026-municipal-election\u002Fcandidates\u002Fcandidates-office-of-school-trustee\u002Fallen-terry","50% 30%","blue",{"slug":889,"name":774,"office":44,"party":980,"portrait":981,"colour":978,"palette":20},{"name":46,"url":968},{"src":982,"smallSrc":983,"width":972,"height":973,"alt":984,"credit":975,"sourceUrl":985,"position":977},"\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Fgarry-thind-surrey-2026-640.webp","\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Fgarry-thind-surrey-2026-320.webp","Garry Thind, from City of Surrey candidate profile (surrey.ca).","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.surrey.ca\u002F2026-municipal-election\u002Fcandidates\u002Fcandidates-office-of-school-trustee\u002Fthind-garry",{"slug":890,"name":788,"office":44,"party":987,"portrait":988,"colour":978,"palette":20},{"name":46,"url":968},{"src":989,"smallSrc":990,"width":972,"height":973,"alt":991,"credit":975,"sourceUrl":992,"position":977},"\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Flaurie-larsen-640.webp","\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Flaurie-larsen-320.webp","Laurie Larsen, from City of Surrey candidate profile (surrey.ca).","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.surrey.ca\u002F2026-municipal-election\u002Fcandidates\u002Fcandidates-office-of-school-trustee\u002Flarsen-laurie",{"slug":891,"name":802,"office":44,"party":994,"portrait":995,"colour":978,"palette":20},{"name":46,"url":968},{"src":996,"smallSrc":997,"width":972,"height":973,"alt":998,"credit":975,"sourceUrl":999,"position":977},"\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Fbob-holmes-640.webp","\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Fbob-holmes-320.webp","Bob Holmes, from City of Surrey candidate profile (surrey.ca).","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.surrey.ca\u002F2026-municipal-election\u002Fcandidates\u002Fcandidates-office-of-school-trustee\u002Fholmes-bob",{"slug":892,"name":816,"office":44,"party":1001,"portrait":1002,"colour":978,"palette":20},{"name":46,"url":968},{"src":1003,"smallSrc":1004,"width":972,"height":973,"alt":1005,"credit":975,"sourceUrl":1006,"position":977},"\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Fshawn-wilson-640.webp","\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Fshawn-wilson-320.webp","Shawn Wilson, from City of Surrey candidate profile (surrey.ca).","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.surrey.ca\u002F2026-municipal-election\u002Fcandidates\u002Fcandidates-office-of-school-trustee\u002Fwilson-shawn",1794725795633]